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Patrick Merla

Autor(a) de Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories

52 Works 487 Membros 2 Críticas

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Inclui os nomes: Patrick Merla, Patrick Merla ed., editor Patrick Merla

Obras por Patrick Merla

Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories (1996) — Editor; Introdução — 399 exemplares
The Touch (2000) 29 exemplares
The Tales of Patrick Merla (Available Press) (1985) 8 exemplares
New York Native (Issue #95) "The New Sexuality of Gay & Lesbian America" - "Farewell to Michel Foucault" - "Interview… 2 exemplares
The James White Review (Volume 17, Number 2) 2 exemplares
James White Review (Volume 17, Number 3) 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #84) "Days of Courage, Nights of Hell: The Story of a Person with AIDS" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #135) "All Those Men -- and Salammbo, Too! -- Charles Ludlam's Latest Masterpiece" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #120) "Gavin Dillard: Poet from L.A." 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #108) "AIDS and the Horse Virus" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #109) "The Meaning of Menno: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Geometer" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #93) "The Church & the Mayor vs. Gays?" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #146) "L.A. Plays Itself" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #136) "Mr. Salome -- Who Says Patrick Dupond Is Controversial?" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #138) "Policing the Straights: The Truth About Plato's Retreat" 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 15, Number 4) "Flesh Made Word: Memoirs & Autobiography Issue" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #88) "Welcome to the San Francisco Baths" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #105) "Making the Best of Your Body" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #134) "Dallas: City of Business and Pleasure" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #115) "The Real John Simon: An Exclusive Interview by Ned Rorem" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #111) "Working Wonders On Your Body: Gym Daddies" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #81) "Systemic Illness: Lesbians & AIDS" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #117) "AIDSGate Begins: Should Gallo & Essex Be In Jail?" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #90) "Sleeping Well Is The Best Revenge" 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 16, Number 1) 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 4, No. 3, October/November 1979: "Friendships Between Straight Women and Gay Men"; "Special… 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #98) "'East Village Mecca' by Dennis Cooper" - "Bruce Mailman, Owner of the The Saint and the… 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #116) "Taking the New Right to Task on AIDS" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #110) "Guide to Asian Bars, Restaurants, Groups" 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 17, Number 4) 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 3, No. 8, March 1979: "The Life and Death of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts" 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 18, Number 1 & 2) 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 19, Number 1) 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 20, Numbers 1&2) 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 20, Number 4) 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 3, No. 11, June 1979: "The President's Nephew by Randy Shilts" 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 3, No. 6, January 1979: "Gays on the Rocks: Alcoholism and Recovery"; "Gay Prisoners: Sexual… 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 3, No. 9, April 1979: "Manuel Puig Discusses Homosexuality, Sexual Politics in South America" 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 4, No. 2, September 1979: "A Cruel God: The Gay Challenge to the Catholic Church"; "Richard… 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 3, No. 10, May 1979: "The Spada Report: Excerpts From the Newest Survey of Gay Male Sexuality" 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 4, No. 1, August 1979: "Joan Baez Answers the Questions You've Always Wanted To Ask" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #143) "AIDS Prison Scandal" 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1979: "'Nipples' and Other Tales and Reports About Fire Island by Andrew… 1 exemplar
Christopher Street, Vol. 3, No. 12, July 1979: "What Happened to Sex in the Seventies? Ask Danny Slocum" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #91) "Scary New Poppers Findings" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #86) "Vote For Hart" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #101) "Why Gays Are Voting For Reagan" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #83) "AIDS in Europe: Hope and Horror" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #92) "Gay Power: 15 Years and Still Fighting" 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #145) "Robert Gluck's Neurosis" 1 exemplar
James White Review (Volume 17, Number 1) 1 exemplar
New York Native (Issue #144) "Say Hello to 'Parting Glances': The Gay Film Festival Picks a Winner' 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Merla, Patrick
Data de nascimento
20th century
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New York, New York, USA
Ocupações
literary agent
editor

Membros

Críticas

Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out… por Patrick [ed] Merla
What a storehouse of tales about boys coming out about their gay being. Being gay is an important aspect of every story in this book, yet it is not just the center of the being of each narrator it is their life. Each life, however, is different and it is that difference that makes this book so interesting. In a certain way there are as many stories about being gay as their are individuals, yet each of us (and I include myself in that group) shares something with the other. That is what is explored in this wonderful and unique look at what it means to be gay and to live as a gay man and to come out.… (mais)
 
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jwhenderson | 1 outra crítica | Apr 14, 2022 |
Boys Like Us
Given as a gift when I came out. This book sheds light on small but poignant stories that are rarely discussed.
 
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yorkjob | 1 outra crítica | Apr 8, 2007 |
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Estatísticas

Obras
52
Membros
487
Popularidade
#50,715
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
2
ISBN
8

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