Letters From The Closet
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Author | : Amy Hollingsworth |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451666780 |
An honest and poignant look into the deeply intimate yet platonic relationship between a gay English teacher and his young female protégée—each seeking connection and acceptance—as reflected by the decade of letters they exchanged. It was an improbable relationship from the start—a high school English teacher, still in the closet, and his best student. From the confines—and protection—of his closet, Amy’s teacher wrote these letters, letters that were read, cherished, answered, and then locked away for years. Now Amy looks back at the decade of intimate letters that preceded her teacher’s untimely death, collects the shards left by their clumsy, sometimes violent attempts to unmask each other, and counts again the cost of knowing and being known. Every writer needs a room of his own, but for some people, at certain times, and in certain circumstances, the best you can do is a closet. Timely and relevant, this is a love story of the most contemporary kind, a rare glimpse into an intimate relationship between teacher and student—a relationship whose effects are still being felt decades later. It’s raw and honest and moving, a poignant commentary on the values that unite us all.
Author | : Tony Ferrante |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780929999036 |
Fictional characters who communicate the "coming out" experience through postcards, letters, and journal entries.
Author | : Patrick Paul Garlinger |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1452907234 |
Explores the history of the letter as an expression of sexual desire.
Author | : Bill Shapiro |
Publisher | : Clarkson Potter Publishers |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0307382648 |
A voyeuristic look at modern romance brings together an assortment of actual love letters, written by a diverse cross section of people, that appear exactly as they were originally written, offering candid insights into how people think about love.
Author | : Ted L. Nancy |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2020-10-13 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0063084821 |
Who is Ted L. Nancy? He's a superstitious Vegas high-roller who wants to gamble at a casino in his lucky shrimp outfit... He's the genius inventor of "Six Day Underwear"... He's a stage actor who only travels while dressed as a stick of butter... He is, in reality, a twisted prankster—a supremely off-kilter alter ego who sends patently ridiculous letters to corporate honchos, entertainment conglomerates, national publications, politicians, celebrities and heads of state. His innocent requests, queries, complaints, demands, and suggestions are so absurd it is amazing they fool anyone—but often the deadpan responses he receives are even more hilarious: "Dear Mr. Nancy, It is not often that we receive such enthusiastic support for the paper bag." —The Paper Bag Council "On behalf of Greyhound, there should be no problem traveling while in your butter costume." —Greyhound Bus Lines "I look forward to working with you to create a better future for this great nation." —Vice President Al Gore Letters From A Nut is an insanely inspired, truly madcap collection of Nancy correspondence, a wet-yourself-in-a-public place funny aggregation of official—and officially certifiable—requests, complaints, fan mail and questions that could not possibly have been taken seriously...but, amazingly, were.
Author | : Susie Morgenstern |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2000-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101174374 |
Ten-year-old Ernest lives a flat, colorless life. Each day is the same: he comes home right after school, eats a healthy snack, and does his homework. Enter Victoria, the new girl in class. Victoria instantly falls in love with Ernest, and bulldozes her way into his life. Much to Ernest's surprise, he likes it. Bit by bit, color seeps into Ernest's humdrum existence--and he begins to realize that life can hold an endless variety of love, friendship, adventure, and change."Quirky characters, heightening suspense, and hilarious situations are deftly combined in this tender novel, which examines a few of the large and small ways people affect one another." --Booklist, starred review
Author | : Karen A. McClintock |
Publisher | : Trillium |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780814213322 |
Thirty years after her father's death, Karen McClintock sets out to find the gay father she never really knew. As we follow the unraveling family secret, we find ourselves drawn into her story as they stumble into infidelity, grieve heartbreaking losses, and remain loyal in love. Set in Columbus, Ohio, My Father's Closet tells the story of how just before the war, McClintock's parents fell in love and married, while overseas in Germany the man whom she believes became her father's lover was concealing his Jewish and gay identities in order to escape to America. A set of her father's journals, letters her parents sent to each other during the Second World War, and a mysterious painting all lead her toward the truth about her gay father. McClintock weaves a complex secret into the fabric of lives we truly care about. And in the process, she leads us out of her father's closet. This gripping memoir captures the longing children feel for a distant or hidden parent and taps into the complexity of human connection and abandonment. The characters are resilient and vibrant. The hidden lovers, the nosey neighbors, and surprise lovers all show up. In the end, this extraordinary family finds ways to connect and freedom to love. Anyone who grew up with a family secret will appreciate the dynamics afoot in this fast-paced and compelling story.
Author | : Karla Jay |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 1992-05 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0814741835 |
A series of essays concerning the Gay Liberation Movement, from individuals and groups associated with the movement.
Author | : Ava Dellaira |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0374346682 |
“Dear Ava, I loved your book.” —Award-winning actress Emma Watson For fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Amber Smith, Ava Dellaira writes about grief, love, and family with a haunting and often heartbreaking beauty in this emotionally stirring, critically acclaimed debut novel, Love Letters to the Dead. It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more—though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was—lovely and amazing and deeply flawed—can she begin to discover her own path.
Author | : Mary-Louise Parker |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2015-11-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1501107836 |
This book "renders the singular arc of a woman's life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved priest from her childhood to remembrances of former lovers to an homage to a firefighter she encountered to a heartfelt communication with the uncle of the infant daughter she adopted"--