LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth |
Booked Solid: new Release by Queer Life Writer |
Michael Thomas Ford, whose "My Queer Life" column is a regular feature in LETTERS, wants to be Wynonna Judd. "Yes, its true. I want to have big jouncing breasts and masses of thick red hair. I want full, pouty lips that curl up in an Elvis sneer. I want to caress my guitar while thousands of lesbians squeal in delight as they watch me totter across the stage in tight cowboy boots. I cant help it."
This secret wish (no longer a secret!) is revealed along with Fords plans for a cross-country killing spree, the difference between Dogs and Dawgs (and their respective owners), and why lavender scented hand soap is best left out of the bedroom in Thats Mister Faggot to You: Further Trials From My Queer Life, Michael Thomas Fords second collection of hilarious essays. Fords first collection, Alec Baldwin Doesnt Love Me, in addition to winning the 1998 Lambda Literary Award as the best humor book of 1998, drew rave reviews from coast-to-coast and became one of the top selling gay themed books of 1998. "Michael Thomas Ford is a gay male Fran Lebowitz, disgruntled, disenchanted, disaffected, and distinctly, disarmingly, delightful," wrote J.S. Hall in Bostons Bay Windows. Halls review become typical as word spread that a bright light among gay humorists had arrived. Thats Mister Faggot To You continues in a similar vein with caustic tirades, bemused observations, un-nervingly familiar reminisces, and startling confessions such as: "Im a bad fag. Seriously. Someone should take away my membership card immediately, because apparently I just dont belong on the team at all. I cant even be the water boy or the rainbow-suited mascot." Why? Find out now! Thats Mister Faggot To You: Further Trials From My Queer Life Michael Thomas Ford. Alyson, $11.95 paper, (248p) |
LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 9, No. 5, May 21, 1999 |