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“Finally! A
gay story collection 100% free from scenes of Jeremy and Chad having tiffs by the Fire Island hot tub. Gay fiction needs books
like Wendell Ricketts’ Everything I Have is Blue--and it
needs them bad. Strapped to myths of upward mobility and disposable income,
gay men are desperately short on books addressing working-class experiences.
Thankfully this book steps up to the plate, serving up feisty, sharp stories
that stretch and challenge stagnant notions of class, masculinity, and gay
identity.” (D. Travers Scott, author of Execution, Texas and One
of These Things is Not Like the Other.)
“This book gives us what
no contemporary TV program, movie, or magazine has even come close
to—the tender, angry, funny emotional innards of the embattled
daily life of working-class gay men. These could be the stories of the guys
on the corner in my neighborhood—or yours! Get the book and see what
they're saying.” (Minnie Bruce Pratt, author of S/He, Walking Back Up Depot
Street, and Rebellion)
“A very large percentage of gay
literature produced in the United States is written by
middle-class white men for middle-class white readers. There is a
homogeneity to gay writing that reflects how, in our supposedly classless,
multicultural society, issues of class and color are seldom worthy subject
matter. If gays are “The Other” in our predominantly heterosexist
society, blue collar people and racial minorities (often one and the same)
are “The Others” within the gay community--a margin within the
margin. These edgy, surprising stories are a tonic: they make an important
contribution in terms of bringing to our attention characters and themes we
seldom see explored in gay contemporary fiction.” (Jaime Manrique,
author of Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction and Eminent Maricones:
Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me)
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