Tom Spanbauer

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The United States

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male

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http://www.tomspanbauer.com/

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Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction

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Tom Spanbauer is a Pulitzer Nominated author and the founder of Dangerous Writing. As a writer he has explored issues of race, of sexual identity, of how we make a family for ourselves in order to surmount the limitations of the families into which we are born.

His three published novels Faraway Places, The Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon, and In The City Of Shy Hunters, and NOW IS THE HOUR, are notable for their combination of a fresh and lyrical prose style with solid storytelling.

As a teacher his innovative approach combines close attention to language with a large-hearted openness to what he calls 'the sore place'--that place within each of us that is the source for stories that no one else can tell. His introductory workshop is an un...more

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Books by Tom Spanbauer

Average rating: 4.14 · 1,804 ratings · 337 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon 4.22 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Now Is the Hour 4.06 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	My rating:
	In the City of Shy Hunters 4.14 avg rating — 237 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Faraway Places 3.77 avg rating — 93 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City by Tom Spanbauer, Marc Acito, Kathleen Bryson 3.58 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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“takes a devil to make a decent angel.”
― Tom Spanbauer

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“Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.”
― Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour

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“Looking for who I am is who I am.”
― Tom Spanbauer, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon

tags: identity

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