Title: From Boys to Men
Description: In these memoirs, coming out is less important than coming of age and realizing that young gay people experience the world in ways quite unlike straight boys. Whether it is a fascination with soap opera, an intense sensitivity to their own difference, or an obsession with a certain part of the male anatomy, gay kids &#151; or kids who eventually identify themselves as gay &#151; have an indefinable but unmistakable gay sensibility. Sometimes the result is funny, sometimes it is harrowing, and often it is deeply moving. 

Essays by lauded young writers like Alex Chee (*Edinburgh*), Aaron Hamburger (*Faith for Beginners*), K. M. Soehnlein (*The World of Normal Boys*), Trebor Healy (*Through It Came Bright Colors*), Tom Dolby (*The Trouble Boy*), David Bahr, and Austin Bunn, are collected along with those by brilliant newcomers such as Michael McAllister, Jason Tougaw, Viet Dinh, and the wildly popular blogger Joe.My.God.
Subjects: gay, short stories, gay youth, Gay men's writings, American, Sexuality, Gay men, Identity, LGBTQ essays, Gays' writings, Coming out (sexual identity)