SULLIVAN, Lou; MARTIN, Ellis (ed.); OZMA, Zach (ed.)
We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan

We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan narrates the inner life of a gay trans man moving through the shifting social, political, and medical mores of the second half of the 20th century. Sullivan kept comprehensive journals from age eleven until his AIDS-related death at thirty-nine. Sensual, lascivious, challenging, quotidian and poetic, the diaries complicate and disrupt normative trans narratives. Entries from twenty-four diaries reveal Sullivan’s self-articulation and the complexity of a fascinating and courageous figure. [publishers’ note]

With a preface by Susan Stryker.

Published by Nightboat, 2019
Design by Joel Gregory
Literature / Queer Culture