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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…” 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.
Introduction Christopher Bram ix
Preface Thomas Keith xiii
Silence =Death: The Education of a Comedian Bob Smith 19
An Old Queen's Tale Penny Arcade 43
The Isle of Staten Michele Karlsberg 63
Finding Jesús on Christopher Street Brendan Fay 77
Dis-membering Stonewall Rev. Irene Monroe 93
Before I Begin David McConnell 103
A Bite of the Big Apple Val McDermid 113
Irrespective of the Storm Mark Ameen 127
My Last Big Addiction Martin Hyatt 149
My Family Tree Amos Mac 161
The Opera Singer's Pants, and How I Got In Them Justine Saracen 171
The Sum of Our Parts Jewelle Gomez 183
The Myths of this Place Shaun Levin 191
The Voices Charlie Vázquez 201
As I Stood Frying… Fay Jacobs 211
Borders, Rivers and Time: Gay Gotham Revisited Shawn Syms 221
White Angel/Pale Blue Eyes Nicky Paraiso 233
My Gay New York: A Symphony in Four Acts Aaron Hamburger 245
The Place I Parked My Car G. Winston James 259
Bad Boy Felice Picano 275
Two Near Water-And One Very Quiet Thomas Glave 291
Goodnight, New York: A Sermon on the Move Rabbi Andrea Myers 303
In the House of Strangers Ocean Vuong 313
A 1986 Bronx Story Charles Rice- González 331
Perry Street Redux Christopher Bram 349
An Interview with Michael Musto Kathleen Warnock 361
Next Year at Sonny's Eddie Sarfaty 367
Contributors 393
Acknowledgments 405
Overview
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 ...