{"product_id":"remember-me-9781608643929","title":"Remember Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I have not chosen to be ill, I don't think, but in a curious way I have decided to spend my time wishing I lived some other place, had some other life. Always just slightly discontented, searching for safety, and remembering. And always to return to the quiet and familiarity of Charlotte; I have found comfort in her steadiness, her selective certainty. Choosing this queer life with her I have chosen, at least, not to be alone.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis elegiac novel, first published in 1991, tells the story of small-town friendship, longing, and the impact of AIDS on a young gay writer's now-fleeting artistic ambition. In prose that is both poetic and uncompromising, Huston's work brings a life from the margins to the forefront like no other novel from an era of overwhelming prejudice, fear, and powerful resilience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating and touching study of an intimate, obsessive relationship. For all its subdued and sad elements, \u003cem\u003eRemember Me\u003c\/em\u003e is a thoroughly hopeful and compelling story about the mysteries and boundaries of friendship and love.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Dorothy Allison\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRemember Me\u003c\/em\u003e is part of the mosaic of literary responses to the HIV\/AIDS epidemic, one worthy of a place of honor.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-John McIntyre\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBo Huston\u003c\/strong\u003e (1959 - 1993) was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. A three-time Lambda Literary Award nominee, he was the author of two novels and two short story collections. A columnist for the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Bay Times\u003c\/em\u003e, he was involved in the initial formation of the LGBT literary conference Out\/Write and participated in the first March on Washington, DC. Huston received his HIV diagnosis in 1988 and, in diminishing health, orchestrated his own exit on May 24\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e, 1993. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of Homosexual Congress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778147942674,"sku":"9781608643929","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_841a0e99-43c2-4310-946d-0368e4e0a2c9.jpg?v=1765363618","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/remember-me-9781608643929","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}