Macaroni Heart: A Memoir in Pieces

Raucous and raw, Michael Narkunski’s memoir explores the complicated, unglamorous, and sometimes treacherous side of the queer millennial experience. The twenty interconnected essays trace events from the author’s volatile adolescence in conservative Staten Island to an emotionally armored adulthood in Manhattan, including a teacher crush that turns into a misguided “babysitter’s seduction,” a first boyfriend whose secret prosthetic kicks off the least of their problems, and myriad (fortuna...