Description
Explore a provocative journey through self-discovery with 'Daddy Lessons', a captivating narrative blending Cowboy erotica with thought-provoking themes.
This compelling book by Steacy Easton delves into the complexities of queer sexual awakening, depicted through the lens of their unique upbringing as a queer, Autistic individual within the confines of the Mormon church. Throughout this engaging read, Easton recounts powerful experiences, from their time at an Anglican boys' boarding school aimed at 'reforming' them, to the liberating environments of rodeos, bathhouses, and unexpected encounters in public spaces.
In this trade paperback, readers will find a rich tapestry of cultural references that shape and influence their understanding of desire, from significant literary figures like Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Neil LaBute to the evocative sounds of artists like Kip Moore and Lorelei James. Easton provides stark insights into their own experiences, weaving in 'daddy lessons' that celebrate the multifaceted nature of desire.
This unapologetic exploration fearlessly addresses the intricacies of affection, including the blurred lines between love and abuse, inviting readers to confront the uncomfortable truths within the world of sexuality, growing up, and self-acceptance. With its raw honesty and nuanced reflections, 'Daddy Lessons' is a must-read for anyone interested in queer literature, coming-of-age stories, and the quest for personal truth.
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781552454732. Format: Trade paperback (US). Year: 2024. Publisher: Coach House Books.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781552454732
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2024
Publisher: Coach House Books
Description:
Cowboy erotica meets Kathy Acker in this smart, raunchy look at a queer sexual awakening
Steacy Easton grew up Mormon, queer, and Autistic in the West. This book traces the people and spaces that made them who they are: the Mormon church, an Anglican boys’ boarding school where they were sent to be â€reformed’ and where they were abused by a teacher, and then, later on, rodeos and bathhouses and mall bathrooms. The world Easton describes is one in which desire is complicated, where men – â€daddies’ – can be loving and they can be abusive, and there isn’t always a clear distinction.
Easton explores the essential texts of their sexuality, from Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick to Neil LaBute, Kip Moore to Lorelei James, and delves into their own encounters as they came of age. These daddy lessons are blunt about the pleasures of disobedience, slippery and difficult, revelling in the funk of memory and desire.
"In dangerous times,Daddy Lessonsdares to complicate the question of what children desire, including things that they probably shouldn’t, and that adults must not exploit or manipulate. Except they do. Steacy Easton's meditations follow how such desires and disasters secrete an aesthetic and a self, and how something vivacious can spring from that muck, something like this book itself, smutty and shining and garlanded in jonquils." –Carl Wilson, author ofLet's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste
"Steacy writes about the queer pleasure-seeking body in ways both fresh and eminently familiar." –Jordan Tannahill, author ofThe
This compelling book by Steacy Easton delves into the complexities of queer sexual awakening, depicted through the lens of their unique upbringing as a queer, Autistic individual within the confines of the Mormon church. Throughout this engaging read, Easton recounts powerful experiences, from their time at an Anglican boys' boarding school aimed at 'reforming' them, to the liberating environments of rodeos, bathhouses, and unexpected encounters in public spaces.
In this trade paperback, readers will find a rich tapestry of cultural references that shape and influence their understanding of desire, from significant literary figures like Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Neil LaBute to the evocative sounds of artists like Kip Moore and Lorelei James. Easton provides stark insights into their own experiences, weaving in 'daddy lessons' that celebrate the multifaceted nature of desire.
This unapologetic exploration fearlessly addresses the intricacies of affection, including the blurred lines between love and abuse, inviting readers to confront the uncomfortable truths within the world of sexuality, growing up, and self-acceptance. With its raw honesty and nuanced reflections, 'Daddy Lessons' is a must-read for anyone interested in queer literature, coming-of-age stories, and the quest for personal truth.
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781552454732. Format: Trade paperback (US). Year: 2024. Publisher: Coach House Books.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781552454732
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2024
Publisher: Coach House Books
Description:
Cowboy erotica meets Kathy Acker in this smart, raunchy look at a queer sexual awakening
Steacy Easton grew up Mormon, queer, and Autistic in the West. This book traces the people and spaces that made them who they are: the Mormon church, an Anglican boys’ boarding school where they were sent to be â€reformed’ and where they were abused by a teacher, and then, later on, rodeos and bathhouses and mall bathrooms. The world Easton describes is one in which desire is complicated, where men – â€daddies’ – can be loving and they can be abusive, and there isn’t always a clear distinction.
Easton explores the essential texts of their sexuality, from Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick to Neil LaBute, Kip Moore to Lorelei James, and delves into their own encounters as they came of age. These daddy lessons are blunt about the pleasures of disobedience, slippery and difficult, revelling in the funk of memory and desire.
"In dangerous times,Daddy Lessonsdares to complicate the question of what children desire, including things that they probably shouldn’t, and that adults must not exploit or manipulate. Except they do. Steacy Easton's meditations follow how such desires and disasters secrete an aesthetic and a self, and how something vivacious can spring from that muck, something like this book itself, smutty and shining and garlanded in jonquils." –Carl Wilson, author ofLet's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste
"Steacy writes about the queer pleasure-seeking body in ways both fresh and eminently familiar." –Jordan Tannahill, author ofThe