Autobiography of my hungers

Resource Information

The work Autobiography of my hungers represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Autobiography of my hungers

Statement of responsibility

Rigoberto Gonzalez

Creator

• González, Rigoberto

Author

• González, Rigoberto

Subject

• Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
• Autobiographies
• Autobiographies
• Biography
• Gay men
• Gay men -- Biography
• González, Rigoberto
• González, Rigoberto
• Hispanic American gays
• Hispanic American gays -- Biography
• Mexican American gays
• Mexican American gays -- Biography
• 1900-1999
• Authors, American

Genre

• Biography
• Autobiographies

Language

eng

Summary

"Rigoberto González, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, takes a second piercing look at his past through a startling new lens: hunger. The need for sustenance originating in childhood poverty, the adolescent emotional need for solace and comfort, the adult desire for a larger world, another lover, a different body--all are explored by González in a series of heartbreaking and poetic vignettes. Each vignette is a defining moment of self-awareness, every moment an important step in a lifelong journey toward clarity, knowledge, and the nourishment that comes in various forms--even "the smallest biggest joys" help piece together a complex portrait of a gay man of color who at last defines himself by what he learns, not by what he yearns for."--Publisher's website

Member of

• Living out

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

WU/DLC

Dewey number

813/.54

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3557.O4695

LC item number

Z46 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Living out : gay and lesbian autobiographies