Travels in a Gay Nation - Portraits of Lgbtq Americans

Informationen zum Autor Philip Gambone teaches English at Boston University Academy and at the Harvard Extension School. An award-winning essayist, journalist, and fiction writer, he is author of Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers and Beijing: A Novel , both published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Klappentext For two years! Philip Gambone traveled the length and breadth of the United States! talking candidly with LGBTQ people about their lives. In addition to interviews from David Sedaris! George Takei! Barney Frank! and Tammy Baldwin! "Travels in a Gay Nation" brings us lesser-known voices--a retired Naval officer! a transgender scholar and "drag king!" a Princeton philosopher! two opera sopranos who happen to be lovers! an indie rock musician! the founder of a gay frat house! and a pair of Vermont garden designers. In this age when contemporary gay America is still coming under attack! Gambone captures the humanity of each individual. For some! their identity as a sexual minority is crucial to their life's work; for others! it has been less so! perhaps even irrelevant. But! whether splashy or quiet! center-stage or behind the scenes! Gambone's subjects have managed--despite facing ignorance! fear! hatred! intolerance! injustice! violence! ridicule! or just plain indifference--to construct passionate! inspiring lives.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Gambone
• Assisted by: Michael J Kiskis (Editor), Michael J. Kiskis (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2010
• EAN: 9780299236847
• ISBN: 978-0-299-23684-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Au; Living Out: Gay & Lesbian Autobiographies; Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Au; Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories