| An Army of Ex-Lovers: My Life at the Gay Community News Contributor(s): Hoffman, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558496211 ISBN-13: 9781558496217 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Boston's weekly Gay Community News was "the center of the universe" during the late 1970s, writes Amy Hoffman in this memoir of gay liberation before AIDS, before gay weddings, and before The L Word. Provocative, informative, inspiring, and absurd, with a small circulation but a huge influence, Gay Community News produced a generation of leaders, writers, and friends. In addition to capturing the heady atmosphere of the times--the victories, controversies, and tragedies--Hoffman's memoir is also her personal story, written with wit and insight, of growing up in a political movement; of her deepening relationships with charismatic, talented, and sometimes utterly weird coworkers; and of trying to explain it all to her large Jewish family. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007020204 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.04" W x 8.92" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Lesbian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Boston's weekly Gay Community News was the center of the universe during the late 1970s, writes Amy Hoffman in this memoir of gay liberation before AIDS, before gay weddings, and before The L Word. Provocative, informative, inspiring, and absurd, with a small circulation but a huge influence, Gay Community News produced a generation of leaders, writers, and friends. In addition to capturing the heady atmosphere of the times--the victories, controversies, and tragedies--Hoffman's memoir is also her personal story, written with wit and insight, of growing up in a political movement; of her deepening relationships with charismatic, talented, and sometimes utterly weird coworkers; and of trying to explain it all to her large Jewish family. |