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Short Works: Boyfriends by Bryan Washington

Boyfriends by Bryan Washington

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Boyfriends is an original short story written for radio by US author Bryan Washington

The poignant story of a young gay man living and loving on the margins of the sprawling, tumultuous American city of Houston.  Written and read by the author, Bryan Washington.

Boyfriends is an original short story written for radio by the acclaimed American author Bryan Washington whose first collection of short stories, Lot,  has just been published.  

Boyfriends is the story of a young man living and loving at the margins of the sprawling, tumultuous American city of Houston. A young man who attempts to find his place amongst family and community - in the knowledge that he is gay.   Read by the author, Boyfriends is about all the various, raw, urgent and unexpected ways in which love steals up on us and takes us over.

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