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In this first collection of his stories, award-winning author Michael Lassell explores the relationships between sexuality, spirituality, sanity, and the vicissitudes of urban gay life in the dying moments of the 20th century. Graphic, yet often hilarious, Certain Ecstasies consists of previoulsy published stories as well as new work. Deeply felt, insightful and beautifully crafted, these stories blur the distinctions between literature and erotica, between wit and wisdom, between fact and the imagination.
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In this first collection of his stories, award-winning author Michael Lassell explores the relationships between sexuality, spirituality, sanity, and the vicissitudes of urban gay life in the dying moments of the 20th century. Graphic, yet often hilarious, Certain Ecstasies consists of previoulsy published stories as well as new work. Deeply felt, insightful and beautifully crafted, these stories blur the distinctions between literature and erotica, between wit and wisdom, between fact and the imagination.
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