Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction Neal Pollack xv
Homecoming, with Turtle Junot Díaz 1
The Last Man on Earth Wendy McClure 8
Trans Jennifer Finney Boylan 24
Exactly like Liz Phair, Except Older. And with Hypochondria. Dan Kennedy 40
Shadow Dancing Kate Christensen 49
Runaway Train Saïd Sayrafiezadeh 62
Conversations You Have at Twenty Maud Newton 85
Twenty-five to One Odds John Kilmer-Purcell 106
The First Time Margaret Sartor 120
The Book of Love and Transformation Michael Taeckens 129
Texas Gary Shteyngart 145
Love and War Stories Michelle Green 149
Leave Me Something When You Leave Me Brock Clarke 161
The Story You Will Tell Jami Attenberg 169
Marking Territory George Singleton 180
The Rules of Repulsion D. E. Rasso 190
Head Lice and My Worst Boyfriend Lynda Barry 203
Why Won't You Just Love Me? Emily Flake 214
Dear Ugly, Dear Fatso Patty Van Norman 218
Just Like the Movies Pasha Malla 219
Scout's Honor Amanda Stern 237
This Guy Who Was My Boyfriend for Like Three Weeks Dave White 259
I Love You in Twelve Languages Wendy Brenner 271
About the Authors 291