Winner of a 2010 Lambda Literary Award

More Praise for ARDENT SPIRITS

 

“Price’s memory is astonishing. . . . Ardent Spirits . . . is the first time Price has written about his relationships, particularly his first real love. . . . [It] is also a record of Price’s early evolution as a writer.”

—Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

“[A] fascinating book. The construct of beautifully formed sentences encasing the whole enterprise buttresses the civilized tone that Price so prizes as a man and writer.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“Ardent Spirits is a gallery of portraits and a chronicle of artistic self-discovery. It is also a strong contribution to the literature of sexual candor.”

—The Weekly Standard

“This engaging memoir . . . covers just six years in a young man’s life, albeit a life that was unusually rich in friendship and youthful accomplishment. . . . You’ll have to read the very enjoyable Ardent Spirits.”

—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

“Ardent Spirits . . . is, like its author, full of stories funny and wise . . . evocative stories about friends, professors, and his landlady, Win, whose colorful expressions would provide Price rich material for his fiction.”

—The Charlotte Observer

“A richly detailed memoir.”

—The Boston Globe