Winter's Light: Reflections of a Yankee Queer

John Preston

UPNE, Feb 1, 1997 - Social Science - 175 pages

In these stirring autobiographical essays and social commentaries, a prolific writer and gay rights pioneer--whose voice was stilled by AIDS in 1994--tells of the search for a place to belong. "Preston's voice is as brave, honest, and clear-sighted as ever, which makes us miss it all the more sorely".--Anne Rice.

Contents

• The Importance of Telling Our Stories: 3
• Medfield Massachusetts: 10
• Lifes Good Here: 20
• The Men of Maine: 31
• Letters from Maine: 57
• Trouble in Paradise: 64
• A Question of Survival: 70
• A Murder in Maine: 74
• Charlies Day: 81
• Christmas 1983: 88
• In Residence at the AIDS Project: 103
• AIDS Writing: 109
• A Woman of a Certain Age: 115
• Living with AIDS 1992: 125
• World AIDS Day Speech 1993: 134
• A New England Chorus: 140
• Winter Writing: 148
• Down East: 165
• The Complete Works of John Preston: 173

About the author

An editor of the Advocate, John Preston published 42 books, including Franny, the Queen of Provincetown (1995) and the anthologies A Member of the Family (1992) and Hometown (1991). Michael Lowenthal, author of the novel The Same Embrace, is a Massachusetts-based writer whose work appears in many books, including two he co-edited with John Preston, Friends and Lovers and Flesh and the Word 3.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Winter's Light: Reflections of a Yankee Queer
• Author: John Preston
• Editor: Michael Lowenthal
• Contributor: Michael Lowenthal
• Publisher: UPNE, 1997
• ISBN: 0874517818, 9780874517811
• Length: 175 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Gay Studies