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Joel Derfner
Dear Librarian, I'm excited to tell you that my book SWISH: MY QUEST TO BECOME THE GAYEST PERSON EVER AND WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING INSTEAD has been released in paperback—and not only that, it's got a foreword by Elton John! I'm a knitter, an aerobics instructor, a cheerleader, a go-go dancer, and a musical theater composer, but when I realized one day that I was a walking gay cliché I embarked on a quest for deeper meaning. A very, very funny quest for deeper meaning (if I do say so myself). And as I was confronting the demons of my past at a GLBT summer camp, using the Internet to "meet" men, and going undercover to a conference of ex-gays, I discoverd that what I was looking for—and sometimes even found—was my own identity. If your readers are fans of David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, David Rakoff, Chelsea Handler, Sloane Crosley, or Sarah Vowell, chances are they'll like my book (and, by extension, you). If they're not, what the heck, they'll still probably like my book (and, by extension, you). And if they don't, then together you and I can overwhelm them with waves of insecurity and need until they're forced to change their minds! I'm not going to lie to you; SWISH does have a few racy passages. But it's not a book about sex. Furthermore, what little sex there is tends to be not explicit but euphemistic. It's funnier that way. Yours in good books, Joel Derfner joelderfner.com "SWISH is the most moving book about being gay I've ever read. But it's not just about being gay; it's about being human." —Elton John
Swish / Joel Derfner / Broadway / Paperback; 272 Pages
Price: $14.00 / ISBN: 978-0767924313 / Published: June, 2009 Joel Derfner is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view his reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |