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Kirk Read

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Kirk Read is a writer, performer and event-maker who lives and works in San Francisco’s Mission district. He tours the United States as an author and solo performer.

He is the author of “How I Learned to Snap,” a memoir about being openly gay in a small Virginia high school. The book has been translated into German and was named an American Library Association Honor Book. His writing has been published in over 150 newspapers and magazines, as well as several dozen book anthologies.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 1,055 ratings · 105 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story 3.82 avg rating — 557 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex by David Henry Sterry (Goodreads Author), Audacia Ray (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jennifer Blowdryer (Contributor) 3.71 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister Spit: Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road by Michelle Tea (Editor/Contributor), Samuael Topiary (Contributor), Cooper Lee Bombardier (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.97 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Sex Writing 2010 by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tara Tyler (Narrator), Diana Joseph (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica by Lawrence Schimel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shaun Levin (Goodreads Author), Michael Lassell 3.47 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Gay Erotica 2004 by Kirk Read (Editor), Kirk Read (Selection & Introduction) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hustlers: Erotic Stories of Sex For Hire by Jesse Grant (Editor), Simon Sheppard, Stephen Osborne (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Word Party 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Gay Erotica 2004 (Best Gay Erotica Series) by Richard Labonté (Editor), Kirk Read 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If God had to go to such lengths to invite people to his birthday party, I reasoned, He probably wasn't serving very good cake.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

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“Every shove, every epithet, every time I was too scared to walk down a certain hallway. Every time I got threatened. Every time I didn't report it. Every time I got called sissy or faggot or homo. Every time I sat in class waiting for a teacher to mention gay people. Every time they didn't. Every long walk to the cafeteria. Every time I stopped breathing in the locker room while I stripped to my underwear. Every time I saw a girl wearing her boyfriend's class ring, knowing Walker could go to jail because of me. Every time I burped up acid because my stomach was churning so hard. Every second I spent assessing how I dressed, how I walked, whether I lisped. Every hour I spent writing the things I couldn't say out loud. Every time I shared those words with other people.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

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“Boys love hitting each other in the face. I guess it's the next best thing to a kiss.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

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