Philip Gambone teaches English at Boston University Academy and at the Harvard Extension School. An award-winning essayist, journalist, and fiction writer, he is author of Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers and Beijing: A Novel, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
"A thread of activism and universal accounts of coming out run
through all the entries, but what really sparkles is the
individuality of the interviewees."--Pride Source
"Gambone is a smart interviewer with a laid-back, engaging style,
and he knows how to bring out the most interesting qualities of his
subjects. He clearly admires them all and makes us admire them,
too. . . . An eclectic front-to-back reading experience."--Library
Journal
"Gambone traveled the country for two years to bring the stories of
gay artists, activists, and everyday queer folk to light through
interviews that are candid, honest, and down-to-earth; his
thoughtfully crafted questions, deep and respectful listening, and
masterful storytelling skills highlight what gay America has in
common with straight America, and what it is that makes the LGBTQ
community decidedly different. . . . Travels in a Gay Nation:
Portraits of LGBTQ Americans is an engaging, moving, entertaining,
and informative introduction to and affirmation of LGBTQ citizens
who, in spite of the injustice, fear, inequality, and intolerance
that they face on a daily basis, manage to create lives filled with
passion, color, creativity, and service."--ForeWord
"Reading Philip Gambone's new book of profiles, Travels in a Gay
Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans, is like watching a really
good, really gay Barbara Walters Most Fascinating People special.
Gambone delivers his subjects' backstories, where they are now, a
sense of what makes them tick, and sometimes, just like Walters, he
gets tears. . . . Though Gambone's writing is vivid, compassionate,
and concise, what really comes across in Travels is how easy he is
to talk to. "--Advocate
"This collection of rainbow-hued recollections is a must-read for
anyone curious about other people's coming out experiences and the
complex struggles that brought them to where they are today."--Bay
Area Reporter
"Whether famous or relatively unknown, the portraits Gambone
unveils in Travels in a Gay Nation move, surprise, quite often
inspire, and are always deeply human."--The Boston Spirit
"By asking good questions and really listening, Philip Gambone
opens an illuminating window into the minds, hearts, and guts of a
fabulous array of extraordinary Americans. At this critical time in
America's decades-long movement toward LGBTQ equality, you really
shouldn't miss this view."--Will Fellows, author of Farm Boys:
Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest
"This collection of interviews with gay activists and artists is
like going to dinner with people you'd love to know but don't, and
Phil Gambone is the perfect stand-in for the reader: impressively
prepared, sympathetic, and smart."--Andrew Holleran, author of
Grief: A Novel
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