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Synopsis

While the use of "Christopher Street" in the title is an immediate reference to gay New York City, the essays in this volume represent dozens of places in New York including the five boroughs, Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island--and each of them speaks to the author's feelings about, and experience of, being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered in New York City. Chapters in this volume range from personal anecdote to memoir, reportage, diatribe, love letter, history, herstory, and daydream, as well as tributes to people, places, and events.

Contributors include: Penny Arcade, Christopher Bram, Amie Evans, Brendan Fay, Thomas Glave, Jewel Gomez, Aaron Hamburger, Martin Hyatt, Fay Jacobs, G. Winston James, Michele Karlsburg, Shaun Levin, Amos Mac, David McConnell, Val McDermid, Rev. Irene Monroe, Nicky Paraiso, Felice Picano, Charles Rice-Gonzales, Eddie Safarty, Justine Saracen, Rakesh Satyal, Bob Smith, Shawn Syms, Charlie Vazquez, and Ocean Vuong, and Kathleen Warnock will interview Michael Musto.