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UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page i Who’s Yer Daddy? UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page ii Terr ace Books, a trade imp rint of the Univ er sity of Wisc on sin Press, takes its name from the Me mo rial Union Ter race, lo cated at the Uni ver sity of Wis con sin–Mad i son. Since its in cep tion in 1907, the Wis cons in Union has pro vided a venue for stu dents, fa culty, staff, and alumni to de bate art, music, pol i tics, and the is sues of the day. It is a place where thea ter, music, drama, lite ra ture, dance, outd oor act ivi ties, and major speak ers are made availa ble to the camp us and the comm un ity. To learn more about the Union, visit www.union.wisc.edu. UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page iii Daddy? Who’s Yer Gay Writ ers Cel e brate Their Men tors and Fore run ners Ed ited by Jim El ledge and David Groff Ter race Books A trade im print of the Univ er sity of Wis con sin Press UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page iv Ter race Books A trade imp rint of the Uni ver sity of Wisc on sin Press 1930 Mon roe Street, 3rd Floor Madi son, Wis con sin 53711-2059 uw press.wisc.edu 3 Hen rietta Street Lon don WCE 8LU, En gland eu ros pan book store.com Copy right © 2012 The Board of Reg ents of the Uni ver sity of Wis con sin System All rights re served. No part of this pub li ca tion may be re pro duced, stored in a re trieval system, or trans mit ted, in any for mat or by any means, dig i tal, elec tronic, me chan i cal, photo cop y ing, re cord ing, or oth er wise, or con veyed via the Inter net or a web site with out writ ten per mis sion of the Uni ver sity of Wis con sin Press, ex cept in the case of brief quo ta tions em bed ded in crit i cal ar ti cles and re views. Printed in the United States of Amer ica Li brary of Cong ress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Who’s yer daddy? : gay write rs cel e brate their men tors and forer unn ers / ed ited by Jim El ledge and David Groff. p. cm. In cludes bib lio graph i cal ref er ences. ISBN 978-0-299-28940-9 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-299-28943-0 (e-book) 1. Gay au thors— United States—Biog rap hy. 2. Gay men’s writ ings, American. I. El ledge, Jim, 1950– II. Groff, David. III. Title. PS647.G39W48 2012 810.9´352664—dc23 2012015510 Per mis sion has been granted to re print the fol low ing es says that were pre vi ously pub lished, some in slightly dif fer ent ver sions: Kenny Fries’s “How I Learned to Drive: The Ed u ca tion of a Gay Dis abled Writer” from The Pro gres sive; Aaron Hamburger’s “The Men tor I Never Met: Janet Frame” from Poets & Write rs; Rand all Mann’s “Thom Gunn: A Mem oir of Readi ng” from The Keny on Rev iew Onl ine; and Dale Peck’s “My Mother’s Grave Is Yell ow” from Conj unct ions. A dif fer ent ver sion of Mark Doty’s “Walt Whit man: Glow on the Ex trem est Verge” orig i nally ap peared in Sen eca Rev iew. Also, “Buck ley” by Paul Mon ette is re printed from West of Yes ter day, East of Summ er: New and Sel ected Poems (1973–1993) (St. Martin’s). Copy right © 1994 by Paul Mone tte. Re printed by perm is sion of David Groff and Wendy Weil for The Est ate of Paul Mon ette. UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page v For David & For Clay UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page vi blank UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page vii Con tents Ack nowl edg ments xi Introd uc tion: All Our Dad dies—and Then Some 3 Jim El ledge and David Groff Cult ure Club in Space: An Anec do tal Poet ics 9 Ben ja min S. Gross berg Walt Whit man: Glow on the Ex trem est Verge 17 Mark Doty Latin Moon Daddy 25 Charles Rice-González Mak ing a Man Out of Me 32 Rich ard Blanco Under the In flu ence 37 Chip Li ving ston My Mother’s Grave Is Yel low 44 Dale Peck Some Notes, Thoughts, Rec ol lec tions, Re vi sions, and Cor rect ions Re gard ing Be com ing, Being, and Rem ain ing a Gay Writer 52 Jus tin Chin vii one line short UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page viii My Three Dads 58 Charles Jen sen Or pheus in Texas 69 Saeed Jones “It does not have to be yours” 74 Mark Bib bins A Hid den Life (On Joy Williams) 77 Paul Lis icky Posi tively Not: A Talk about Poe tries and Tra di tions 82 Brian Teare Ro man tic 90 Jeff Mann The Tall a hatchie Meets the Arve, or Un ex pected Gay Con flu ences in the ’70s 99 Greg He wett How I Learned to Drive: The Ed uc a tion of a Gay Disa bled Writer 108 Kenny Fries How to Skin a Deer 113 Mar tin Hyatt The Litt le Girls with Pe nises 120 Jim El ledge Ou bloir 126 David McCon nell Be loved Jot or a nos 131 Rig o berto González Leav ing Berl in 144 El lery Wash ing ton Teen age Riot: Notes on Some Books That Guided Me through a Pro foundly Hor mo nal Time 153 Alis tair McCartn ey My Radi c al Dads 161 David Groff The Ment or I Never Met: Janet Frame 170 Aaron Ham bur ger The Case of the Un done Novel 178 Rich ard McCann viii Contents UWP: Elledge&Groff: Who's Yer Daddy? page ix Fu git ives 187 James Allen Hall Some Notes on In flue nces or Why I Am Not Ob jec tive 196 Mi chael Klein I Will Tell This Story the Way I Choose 201 Shaun Levin Thom Gunn: A Me moir of Read ing 208 Ran dall Mann Queeri ng an Ital ian American Poetic Leg acy 212 Peter Co vino Van ity Fai rey Interv iews Writer Noël Alu mit 221 Noël Alum it The Four of Them 227 Thomas Glave Jump start 235 Tim Miller Cal ib an 241 Dave King My First Poetic Men tor Was a Welsh man Named Les lie 247 Tim o thy Liu The World Is Full of Or phans 251 Ray mond Luc zak The Seism ol ogy of Love and Let ters 256 Brian Leung Bot ti celli Boy 266 Rick Barot Miss Thing 279 Paul Bonin-Rodriguez Thir teen Ways of Look ing at My Father 284 K. M. Soehnl ein Con trib u tors 293 Contents ix

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