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050			_aPS 3613.M47 _b.T144 2003
100			_aMerrell, Billy, _d-1982 _9110349
245		0	_aTalking in the dark : _ba poetry memoir / _cby Billy Merrell.
260			_aNew York : _bPUSH/Scholastic Inc., _cc2003.
300			_avii, 136 p. _c18 cm.
505			_aTo my dad, parents, family -- Giving it wings -- To the living -- Work -- Coming into adagio.
520			_aThis is a memoir that is lived in moments. The moments you know - when you see your parents' marriage dissolving, when you realize you're a boy who likes boys, when you speak the truth and don't know if it will be heard. The moments you don't recognize until later - when you leave things unsaid (even to yourself), when you feel your boyfriend letting go, when you give up on love. And the moment you get love back. In an amazing narrative of poems, Billy Merrell tells an ordinary story in an extraordinary way. Life is lived in moments. The moments you know-when you see your parents' marriage dissolving, when you realize you're a boy who likes boys, when you speak the truth and have no way of knowing how it will be heard. The moments you don't recognize until later-when you leave things unsaid (even to yourself), when you feel your boyfriend letting go, when you give up on love. And the moment you get love back. In an amazing set of poems, Billy Merrell tells an ordinary story in an extraordinary way. It's about waking up to who you really are and who you want to be. There is risk, there is joy, and there is heartbreak in facing the moments-and finding the words to talk your way through.
650			_aComing out (Sexual orientation)
650			_aGay youth _9110350
942			_cALR
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