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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... an endless waterfall , a rock that will wear 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.
... an endless waterfall , a rock that will wear 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 80
... rocks jumbled by the river . You told me , over and over , that you wanted me to be your girl . Now sometimes you call me ... rock me , caught in the backwash of the river . Not my mama nor my pa ever rocked me this way , timeless , the ...
... rocks jumbled by the river . You told me , over and over , that you wanted me to be your girl . Now sometimes you call me ... rock me , caught in the backwash of the river . Not my mama nor my pa ever rocked me this way , timeless , the ...
Page 189
... to wind , so that all can be built again for all . If the lowest stones move , those who scrape and sell even the sky will crash down in a scatter of glittering rock . About the Author WRITER AND ACTIVIST MINNIE BRUCE PRATT CAME.
... to wind , so that all can be built again for all . If the lowest stones move , those who scrape and sell even the sky will crash down in a scatter of glittering rock . About the Author WRITER AND ACTIVIST MINNIE BRUCE PRATT CAME.
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