Taboo

by Boyer Rickel

An impressionistic memoir offers images of a life in progress, including scenes from Boyer Rickel's rural Tempe, Arizona, childhood in the 1950s; his relationship with a physically shrinking father; his eccentric teenage friendships; his growing awareness of his sexuality among young, Hispanic gays; and a trip through Italy with his lover. A personal book, but also wholly universal, Taboo investigates the way one breaks through taboos and becomes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299162605
• ISBN13: 9780299162603
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Prose Poem

This book of episodes in the life of Rickel is intimate and authentic to the ear. Reading through it, I was amazed at how he brought to life not only the Arizona of the 50's but the present day. I am not suprised to learn Rickel is a poet; I feel like I just finished a book of verse.