How I learned to snap : a small-town coming-out and coming-of-age story

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In His Salty, Laugh-out-Loud Memoir, gay and precocious Kirk Read will show you how it's done. Read comes of age in Pat Robertson's hometown as the youngest son in a large military family. Even at his most rebellious, he keeps both his tart sense of humor and dignity intact while embracing sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. How I Learned to Snap is as much a hilarious call to action as it is a touching call to acceptance. Read more... Abstract: In His Salty, Laugh-out-Loud Memoir, gay and precocious Kirk Read will show you how it's done. Read comes of age in Pat Robertson's hometown as the youngest son in a large military family. Even at his most rebellious, he keeps both his tart sense of humor and dignity intact while embracing sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. How I Learned to Snap is as much a hilarious call to action as it is a touching call to acceptance Content: Talent -- Camp -- Class of '95 -- Yellow sweater -- Hiding places -- Arcade -- Black balloon -- Meet the press -- Keys -- Pat -- Blind -- Rich -- Flip side -- Total theater -- How I learned to snap -- New villager -- ... Ahem ... -- Shelley -- Eve -- Sex on a school night -- Vivisection -- Shalewa -- Culture -- Tuesday -- Houseguests -- Pornography -- Hurricane territory -- Audience -- Fullbacks -- Cute -- River -- Convincing death -- Talk -- Militerry -- Cure -- Vibrate -- Surrender -- Permission -- Action figures -- Reckless -- Admissions -- Greener -- Decline of western (Virginia) civilization -- Hands -- Backstage -- Blood -- Enchantment -- Therapy -- Indestructible -- Authentic -- Home -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.