Marta J. (booksnob) reviewed I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore (Tales from Gay Manhattan, Bk 1) on + 412 more book reviews
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This collection of stories was originally published in 1983, which is when I originally read them. I remembered having been captivated by Mordden's writing at that time, and much to my delight, still am. It is obvious that this was written prior to the grim spectre of AIDS and the toll it has taken on the gay community...
Bernie N. (Bernie) reviewed I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore (Tales from Gay Manhattan, Bk 1) on
"We have traded tales, my buddies and I; of affairs, encounters, secrets, fears, self-promotion-of fantasies that we make real in the telling." In this, the first volume in Ethan Mordden's acclaimed trilogy on Manhattan gay life, he introduces a small group of friends-Dennis Savage, Little Kiwi, Carlos, and the narrator, Bud-and chronicles their exploration of the new world of gay life and the new people they are in the process of becoming.In a voice at once ironic, wistful, witty, and profound, Mordden investigates his suspicion that all of gay life is stories and that, somehow or other, all these stories are about love.
