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This title in other formats:An Army of Ex-Lovers: My Life at the Gay Community Newsby Amy Hoffman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Book News Annotation:More than a mere memoir, Hoffman's narrative of her years with the
decidedly different Boston journal details the beginnings of what
became the gay liberation movement. As she explains the workings of
the Gay Community News and its various contributors, Hoffman also
explains her relationships with what were to become leaders in a
major civil rights movement, some of whom were dedicated to the point
of distraction, while others were merely charmingly weird. She
closely examines the fragmentation of the movement and its moments of
cohesion, its range of goals and behaviors, and the motivations of
people to be heard as they entered into what was then a new world and
way of thinking. At the same time Hoffman gives an unflinching
account of how she explained her lifestyle to her large and
traditional Jewish family. The result is witty and deeply poignant.
Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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