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 92
... head violence that has so pursued him that he winds himself in burial rags and wanders like a creature in search of a grave to hide in , wanders in the land between man and woman , no place to safely lay his head . The roar of the New ...
... head violence that has so pursued him that he winds himself in burial rags and wanders like a creature in search of a grave to hide in , wanders in the land between man and woman , no place to safely lay his head . The roar of the New ...
Page 153
... head in familiar gesture . The girl in the kitchen door , head tilted and hand raised in her own already ha- bitual gesture . Each girl with her own thoughts as she walked to school in the dress she chose or the dress she hated , being ...
... head in familiar gesture . The girl in the kitchen door , head tilted and hand raised in her own already ha- bitual gesture . Each girl with her own thoughts as she walked to school in the dress she chose or the dress she hated , being ...
Page 167
... head of the table , in front of a vacant chair . My son stands quietly in the kitchen , avoiding that place . His honey lays the carving knife down beside the bird and goes back in the kitchen . I run upstairs to the bathroom ...
... head of the table , in front of a vacant chair . My son stands quietly in the kitchen , avoiding that place . His honey lays the carving knife down beside the bird and goes back in the kitchen . I run upstairs to the bathroom ...
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