{"product_id":"9781551521251","title":"Let Me Kiss It Better: Elixirs From the Not so Straight and Narrow","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilleh Nickerson tells it like it is: a wry and at times outrageous chronicler of contemporary gay life, written for those who can take it like a man, or at least read about it without squirming. In these charming and very funny essays, Billeh writes with disarming sweetness about love, sex, relationships, and subjects that might even make the women of \u003ci\u003eSex in the City \u003c\/i\u003eblanch with embarrassment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn occasion, Billeh is a Miss Manners for our times: after all, what would you do if you saw a friend at a nude beach who had toilet paper stuck to his genitals? Or what to do with friends who shave their pubes into artistic patterns, or those who insist on washing their dildos in the dishwasher? Billeh also writes about what it feels like to be the token gay at a house party; laments the lack of Speedo-watching at the Summer Olympics now that bodysuits are the fashion of the day; and describes what it feels like when the hot guy you’ve taken home turns out to be a Star Wars freak. (Nobody’s perfect.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore naked than David Sedaris, more fraudulent than David Rakoff, Billeh Nickerson’s invigorating tonics are just what the doctor ordered. He’s willing to explore new life and new civilization, and to go where no fag has gone before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet and columnist \u003cb\u003eBilleh Nickerson \u003c\/b\u003elives in Vancouver. His collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Asthmatic Glassblower\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for a Publishing Triangle Gay Men’s Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030591226096,"sku":"9781551521251","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551521251_p0.jpg?v=1763756965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551521251","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}