A poetic look at the hazards and delights of sex, desire, friendship, and the quandary of these worlds when they collide. In a series of five autobiographical essays, Klein forgoes trying to answer the riddle of sexual desire in favor of engaging it and its manifestations in various contexts: incest, falling in love with a friend, being a twin, and inhabiting the world of anonymous sex. But it is not a typical collection of essays; it draws on poetic and fragmentary literary devices to create an overall effect that belongs ...
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A poetic look at the hazards and delights of sex, desire, friendship, and the quandary of these worlds when they collide. In a series of five autobiographical essays, Klein forgoes trying to answer the riddle of sexual desire in favor of engaging it and its manifestations in various contexts: incest, falling in love with a friend, being a twin, and inhabiting the world of anonymous sex. But it is not a typical collection of essays; it draws on poetic and fragmentary literary devices to create an overall effect that belongs as much to the world of language as to the world of narrative.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. INCLUDES SOFT COVER OF UNCORRECTED PROOF....... Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 135 p. Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Audience: General/trade.