My First Queer Book? ‘Borrowed Time’
Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by Erik Orrantia in Features
My first gay book was Borrowed Time by Paul Monette, for better or worse. I say that because, at the time, around 1990, I was a gung ho queen bursting out of the closet. Though the book was well-written, it was also a poignant testament to the horrors of AIDS. The first line was “I don’t know if I will live to finish this.” And a later line said, “We had already had all the world we were going to get.” The message was sad but true: welcome to the real world…and be careful.
Related posts:
- ‘Time Binds: Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories’ by Elizabeth Freeman
- My First Queer Book? ‘Curious Wine’
- My First Queer Book? ‘Ice Blues’
- My First Queer Book: ‘A Density of Souls’
- ‘Time After Time’ by JP Bowie & ‘The Rest of Our Lives’ by Dan Stone
About Erik Orrantia
Erik Orrantia currently lives with his partner in Tijuana, Mexico. He recently wrote the novel Normal Miguel (Cheyenne Publishing) which is a reflection of his teaching experience and his time in rural Puebla. He is an elementary public school teacher in Southern California and spends his free time writing Latino-themed fiction. cheyennepublishing.com
