James Magruder is a fiction writer, playwright, and award-winning translator. He teaches dramaturgy at Swarthmore College and fiction at the University of Baltimore. He is also the author of a novel, Sugarless (2009).
"Let Me See It exquisitely captures the texture of boyness and its
evolution into the vast and bewildering landscape of adulthood. I
loved being in the grasp of stories so alight with lust and danger
and longing and loss, just as I loved Elliott and Tom--two
remarkably complex and empathetic protagonists. From the first
page, I fell headlong into their world and by the last, I was so
very sad to leave it." --Laura van den Berg, author of The Isle of
Youth
"Let Me See It overflows with honesty, hilarity, and heart. It's
impossible not to love this book, impossible to turn away from its
brilliant prose, wicked humor, and utterly engaging characters."
--Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Wonder Bread Summer
"In this witty, elegiac collection of linked stories, Magruder
traces the paths of two gay cousins, Tom Amelio and Elliott
Biddler, as they grow up in the Midwest and eventually become
wised-up, crisis-addled adults. Spanning 1971 to 1992, and set in
cities ranging from Madison, Wisconsin, to Paris, the collection
captures a critical chapter in gay history. The innocent crushes
and clumsy sexual forays we witness in early stories
("Tenochtitlán," "Use Your Head") give way to darker entries
("Elliott Biddler's Vie Bohème," "Elbows and Legs"), in which the
cousins, entering adulthood in the '80s, begin to feel the threat
of AIDS... this collection--especially its final, tragic
entry--will leave readers moved." --Publishers Weekly, Starred
Review"There are few authors who write with as much sensitivity and
tenderness as James Magruder; he has a way of finding something
beautiful in the most heartbreaking moments . . . With sharp
touches of humor, this is a marvel of a story." --Kevin Wilson,
author of The Family Fang
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