Ceremonies is the story of a small group of gay men and women in a small Maine city who are traumatized by the murder of a young gay man. Inspired by the murder of Charles Howard in 1984 and published originally by Calamus Books and now by Adriana Books, Ceremonies places intimate, first-person narratives against the historical background of Ronald Reagan's second presidential campaign, an anti-gay federal court ruling, and homophobic judgments by the Bishop of Portland. Ceremonies is a profound, absorbing novel about the many ways of being gay in America.

Ceremonies

LGBTQ+ Books

Dwight Cathcart

Literature & Fiction

Adriana Books

<p>A young gay man is beaten, stripped naked, and thrown in a river where he drowns. His friends gather. They tell who they are, remember him, and organize and form an LGBTQ coalition and fight to make things right. They remember how it has been in intimate detail, telling each other and using the media. They form a community. This is a big novel, answering the question, "How was it for you there?" when your friend was beaten and drowned. It is liberating and deeply moving. This book looks at the effects of the violence against LGBTQ persons during the last sixty years and at how they discover within themselves the resources necessary to their lives. It shows how it felt to know a person who was murdered.</p>

Cathcart, Dwight

Literary

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Ceremonies

Ceremonies