Encounters With Men
Encounters With Men is a searching memoir as only Bob Ostertag could tell it. In these pages are a lifetime of intimacies and distances, moments with fathers and teachers, friends and lovers, soldiers, cops, and criminals—even one of the great mass murderers of the late twentieth century. Bob Ostertag writes of the men he has known in stories shot through with deep love and deep violence, sex often at the core. Here, we encounter the worst of the AIDS epidemic and the best of human behavior. Fittingly, the final encounter occurs exclusively online, a stark yet compelling portrait of the new sex work in the digital age. Like encounters with bears, except with men.
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Encounters With Men
Encounters With Men is a searching memoir as only Bob Ostertag could tell it. In these pages are a lifetime of intimacies and distances, moments with fathers and teachers, friends and lovers, soldiers, cops, and criminals—even one of the great mass murderers of the late twentieth century. Bob Ostertag writes of the men he has known in stories shot through with deep love and deep violence, sex often at the core. Here, we encounter the worst of the AIDS epidemic and the best of human behavior. Fittingly, the final encounter occurs exclusively online, a stark yet compelling portrait of the new sex work in the digital age. Like encounters with bears, except with men.
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Encounters With Men

Encounters With Men

by Bob Ostertag
Encounters With Men

Encounters With Men

by Bob Ostertag

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Encounters With Men is a searching memoir as only Bob Ostertag could tell it. In these pages are a lifetime of intimacies and distances, moments with fathers and teachers, friends and lovers, soldiers, cops, and criminals—even one of the great mass murderers of the late twentieth century. Bob Ostertag writes of the men he has known in stories shot through with deep love and deep violence, sex often at the core. Here, we encounter the worst of the AIDS epidemic and the best of human behavior. Fittingly, the final encounter occurs exclusively online, a stark yet compelling portrait of the new sex work in the digital age. Like encounters with bears, except with men.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625570895
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Publication date: 01/21/2025
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: (w) x (h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Bob Ostertag is an American writer, musician, film maker, and activist whose work cannot easily be summarized or pigeonholed. His writings on contemporary politics have been published on every continent and in many languages, beginning with his work as a journalist covering the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980s. His books cover topics ranging from labor unions to the history of estrogen and testosterone. His writing has won the “Most Censored Story of the Year” award from Project Censored and the “Most Important Book of the Year’ ' designation from The Nation magazine.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1 Dreams Poetry Coaches Farmers and Cowboys Teachers Michael The Freak The Creep Buster and Buddy Buster and His Family Jerry and George Bryan Part 2 The Soldiers, the Colonel, and the Psychokiller Part 3 Don’ t Be Sad. Life Is Short They don’ t understand what an order is Nuke Iraq Lusty Lady Jerusalem’s Parks King Leer in the Men’s Room Starting From Zero Fathers Gummy Worms Psychedelic Free Love The Champion Whatever You Want Darling The Stripper The Anesthesiologist The Pants Hi, I am in the Lobby Uncle Sam Wants You Clash of Clans The Beach What Do You Want, A Dollar? Pedal to the Metal The Nail Storm Troopers In the Dark The Artist Part 4 Summer Camp Coda Part 5 Hank Mark Donny John Jim Ori Part 6 Chaturbating
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