LEADER 03412nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910955068103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612269790 010 $a9781282269798 010 $a1282269798 010 $a9780299209131 010 $a029920913X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000477233 035 $a(OCoLC)290525797 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217090 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158047 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162913 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158047 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145177 035 $a(PQKB)11334035 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444735 035 $a(OCoLC)607256806 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12231 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444735 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217090 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226979 035 $a(Perlego)4398572 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000477233 100 $a20041029d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFred in love /$fFelice Picano 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (110 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780299209100 311 08$a0299209105 327 $aIntro -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven. 330 8 $aIn the early 1970s, when he was still an aspiring, unpublished writer, Felice Picano began a remarkable relationship with an extraordinary animal: a days-old kitten slated for euthanasia who refused to perish. Rescued, named, and trained, Fred became an extraordinarily intelligent companion, ally, teacher, and constant wonder to the author as he began his ascent through the Bohemian circles of Greenwich Village, among musicians, actors, curious characters, and even the famous British actress in hiding right next door. But when an acquaintance brought his female cat to be serviced by Fred, an entire new set of experiences opened up for the cat-and for Picano, who'd never had the nerve to befriend her owner, his ideal man. The course of love seldom runs straight for cats or for men, and this time would prove (hilariously) no different. This is another of Picano's distinguished portraits of a vanished era, when a new gay domain was solidifying only a few years after the Stonewall Riots, and the still nascent gay literary world that Picano would help invent was just a conception. Fred in Love is a charming, nostalgic, funny, gossipy, involving, and ultimately enlightening story about how we learn and grow, and how we love-whether the object of our affection is a cat or another human being. It's sure to take its place next to Picano's now classic literary memoirs Ambidextrous, Men Who Loved Me, and A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay. 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aCat owners$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aCats$zUnited States$vAnecdotes 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aCat owners 615 0$aCats 676 $a813/.54 676 $aB 700 $aPicano$b Felice$f1944-$01806183 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955068103321 996 $aFred in love$94355210 997 $aUNINA