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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... dark , who once or twice whirled me around our music practice room . At the senior prom , when the girls outnumbered the boys and I went with my best friend , she and I didn't dance . But this lanky , studious woman is the first grown ...
... dark , who once or twice whirled me around our music practice room . At the senior prom , when the girls outnumbered the boys and I went with my best friend , she and I didn't dance . But this lanky , studious woman is the first grown ...
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... darker instep and ankle . Her skin , dry from months of chemotherapy , crumbles under my touch like dead leaves . She is sore everywhere . The wound in her belly is blood - rose - red against her dark skin . I rub her back which hurts ...
... darker instep and ankle . Her skin , dry from months of chemotherapy , crumbles under my touch like dead leaves . She is sore everywhere . The wound in her belly is blood - rose - red against her dark skin . I rub her back which hurts ...
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... dark , an unused graveyard overgrown with razorwire that droops like wild grapevines . As we turn , a police car pulls up across from us . Two long siren shrieks blare . We look around ; there is no one else in sight . The car drifts ...
... dark , an unused graveyard overgrown with razorwire that droops like wild grapevines . As we turn , a police car pulls up across from us . Two long siren shrieks blare . We look around ; there is no one else in sight . The car drifts ...
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