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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Page 44
... away . I make myself hard as the back of she who turns her face away from me . Any stone thrown at me will shatter . CORNFIELD O n this night of the full moon I've 44 MINNIE BRUCE PRATT.
... away . I make myself hard as the back of she who turns her face away from me . Any stone thrown at me will shatter . CORNFIELD O n this night of the full moon I've 44 MINNIE BRUCE PRATT.
Page 86
... away with it , playing . No one near her on the platform has raised a hand to punish her for defying man and woman . I look up and see myself fifteen years earlier , sitting in my classroom on the edge of my desk — short hair , jeans ...
... away with it , playing . No one near her on the platform has raised a hand to punish her for defying man and woman . I look up and see myself fifteen years earlier , sitting in my classroom on the edge of my desk — short hair , jeans ...
Page 137
... away from me . Across the river , the gigantic mirrors of sky- scrapers reflect clouds , wisps of air . Behind us in the har- bor , the Statue of Liberty rears up like some huge toy at the beach . Along the road , fiery goldenrod and ...
... away from me . Across the river , the gigantic mirrors of sky- scrapers reflect clouds , wisps of air . Behind us in the har- bor , the Statue of Liberty rears up like some huge toy at the beach . Along the road , fiery goldenrod and ...
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