Overview

Homosexuality is often seen as a purely urban experience, far removed from rural and small-town life. """"Farm Boys"""" undermines that cliche by telling the stories of more than three dozen gay men, ranging in age from 24 to 84, who grew up in farm families in the midwestern United States. Whether painful, funny or matter-of-fact, these plain-spoken accounts will move and educate any reader, gay or not, from farm or city.

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Farm Boys breaks the silence that has fallen on gay rural life. —David Bergman, editor of Men on Men 5: Best New Gay Fiction

Fellows's project is a true achievement, one to take its rightful place in future studies of gay American history. -- The Advocate These coming-of-age stories from men ranging from 24 to 84 smash the stereotype that gay culture is exclusively an urban culture. -- Chicago Tribune The book contains scrapbook snapshots treasured by their families for decades--as tender and as innocent as the memories they evoke. -- Omaha World-Herald Farm Boys breaks the silence that has fallen on gay rural life. Â David Bergman, editor of Men on Men 5: Best New Gay Fiction

The book contains scrapbook snapshots treasured by their families for decades--as tender and as innocent as the memories they evoke. -- Omaha World-Herald

"""""Farm Boys"" breaks the silence that has fallen on gay rural life.""—David Bergman, editor of ""Men on Men 5: Best New Gay Fiction"" ""Fellows's project is a true achievement, one to take its rightful place in future studies of gay American history.""--""The Advocate"" ""The book contains scrapbook snapshots treasured by their families for decades--as tender and as innocent as the memories they evoke.""--""Omaha World-Herald"" ""These coming-of-age stories from men ranging from 24 to 84 smash the stereotype that gay culture is exclusively an urban culture.""--""Chicago Tribune"""

Author Information

Will Fellows is the author of Farm Boys, which was honored as a best book of 1996 by Esquire Magazine and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He lives in Milwaukee.

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