A Different Person: A Memoir Depression In a small town with

In a small town with few queer teenagers

the writers' conceptions of gender are inextricably intertwined with broader systemic issues

and government laws

Kauffman fills the gap with this study

you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide

A Different Person: A Memoir Depression In a small town withThe son of extreme privilege who became a great American poet winner of every major poetry prize, from the Pulitzer to the Bollingen looks back on his coming of age as a gay man before Stonewall in a charming, searching memoir that was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, featuring a new introduction by Hilton Als. "Stands with Merrill's finest work." Los Angeles Times Book Review James Merrill, the son of Charles Merrill, a founder