Autobiography Of My Hungers (Living Out: Gay And Lesbian Autobiog),New

Rigoberto Gonzlez, Author Of The Critically Acclaimed Memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories Of A Chicano Mariposa, Takes A Second Piercing Look At His Past Through A Startling New Lens: Hunger.The Need For Sustenance Originating In Childhood Poverty, The Adolescent Emotional Need For Solace And Comfort, The Adult Desire For A Larger World, Another Lover, A Different Bodyall Are Explored By Gonzlez In A Series Of Heartbreaking And Poetic Vignettes.Each Vignette Is A Defining Moment Of Selfawareness, Every Moment An Important Step In A Lifelong Journey Toward Clarity, Knowledge, And The Nourishment That Comes In Various Formseven 'The Smallest Biggest Joys' Help Piece Together A Complex Portrait Of A Gay Man Of Color Who At Last Defines Himself By What He Learns, Not By What He Yearns For.Bill Whitehead Award For Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing Triangletold In A Series Of Revealing Vignettes And Poems, Gonzlezs Autobiography Of My Hungers Turns Moments Of Need And Want Into Revelations Of Truth And Selfawareness, Creating The Portrait Of An Artist That Is Complex If Not Entirely Complete.El Paso Timesthrough His Provocative Vignettes, Gonzlez Communicates A Lifetime Of Struggle For Affirmation And Selfacceptance.Make/Shift