One of the most euphonious titles of the season has to be Kevin Sessums' Mississippi Sissy. It's a memoir of growing up "different" in the South. As an example of the book's wide appeal (and as a glimpse of its subject matter), I offer this tidbit: Andrew Sullivan has posted this quote from Michael Cunningham: "We have, as it turns out, been sorely missing a book by a writer who is equally at home with Flannery O'Connor and Jacqueline Susann; who understands that Eudora Welty and Johnny Weissmuller are not only members of the same species but are intricately related...."If your gaydar isn't going off like a tornado siren in a trailer park by now, you're just not paying attention. Come in and get a copy of Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, and we'll get you up to speed by June.
In the meantime, you can read Sessums blogging about his book tour. He's namedropping like a pro (I guess fourteen years writing celebrity profiles for Vanity Fair will do that), and it's fun. You can also hear Sessums in this SF Chronicle podcast.--David E
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