Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
Advisor's Name
Les Standiford
Advisor's Title
Committee Chair
Advisor's Name
Lynne Barrett
Advisor's Name
Asher Milbauer
Date of Defense
2-24-2011
Abstract
TWISTED STRAIGHT is a 103,000 word memoir, which chronicles the author’s ten-year relationship to the ebullient, witty, but destructive woman he married, and their subsequent immersion in gay culture, specifically the circuit-party scene.
TWISTED STRAIGHT is set in the heyday of the gay circuit scene, and the 90s, the decade in which it became hip to be gay. It is a unique perspective on a sub-culture off limits to most heterosexual men. Just as importantly, the story describes a man’s search for himself, for a real connection with his electrifying but emotionally damaged wife, for a break from his past, and for meaning in a life buried deep beneath a lifestyle.
Recommended Citation
Garnett, Nicholas, "Twisted Straight: A Memoir" (2011). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 400.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/400