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Only Als (theater critic, The New Yorker; The Women) could write about ringworm—"my cruddy friend," "a dark flower," "an erotic 'pain' I could not wait to get my hands on"—and make it sound good. His first book since 1998 contains 13 pieces, most of them previously published, in which he meanders through fiction, criticism, and memoir along the axes of race, gender, and sexuality. He touches on aspects of his own life and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More