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Stories I Told Myself: A Memoir
| Title: | Stories I Told Myself: A Memoir. |
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| Name(s): |
Crimmins, Brian, Author Neal, Mary, Committee Chair Roney, Lisa, Committee Member Uttich, Laurie, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2014 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Stories I Told Myself: A Memoir explores the experience of growing up gay in the 1980s. It is one boy's journey toward self-acceptance set against the conservative backdrop of a rural community on California's central coast. The story illuminates the hunger for a life different than the one being lived, and the ever-present sense of being different exacerbated by bullying and unrequited love. It is a narrative of evolving identity, and includes cultural insights and societal context of the time period. The author poses a fundamental question, (")How did I make it out of the 80's alive?(") and he explores the answer with poignant humor and self-examination. Mr. Crimmins shows that, beyond the constraints of time and place, the process of coming out remains an important and consistent element of the queer experience. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0005152 (IID), ucf:50710 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2014-05-01 M.F.A. Arts and Humanities, English Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | creative nonfiction -- memoir -- queer -- LGBT -- gay -- coming of age -- 1980s -- self-acceptance | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005152 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2019-05-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
