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Works by Robert Tewdwr Moss
(Writer)
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Biography & Memoirs -- Gay -- Travel
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Cleopatra's Wedding Present: Travels through Syria (Living Out: Gay and
Lesbian Autobiographies) (1998, revised 2003)
-- Finalist, 2003
Lambda Literary Award for
Autobiography/Memoir)
Tewdwr Moss, a brilliant young writer who was murdered in
London the day after he finished this book, left this lyrical gem as his
legacy. He adeptly captures an essence of the Middle East that is foreign to
most of us, but which becomes real with his astute observations of the
region's culture and explosive politics. He conveys what so many westerners
find both fascinating and frightening in the Middle East, making no attempt to
mask circumstances that are appalling and dangerous while also exotic,
beautiful, and sometimes very funny. Mesopotamia, now present-day Syria,
was part of Mark Anthony's love gift to Cleopatra. Then and now, it is a land
of mystery and love.
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Wonderlands: Good Gay Travel Writing (2004)
Living up to its title, Wonderlands comes fueled by
wanderlust and features every kind of wonderland. In fact, the
collection's contributors--a mix of established gay writers and the
best of the new generation--don't settle for the obvious. Focusing
on the sheer visceral thrill of travel, the adventure of it, they
set out all over the world and always find something unexpected:
love, passion, history, themselves.
The result is an
anthology of dynamic writing that will motivate readers to book their
next flight, or at least get them dreaming of other places. And the
places are legion. Mack Friedman
sets off into the deceptively butch wilds of Alaska.
Robert Tewdwr Moss tracks through
the back roads of Syria and his own version of Arabian Nights.
Colm Tóibín discovers a Spanish Brigadoon and
Edward Field drinks tea
with Paul Bowles. For Wayne Koestenbaum
Vienna is both a city of high low culture, and for
Philip Gambone Asia becomes a place of
second chances. Raphael Kadushin
settles into the ethereal sun of a Dutch spring,
Michael Lowenthal remembers a jarring encounter in the
Scottish Highlands, and Tim Miller tallies the 1001 beds he has
slept in all over the world. And
Edmund White, in a classic of
elegiac travel writing, recounts his harrowing drive through the
Sahara with a man he loved.
Contributors:
Alistair McCartney,
Boyer Rickel,
Brian Bouldrey,
Bruce Shenitz,
Colm Tóibín,
David Masello,
Edmund White,
Edward Field,
J.S. Marcus,
Mack Friedman,
Matthew Link,
Michael Lowenthal,
Mitch Cullin,
Philip Gambone,
Raphael Kadushin,
Rigoberto Gonzalez,
Robert Tewdwr Moss,
Wayne Koestenbaum, and
Tim Miller.
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