Openly Bob

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Summary: Laugh-O-Rama
Review: When this collection of essays won the Lambda Award several years ago, beating out David Sedaris' wonderful "Naked," I was incredulous. "With whom, pray tell," I pondered bitchily, "did Bob Smith sleep to win that award?" Fast forward to 2000: I actually read "Openly Bob." NOW I KNOW WHY BOB WON: Because he wrote the funniest, the most insightful book of a gay man's life and times that I have read, including -- and I never thought I would write this -- Sedaris' "Naked" or "Barrel Fever." And, kids, I read everything. So, I heartily recommend Bob Smith's "Openly Bob" to all.

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Summary: Openly Bob is openly funny!
Review: When you feel like your small life is full of bland and redundant routines and your relationship has become stale, read this book! Bob Smith takes you through the life of an ordinary gay man, his career, his lovelife, his family and his therapists. If you're missing the laughter in your life, and you think that only your life or family qualifies as dysfunctional, Openly Bob can change all that. My boyfriend read this bood and suggested I read it to better understand gay couples and the humor that can be found in all situations.

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Summary: A writer first and foremost...
Review: While Bob Smith's unique claim to fame is that he is a gay comedian who uses his sexual orientation as part of his act, this collection of essays demonstrates that it all begins with his intelligent, incisive writing. Some of his tales will make you laugh aloud. Others are more gentle (but never sentimental) and go to the heart of what it means to be an adult, partnered gay man in the '90s.