We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan

Title: We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan Author: Sullivan, Lou ISBN: 9781643620176 Publisher: Nightboat Books Published: 2019 Binding: Book Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Non-Fiction 1209303 Publisher Description: Celebratory, even radical--The New Yorker Monumental--Hyperallergic We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age 11 until his AIDS-related death at 39. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives. Entries from twenty-four diaries reveal Sullivan's self-articulation and the complexity of a fascinating and courageous figure. 2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER