An Army of Ex-Lovers: My Life at the Gay Community News (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781558496217)

Boston's weekly Gay Community News was "the center of the universe" during the late 1970s, writes Amy Hoffman in this memoir of gay liberation before AIDS, before gay weddings, and before The L Word. Provocative, informative, inspiring, and absurd, with a small circulation but a huge influence, Gay Community News produced a generation of leaders, writers, and friends. In addition to capturing the heady atmosphere of the times--the victories, controversies, and tragedies--Hoffman's memoir is also her personal story, written with wit and insight, of growing up in a political movement; of her deepening relationships with charismatic, talented, and sometimes utterly weird coworkers; and of trying to explain it all to her large Jewish family.

Author: Amy Hoffman
ISBN-10: 1558496211
ISBN-13: 9781558496217
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2007
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.04w x 0.55d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2007 pg. 7
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 166