This is the sort of memoir that you can tell is written by a poet. Told in series of vignettes, Minnie Bruce Pratt recalls parts of her life from her childhood in a mostly white southern town, through her marriage to a man and subsequently coming out as a lesbian, and experiences with a variety of lovers until finding Leslie Feinberg. There are reflections on her experience of activism, lesbian community, her own experience of gender as a femme, sexuality and autonomy, and so much more. As much as this is about her experience and her and Leslie's relationship, it is also about the time, community, with a lot about importance of solidarity regarding race and gender. There are elements that are vulnerable and visceral, raw and erotic, and reflective and layered