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Rob Williams
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From Boys to Men: Gay Men Who Write About Growing Up
2006), Edited with
Ted Gideonse,
eds.
-- Finalist 2006 Lambda Literary Award for
Anthologies
More than an anthology of coming out stories,
From Boys to Men is a stunning collection of essays about what it is
like to be gay and young, to be different and be aware of that difference
from the earliest of ages. In these memoirs, coming out is less important
than coming of age and coming to the realization that young gay people
experience the world in ways quite unlike straight boys. Whether it is a
fascination with soap opera, an intense sensitivity to their own difference,
or an obsession with a certain part of the male anatomy, gay kids — or kids
who would eventually identify as gay — have an indefinable but unmistakable
gay sensibility. Sometimes the result is funny, sometimes it is harrowing,
and often it is deeply moving.
Essays by lauded young writers like Aaron
Hamburger (Faith for Beginners), Alex Chee (Edinburgh), Austin Bunn,
David Bahr, K. M. Soehnlein (The World
of Normal Boys), Tom Dolby (The Trouble
Boy), and
Trebor Healey (Through It Came Bright
Colors), are collected along with those by brilliant, newcomers such as
Jason Tougaw, Michael McAllister, Viet Dinh, and the wildly popular blogger,
Joe.My.God.
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