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Blair Fell

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Levittown PA, The United States

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Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Memoir

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Blair Fell writes and lives in New York City. Blair’s television work includes Queer as Folk, and the Emmy Award–winning California Connected. He’s written dozens of plays including the award-winning plays Naked Will, The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun, and the downtown cult miniseries Burning Habits. His personal essays have appeared in HuffPost, Out, Daily News (New York), and more. He’s a two-time winner of the prestigious Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing from the City College of New York, including for his early unfinished draft of The Sign for Home. Concurrently with being a writer, Blair has been an ASL interpreter for the Deaf since 1993, and has also worked as an actor, producer, and director.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 10,681 ratings · 2,285 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sign for Home 4.24 avg rating — 7,870 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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This is one of the greatest non-fiction books I’ve read about this period of gay life. Actually let me just say this is one of my favorite books ever. It was like reading one of the greatest novels, in that I didn’t want it to end so read it very slo ...more
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This is one of the greatest non-fiction books I’ve read about this period of gay life. Actually let me just say this is one of my favorite books ever. It was like reading one of the greatest novels, in that I didn’t want it to end so read it very slo ...more
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I read M Train first so reading just kids felt like moving from a true memoir (M Train) to typical biography fare. Don’t get me wrong, I devoured the anecdotes. But M Train felt like her real voice. But definitely read this book too!
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“It was never an interpreter’s place to make a decision for the Deaf. Our job is to interpret the message well enough so that the Deaf can make decisions for themselves.”
― Blair Fell, The Sign for Home

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“You would probably die without the hearing-sighted to assist you, and sometimes you absolutely hate them for that.”
― Blair Fell, The Sign for Home

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“When stuck in her blues, a Disco Witch can always boogie to another part of the dance floor.”
― Blair Fell, Disco Witches of Fire Island

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