A Queer Memoir About Navigating Toxic Masculinity

I met David Adjmi at a fancy writing residency. The kind of place where you work all day alone and then eat dinner together, have a drink in the parlor afterwards. I remember a night when someone suggested watching a movie. As people were perusing the house copy of the criterion collection people began offering […] The post A Queer Memoir About Navigating Toxic Masculinity appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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