Cathy Crimmins Libri

The narrative explores the profound impact of traumatic brain injury on both the victim and their family, blending humor with heartfelt emotion. Cathy Crimmins shares her personal journey as she navigates the challenges and changes brought about by her husband's condition, revealing the complexities of love, resilience, and the often overlooked struggles faced by caregivers. Through her unique perspective, she highlights the intersection of trauma and humor, offering a poignant yet uplifting portrayal of their experience.

A cultural history of the customs, fashions, and figures of gay life in the twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries-and how they have changed us for the better. How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization presents a broad yet incisive look at how an unusual "immigrant" group, homosexual men, has influenced mainstream American society and has, in many ways, become mainstream itself. From the way camp, irony, and the gay aesthetic have become part of our national sensibility to the undeniable effect the gay cognoscenti have had on media and the arts, Cathy Crimmins examines how gay men have changed the concepts of community, family, sex, and fashion.