A History of the Unmarried

Poetry. LGBT Studies. Prediction: You will love A HISTORY OF THE UNMARRIED if you are married or ambivalent about marriage or hate the idea of marriage or hope to be married someday. There is something sincere and surprising here for you whatever your gender or orientation: if you have ever been in a long-term relationship or ever hope to be; if you are a fan of Mad Men old movies Perry Mason Frank OHara Sylvia Plath and / or Jackson Pollock; if you have ever left the place you came from; if you have ever felt the world / outside desperate to define [you]. I predict youll laugh out loud at lines like these: Daniel Craig is hotter than Ted Hughes and (GLAADs not going to like that I just said that). Mills is unflinching in his honesty and in his refusal to accept easy answers. I predict youll finish this book mulling on questions for our time (what does it mean to be married / yet remain queer?) and questions for all time (Some things / are worth dying for I suppose but which things?). I predict you wont be able to put this book down.Julie Marie Wade