American Voyeur : Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life

Denizet-Lewis is most well know for his ground breaking, and heart-breakingly honest and compassionate book about addiction, America Anonymous. But he also made news with his ‘New York Times Magazine’ cover story ‘Double Lives on the Down Low’, (included in this collection) which ignited a firestorm by revealing a subculture of African-American men who have sex with other men but who don’t consider themselves gay. Other essays take us inside a social group for lipstick lesbians; a middle school where a girl secretly lives as a boy; a state where legally married young gay men are turning out to be more like their parents than anyone might have suspected; a high school where dating has been replaced by ‘hooking up’; and other intersections of youth culture and sexuality. Peer behind the curtain of modern American life with this remarkable collection.

Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2009