S/HeThis brave memoir chronicles Pratt’s struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg. Minnie Bruce Prattis the author ofWe Say We Love Each Other,Rebellion,Crime Against Nature,Walking Back Up Depot Street, andThe Dirt We Ate. |
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Minnie Bruce Pratt. CORNFIELD O n this night of the full moon I've come with my old friend to celebrate my getting older , my birthday . We've had sup- per at the Southern Grill , a diner at a crossroads that has nothing else but a gas ...
Minnie Bruce Pratt. CORNFIELD O n this night of the full moon I've come with my old friend to celebrate my getting older , my birthday . We've had sup- per at the Southern Grill , a diner at a crossroads that has nothing else but a gas ...
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... I've sat waiting . Once , when I tried to write my way out , the poets who were men said to me , " Beauty is its own excuse for being . " Now I make poems for her where vulva petals turn into blade - sharp teeth . I caress the edge of ...
... I've sat waiting . Once , when I tried to write my way out , the poets who were men said to me , " Beauty is its own excuse for being . " Now I make poems for her where vulva petals turn into blade - sharp teeth . I caress the edge of ...
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... ve always started life in a new apartment with a fresh coat of paint . I don't ask you if you've ever had to live on ... I've been driving from my city to you on that road . Some nights , late , it would blur in darkness and tears ; it ...
... ve always started life in a new apartment with a fresh coat of paint . I don't ask you if you've ever had to live on ... I've been driving from my city to you on that road . Some nights , late , it would blur in darkness and tears ; it ...
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