<![CDATA[Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever]]>

false <![CDATA[Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever]]> 3205065 2 Joel Derfner is gayer than you. Don’t feel too bad about it, though, because he has made being gayer than you his life’s work. At summer day camp, when he was six, Derfner tried to sign up for needlepoint and flower arranging, but the camp counselors wouldn’t let him, because, they said, those activities were for girls only. Derfner, just to be contrary, embarked that very day on a solemn and sacred quest: to become the gayest person ever. Along the way he has become a fierce knitter, an even fiercer musical theater composer, and so totally the fiercest step aerobics instructor (just ask him—he’ll tell you himself). In Swish, Derfner takes his readers on a flamboyant adventure along the glitter-strewn road from fabulous to divine. Whether he’s confronting the demons of his past at a GLBT summer camp, using the Internet to “meet” men—many, many men—or plunging headfirst (and nearly naked) into the shady world of go-go dancing, he reveals himself with every gayer-than-thou flourish to be not just a stylish explorer but also a fearless one. So fearless, in fact, that when he sneaks into a conference for people who want to cure themselves of their homosexuality, he turns the experience into one of the most fascinating, deeply moving chapters of the book. Derfner, like King Arthur, Christopher Columbus, and Indiana Jones—but with a better haircut and a much deeper commitment to fad diets—is a hero destined for legend. Written with wicked humor and keen insight, Swish is at once a hilarious look at contemporary ideas about gay culture and a poignant exploration of identity that will speak to all readers—gay, straight, and in between. 3238414 13 5 2008 Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever total:133|5:39|4:56|3:31|2:5|1:2| 133 524 285 59 5 3 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 20:06:09 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 10:10:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 08:37:15 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 08:46:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 04 14:06:01 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 14:12:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 true false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 15:28:44 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 11:29:13 -0700 2008 I had a few chuckle-to-myself moments on the train while I read this book and found it hard to put down when he went on about the times whe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 02:55:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 03:07:23 -0700 2009
We can find a few easy examples. On sexual conquests: when one considers the momentary pleasure of the actual orgasm, the drive to sleep with absolutely ev...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 21:54:09 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 08:55:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 07:48:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 07:53:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 15:38:56 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 14:38:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Sep 03 04:59:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 05:00:15 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 18:20:37 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 23:29:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 05:42:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:39:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 14:52:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 14:43:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 10 23:47:47 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 22:54:26 -0700 2008 4 0 true false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 15:50:08 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 15:59:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:27:18 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:27:52 -0800 2008 This book was recommended to me by a friend and I really liked it. I went into reading Swish with thought it would be a purely comical collection of essays. Instead, what I discovered is that Joel Derfner has written a thoughtful book in which I could indentify with. While there were plenty of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 18:49:50 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 18:00:47 -0700 2008 ...Gayest Man ever but that's quibbling). Derfner has a lot of emotional baggage, which he seems quite comfortable opening up and unpacking for his readers. Mea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 12 08:11:53 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 11:10:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 10:48:33 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 01:23:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 13:32:08 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 13:32:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:30:55 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 20:53:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3205065