Love, Christopher Street : Reflections of New York City (2012, Paperback) by read online book FB2, DJV, MOBI
9781936467341 English 1936467348 These twenty-eight original essays by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered writers include personal stories that span forty years of LGBT life in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, and together create a queer love letter to New York City. Chapters in this volume range from personal anecdote to memoir, reportage, history, herstory, and daydream, as well as tributes to people, places, and events. The essays: "Silence = Death: The Education of a Comedian" by Bob Smith, "An Old Queen's Tale" by Penny Arcade, "The Isle Of Staten" by Michele Karlsberg, "Finding Jesús on Christopher Street" by Brendan Fay, "Dis-membering Stonewall" by Rev. Irene Monroe, "Before I Begin" by David McConnell, "A Bite of the Big Apple" by Val McDermid, "Irrespective of the Storm" by Mark Ameen, "My Last Big Addiction" by Martin Hyatt, "My Family Tree" by Amos Mac, "The Opera Singer's Pants, and How I Got In Them" by Justine Saracen, "The Sum of Our Parts" by Jewelle Gomez, "The Myths of this Place" by Shaun Levin, "The Voices" by Charlie Vázquez, "As I Stood Frying'Š" by Fay Jacobs, "Borders, Rivers and Time: Gay Gotham Revisited" by Shawn Syms, "White Angel/Pale Blue Eyes" by Nicky Paraiso, "My Gay New York: A Symphony in Four Acts" by Aaron Hamburger, "The Place I Parked My Car" by G. Winston James, "Bad Boy" by Felice Picano, "Two Near Water-And One Very Quiet" by Thomas Glave, "Goodnight, New York: A Sermon on the Move" by Rabbi Andrea Myers, "Dearly Beloved" by Ocean Vuong, "A 1986 Bronx Story" by Charles Rice-González, "Perry Street Redux" by Christopher Bram, "An Interview with Michael Musto" by Kathleen Warnock, and "Next Year at Sonny's" by Eddie Sarfaty., While the use of "Christopher Street" in the title is an immediate reference to gay New York City, the essays in this volume represent dozens of places in New York including the five boroughs, Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island-and each of them speaks to the author's feelings about, and experience of, being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered in New York City. Chapters in this volume range from personal anecdote to memoir, reportage, diatribe, love letter, history, herstory, and daydream, as well as tributes to people, places, and events. Contributors include: Penny Arcade, Christopher Bram, Amie Evans, Brendan Fay, Thomas Glave, Jewel Gomez, Aaron Hamburger, Martin Hyatt, Fay Jacobs, G. Winston James, Michele Karlsburg, Shaun Levin, Amos Mac, David McConnell, Val McDermid, Rev. Irene Monroe, Nicky Paraiso, Felice Picano, Charles Rice-Gonzales, Eddie Safarty, Justine Saracen, Rakesh Satyal, Bob Smith, Shawn Syms, Charlie Vazquez, and Ocean Vuong, and Kathleen Warnock will interview Michael Musto.
9781936467341 English 1936467348 These twenty-eight original essays by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered writers include personal stories that span forty years of LGBT life in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, and together create a queer love letter to New York City. Chapters in this volume range from personal anecdote to memoir, reportage, history, herstory, and daydream, as well as tributes to people, places, and events. The essays: "Silence = Death: The Education of a Comedian" by Bob Smith, "An Old Queen's Tale" by Penny Arcade, "The Isle Of Staten" by Michele Karlsberg, "Finding Jesús on Christopher Street" by Brendan Fay, "Dis-membering Stonewall" by Rev. Irene Monroe, "Before I Begin" by David McConnell, "A Bite of the Big Apple" by Val McDermid, "Irrespective of the Storm" by Mark Ameen, "My Last Big Addiction" by Martin Hyatt, "My Family Tree" by Amos Mac, "The Opera Singer's Pants, and How I Got In Them" by Justine Saracen, "The Sum of Our Parts" by Jewelle Gomez, "The Myths of this Place" by Shaun Levin, "The Voices" by Charlie Vázquez, "As I Stood Frying'Š" by Fay Jacobs, "Borders, Rivers and Time: Gay Gotham Revisited" by Shawn Syms, "White Angel/Pale Blue Eyes" by Nicky Paraiso, "My Gay New York: A Symphony in Four Acts" by Aaron Hamburger, "The Place I Parked My Car" by G. Winston James, "Bad Boy" by Felice Picano, "Two Near Water-And One Very Quiet" by Thomas Glave, "Goodnight, New York: A Sermon on the Move" by Rabbi Andrea Myers, "Dearly Beloved" by Ocean Vuong, "A 1986 Bronx Story" by Charles Rice-González, "Perry Street Redux" by Christopher Bram, "An Interview with Michael Musto" by Kathleen Warnock, and "Next Year at Sonny's" by Eddie Sarfaty., While the use of "Christopher Street" in the title is an immediate reference to gay New York City, the essays in this volume represent dozens of places in New York including the five boroughs, Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island-and each of them speaks to the author's feelings about, and experience of, being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered in New York City. Chapters in this volume range from personal anecdote to memoir, reportage, diatribe, love letter, history, herstory, and daydream, as well as tributes to people, places, and events. Contributors include: Penny Arcade, Christopher Bram, Amie Evans, Brendan Fay, Thomas Glave, Jewel Gomez, Aaron Hamburger, Martin Hyatt, Fay Jacobs, G. Winston James, Michele Karlsburg, Shaun Levin, Amos Mac, David McConnell, Val McDermid, Rev. Irene Monroe, Nicky Paraiso, Felice Picano, Charles Rice-Gonzales, Eddie Safarty, Justine Saracen, Rakesh Satyal, Bob Smith, Shawn Syms, Charlie Vazquez, and Ocean Vuong, and Kathleen Warnock will interview Michael Musto.