The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade: Stories, by Ben Monopoli
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The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade: Stories, by Ben Monopoli
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Fifteen years. Twelve stories. One life. "I had told myself I wanted his name, wanted his looks, his smile, admired his skills with whittling sticks and heading soccer balls. That's all, and for a while I believed it. But I started telling myself about him, too, at night when I was in bed, when I pushed my pajamas and underwear down around my ankles and rubbed against the smooth sheets." -- Stag (age 13)"He looked taller than me and had big green eyes. He was wearing a blue Patriots jacket and lime-green gloves, a burst of rainbow brightness against all the bleak black and gray. He was already looking at me when I noticed him." -- Rainbow Subway (age 15)"I dared to wonder, like always, if he'd been waiting for me. Every night, in my deepest, secret, closeted hopes I imagined him watching his buddy list the way I watched mine whenever his name was missing from it." -- Dial Up (age 16)"I felt the words start to journey from my mind to my voice, words on paths familiar from a million mental rehearsals but never once ever said out loud, not even in the dark, not even in front of a mirror." -- The Weight Lifter (age 18)" 'I love you, Wes,' I said as I pressed my cheek against the shoulder of his puffy blue jacket." -- So Long Eucalyptus (age 18)"I was pretty sure I knew what he was going to do -- I'd looked at enough porn -- but I had no expectation of what it would feel like. My body went rigid with the anticipation, and I squeezed my eyes shut. The warmth was surprising, the softness, the slickness of his tongue." -- The First Time (age 18)"We sat down on the brick wall, and Johnny broke up with me there. He did it so quickly and gently, like a magician yanking a tablecloth without disturbing the china, that I wasn't aware at first that it had even happened." -- The Six Months Between Then & Now (age 20)"Our food came and for a minute we ate without talking. Mike's mouth made funny smacking sounds as he chewed. Although it was easy to see why he'd gotten popular, it was still easy to see why he'd been a geek, too." -- Honeymoon for Knights (age 22)"In the dark, I put down my phone and whispered, half to myself, 'I'm having a baby.' The guy in my bed beside me thrashed awake and sat up. The sheet bunched around his naked lap. His hair was askew. He blurted, croaky from sleep, 'I used a condom!' " -- Abbey's Mohawk (age 24)"We let our shorts fall down, and then our underwear. I was hard and he was hard and we stood looking at each other. Slowly I walked toward him naked and leaned against him, and smelled the smell I'd wanted to be near, and felt the hardness and smoothness of him, this goofy, thick, cautious guy on the edge of a new life and already in it." -- Lumberjack Slams & Hurricane Swirls (age 25)"For me an Uncle Oliver grew from the grave of the one I'd been too young to know. Mine was a soldier Oliver, a forever-young Oliver who never bothered to get old. A world traveler. An adventuring hero. I was happy for my namesake to be that. Every little boy likes that. But as I got older and started to know I was different from other boys I started to look for something more from Uncle Oliver." -- The Key-Touching Guys (age 26)" 'Fletcher, did Mateo die?' The question hung in the air for what seemed like a long time. It took my own breath away and I didn't know why. Finally he started to say something that must've been more than he wanted to say right then, because he stopped. He looked at me. Behind his eyes, I knew, were a million stories I someday wanted to hear." -- We All Go Back to Where We Belong (age 28)A stand-alone companion to The Painting of Porcupine City.Copyright 2015 by Ben Monopoli.
The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade: Stories, by Ben Monopoli- Amazon Sales Rank: #119716 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-11
- Released on: 2015-06-11
- Format: Kindle eBook
From the Back Cover At a middle-school dance, a boy keeps a secret. On a subway platform, he learns he's not alone. Through a computer screen, he falls in love. In a college dorm, he finds the strength to be himself. In a car with a soldier, he learns to seize the day. Under fireworks in a painted city, he shares his story.In this episodic novel, Ben Monopoli shows us these events in the life of a young gay man, our narrator Ollie, as he grows from age thirteen to twenty-eight. Events that define who Ollie is, and ultimately who he'll become.
About the Author Ben Monopoli lives in Boston with his husband, Chris.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. To feeling recognized and belonging! By Earth Worm Dear Mr. Ben Monopoli, I hope you're reading these reviews. It's 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and I just finished reading this book about 20 minutes ago. I would've written sooner, but I had to feed the main coon. Oh, and I had to read everyone else's reviews so far to be sure what I had to say hadn't already been said better. It has, of course, but I don't care. I've read all your books. This one was a delight in ways the others were and in ways the others were not; quite an impressive accomplishment. The emotional sobriety of this book is staggering in its intimacy. It calls out to something so deep and broad in the queer zeitgeist that it's difficult to analyze. Though, if you're lucky, people more erudite than I will try to. This book has won me over completely to your plot, whatever it is. Lead me to the water!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A Warmheated Compassionate Story By Blaltimore Phil Ben is the man. His books reach an inner core that one connects in human terms. Yes, I've read other works by this author and he does notdisappoint. This work is no exception. Ben offers a realistic portrayal of growing up gay with the familiar struggles. The difference from other authors is not rushing into predicaments but the reader identifying readily with life's up and downs. The pace flows naturally, the vignettes are believable and the characterizations stimulate the imagination.This is just a good story . It's not for those looking for erotic interludes. Definitely, it's a human story where the main protagonist is gay. Although,having a guy call you after giving your number a year ago is weird, it is possible. Nevertheless, I did like the idea that the guy our hero meets wrote a book that Ben wrote(The Painting of Porcupine City). Ah, Ben that was really crafty.Yes, I am ready for the next installment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. If Ben Monopli Writes it You Should Buy and Read it. By Marketing Professor in Connecticut Ben Monopoli captures with great accuracy and believability the isolation and loneliness that so many gay teens feel. Monopoli chronicles in chapter-long stories his protagonist's life from age 13 to his late 20s. Protagonist Ollie Wade makes steady, if rocky, progress toward belonging through these stories, and you can't help but alternately cheer him on and scratch your head in bemusement. At least one of the stories was connected to a previous novel: Porcupine City and reintroduces some characters from that book. Buy and read anything and everything this Bostonian writes.
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