Let's Shut Out the World

Politics & Social Sciences

Bentley, Kevin

Social Sciences

Green Candy Press

Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon

Sailor: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Council Oak Books

Sailors: Post Cards

Cultural Writing. Gay Studies. Autobiography. In the late 70s there was a massive migration of young gay men to San Francisco. They left home in droves, traveling by plane, bus, Pinto or Volkswagen towards a life free from discrimination. Struggling to make ends meet, many worked in bookstores and restaurants, all the while taking advantage of a scene of sexual hedonism. "Funny, sexy, and finally wise, Bentley's diary unfolds so-called gay promiscuity as a matter of deep personal quest -- for experience, for selfhood, for connection, for love. Bentley has given us not only a compelling document of a place and time, but a well-crafted narrative as penetrating and satisfying as a novel" -- Clifford Chase, author of The Hurry-Up Song: A Memoir of Losing My Brother. A vivid document of its time, WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN will be of great interest to readers of all genders and inclinations. Kevin Bentley is the author of SAILOR: VINTAGE PHOTOS OF A MASCULINE ICON.

Wild Animals I Have Known

Biographies & Memoirs

The narrator of these autobiographical stories and personal essays has man trouble--trouble with his homophobic father, his horny best friend, his rigid high school principal, and a slew of "fauxmosexuals" and elusive boyfriends--and a knack for butting heads with fundamentalist Christians. Bitingly funny and at times harrowingly sad, Let’s Shut Out the World traces the man-hungry and misanthropic journey of an intensely bibliophilistic young man following his natural bent from a desolate Texas landscape of tumbleweeds, Jesus freaks, and compliant straight boys to the gay capital of San Francisco in pursuit of sex, drugs, a lover, and more. Whether describing having his hair styled by a gang of eighth-grade bullies; staging a Satan festival in the main hall of Greenvale High complete with black robes, black candles, and raw chickens; succumbing to a sneezing fit inside the healing Sanctuary at Chimayo; or indulging in inappropriate sex with a caregiver, Bentley writes with a pen dipped in blood, indignation, and grim whimsy. This collection also provides the back story and sequel, and vividly fills out the author’s rough-and-ready romantic escapades detailed in his diaries, the Lambda Literary Award finalist for memoir, Wild Animals I Have Known.

LGBTQ+ Books

In the late '70s there was a massive migration of young gay men to San Francisco. They left home in droves, traveling by plane, bus, Pinto or Volkswagen towards a life free from discrimination. Struggling to make ends meet, many worked in bookstores and restaurants, all the while taking advantage of a scene of sexual hedonism. Kevin Bentley faithfully kept a frank, literate diary of his experiences as this generation of gay men tumbled into the era of AIDS.

Chelsea Station Editions

Bitingly funny and at times harrowingly sad, Let's Shut Out the World traces the man-hungry and misanthropic journey of an intensely bibliophilistic young man following his natural bent from a desolate Texas landscape of tumbleweeds, Jesus freaks, and compliant straight boys to the gay capital of San Francisco in pursuit of sex, drugs, a lover, and more. Whether describing having his hair styled by a gang of eighth-grade bullies; staging a Satan festival in the main hall of Greenvale High complete with black robes, black candles, and raw chickens; succumbing to a sneezing fit inside the healing Sanctuary at Chimayo; or indulging in inappropriate sex with a caregiver, Bentley writes with a pen dipped in blood, indignation, and grim whimsy. Let's Shut Out the World is both prequel and sequel to the author's rough-and-ready romantic escapades detailed in his diaries, the Lambda Literary Award finalist for memoir, Wild Animals I Have Known."

Mes animaux sauvages

Romance

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Let's Shut Out the World

Sailor: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon

Sailors: Post Cards

Wild Animals I Have Known

Let's Shut Out the World

Wild Animals I Have Known

Let's Shut Out the World

Mes animaux sauvages