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 Pratt is the author of We Say We Love Each Other, Rebellion, Crime Against Nature, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt We Ate. |
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We hadn't known much about many of the lives hidden in our town , and now we
gathered , ready to find out : Me and the woman who was my first friend , almost
my first memory . And my best girlfriend from high school , who'd also grown up ...
I see and hear the bothness , the severalness of this moment , a chaotic
heightening of sense very akin to my first look at who really lives under the rigid
grid of black and white . In a long - ago meeting of first - grade parents , every
person was ...
She thought the book might bring catastrophe , not just to her career , but to their
lives . Una replied , “ Write what is in I wish to be known for what I am , and to
dwell with you in the palace of truth . ” your heart .... We stroll slowly down the
green ...
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User Review - ehough75 - LibraryThingAmazing. Loved every aspect of this book. She shows how her thoughts and process have developed and changed over the years with both conversaitons, debates, and encounters with the people she has met ... Read full review
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User Review - dancingwaves - LibraryThingAn amazing book of vignettes that explore the ideas and intersections of love, sexuality, gender, and identity. A beautiful love letter to her partner, Leslie Feinberg. Read full review
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| Title | S/He |
| Author | Minnie Bruce Pratt |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Alyson Books, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 155583888X, 9781555838881 |
| Length | 189 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Women Social Science / LGBT Studies / Lesbian Studies |
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