Out of Japan
by Brian Watsonin 🎭️ Culture
Out of Japan
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Charting the intersections between me, Japan, and queerness.
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About Brian Watson
Less he than they and more queer than gay, Brian is querying their memoir, Crying in a Foreign Language, a hybrid look at 10 years in Japan during the early years of the AIDS pandemic, combining narrative, flashbacks, and relevant citations.
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