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Easton's evocative storytelling invites reflection on the complexities of life and art, enriching the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e literary landscape with nuance and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"daddy-lessons-by-steacy-easton-9781552454732","title":"Daddy Lessons","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCowboy erotica meets Kathy Acker in this smart, raunchy look at a queer sexual awakening.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSteacy Easton grew up Mormon, queer, and Autistic in the West. This book traces the people and spaces that made them who they are: the Mormon church, an Anglican boys' boarding school where they were sent to be 'reformed' and where they were abused by a teacher, and then, later on, rodeos and bathhouses and mall bathrooms. The world Easton describes is one in which desire is complicated, where men—'daddies'—can be loving and they can be abusive, and there isn't always a clear distinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEaston explores the essential texts of their sexuality, from Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick to Neil LaBute, Kip Moore to Lorelei James, and delves into their own encounters as they came of age. These daddy lessons are blunt about the pleasures of disobedience, slippery and difficult, revelling in the funk of memory and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"In dangerous times, \u003cem\u003eDaddy Lessons\u003c\/em\u003e dares to complicate the question of what children desire, including things that they probably shouldn't, and that adults must not exploit or manipulate. Except they do. 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