{"product_id":"9781449009694","title":"Anal Probe: A Penetrating Peek into the Gay Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAnal Probe\u003c\/em\u003e writer Art Greenwald shares his \"best of,\" a collected works of non-fiction stories and columns viewed through a gay man's lens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart autobiographical, the Central Pennsylvania native and South Floridian chronicles the people, places and situations he's observed and experienced first-hand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreenwald offers up a mixed bag of high drama, humor, personality profiles and closet adventures from the 1950's to the present, including his own painstaking journey for self-acceptance from small-town USA to his college days at Penn State University to life in gay Fort Lauderdale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author reveals in searing detail his dance with death in a stripper bar, an AIDS survivor overcoming the odds, a meth addict's struggle to stay clean, a Hurricane that united, the high price of friendship, a riches to rags account of redemption, an immigration indignity and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis quirky, tongue-in-cheek tales lighten the load, from his first prostate exam to aging gay gracefully to lampooning the dating game to gay gym rats, a lesbian guide to rejection and his rose-colored realization of Florida as the first gay state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreenwald's provocative and profound opinion pieces tackle taboo topics with candor and without self-censure, poking fun at politics, the lifestyle and its ancient stereotypes while exposing hypocrisy. A controversial take on killer Andrew Cunanan, drag queens, a letter to the late Jerry Falwell, his laughable attempt to give up sex and an Andy  Rooney \"what makes gay\" parody both \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eentertains and enlightens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author also profiles a young gay singer, a comic genius, a Franciscan Priest who uplifts the lives of individuals with HIV\/AIDS, unforgettable Charlie Squires, figure skater Rudy Galindo, a champion for abused and neglected children, a security guard, transgender activist, bar owner and volunteer making a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128570364144,"sku":"9781449009694","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449009694_p0.jpg?v=1763828778","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449009694","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}