Posted on Advocate.com October 06, 2011 05:00:00 AM ET
The Advocate Bookshelf
This week we have a groundbreaking collection of transgender erotica, a crossdressing literary hipster, a woman who solves mysteries with her dog, a how-to guide to gay life and a lesbian lawyer who battles a little known mental disorder.
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt
Before Jon-Jon Goulian was a "cross-dressing literary hipster," as Rolling Stone put it, he was an awkward, frightened kid with some serious insecurities, thanks to his high-achieving family members. Goulian opens up about it with his first book, The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt (Random House, $25), an honest, funny, look at how the little moments in childhood influence how interesting we can become as adults. — Michelle Garcia