Autobiography of My Hungers (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)
Rigoberto González
ISBN 10: 0299292509 / ISBN 13: 9780299292508
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 2013
Bibliographic Details
Title: Autobiography of My Hungers (Living Out: Gay...
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: GOOD
About this title
Synopsis:
Rigoberto González, 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 body—all are explored by González in a series of heartbreaking and poetic
vignettes. Each vignette is a defining moment of self-awareness, every moment an important step in a lifelong journey toward clarity, knowledge,
and the nourishment that comes in various forms—even "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 Triangle
“Told in a series of revealing vignettes and poems, González’s Autobiography of my Hungers turns moments of need and want into revelations of truth
and self-awareness, creating the portrait of an artist that is complex if not entirely complete.”—El Paso Times
“Through his provocative vignettes, González communicates a lifetime of struggle for affirmation and self-acceptance.”—Make/Shift
About the Author:
Rigoberto González is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose and the editor of Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing. His
memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa won the American Book Award, and he has received fellowships from the Guggenheim
Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is a contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine, serves on the executive board of
directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and is an associate professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey.
