Out in All Directions : A Treasury of Gay and Lesbian America

Rating:
Summary: A Contributor's Perspective
Review: Mine is only one of the stories told in Out In All Directions (Chapter 8, "No Room In the Closet For This Quilt"), and I am but one of more than 175 individuals who helped to make this literary mosaic possible. My story was a happy one--many others are not so happy.

I am not a professional writer--though many of the pieces which make up this work were submitted by professionals. I am one man who told his own story, part of the fabric of our community. If you are looking for a neat, easily packaged description of the greater gay and lesbian community, skip this book.

It does not provide "sound bites," easy answers or psycho-babble; instead it lets the community speak on its own behalf, and the landscape of today and the roadmap for tomorrow it presents is all the richer for it. Great for families and friends who want to know more, and for each of us to gain a sense of community and history all-too-often lacking.

[Note: This was previously released as "...An ALMANAC of Gay & Lesbian America," in hardcover and re-released with this title in paperback. The books are exactly the same, but apparently someone thought "Almanac" sounded too much like a boring musty reference book.]

Rating:
Summary: A Contributor's Perspective
Review: Mine is only one of the stories told in Out In All Directions (Chapter 8, "No Room In the Closet For This Quilt"), and I am but one of more than 175 individuals who helped to make this literary mosaic possible. My story was a happy one--many others are not so happy.

I am not a professional writer--though many of the pieces which make up this work were submitted by professionals. I am one man who told his own story, part of the fabric of our community. If you are looking for a neat, easily packaged description of the greater gay and lesbian community, skip this book.

It does not provide "sound bites," easy answers or psycho-babble; instead it lets the community speak on its own behalf, and the landscape of today and the roadmap for tomorrow it presents is all the richer for it. Great for families and friends who want to know more, and for each of us to gain a sense of community and history all-too-often lacking.

[Note: This was previously released as "...An ALMANAC of Gay & Lesbian America," in hardcover and re-released with this title in paperback. The books are exactly the same, but apparently someone thought "Almanac" sounded too much like a boring musty reference book.]