Diary of a Drag Queen

by Daniel Harris

The sudden break-up with his long-term partner along with the untimely death of a close friend sent cultural critic Daniel Harris--a top gay journalist whose literary and cultural criticism has been praised by Janet Malcolm, Alexander Cockburn, Dale Peck, and Gary Indiana--into a deep depression. Complicating matters was his accompanying mid-life crisis, which entailed facing up to the harsh realities--and daunting challenges--of an aging gay man...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786715162
• ISBN13: 9780786715169
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Mid-Life Gender Crisis

More of a transvestite than a drag queen, the author ventures into the world of femininity in the hopes of capturing the ever elusive " All Man." Her search for cosmetics, beauty, men and truth are all too comical and disturbing at turns. With Gay Men as with Women, beauty and viability are one and the same same and the shelf life of which expires all too soon. Does one accept a certain loneliness and solitude with grace or go down fighting? Does the tyranny of beauty rule absolutely or are there utopias beyond? Even more entertaining than the notions of gender and beauty are the fluid sexuality of men who will do anything to have sex without being labeled gay. The willingness of her men to believe that they are straight and to hold onto their rigidly defined sexuality is just as revealing as the gay man who goes to any length to avoid being alone.