Poetry. Gay & Lesbian Studies. Bill Kushner spins the loose narrative of a lonely ten-year-old Billy whose father is away at war, and who develops a remarkable and touching friendship with his imaginary companion, Abraham Lincoln. This work concludes with the long poem, "Born," that awarded Kushner a New York Foundation of the Arts fellowship. Lisa Jarnot writes, "Taking dictation from the tender haunted places in the heart, Bill Kushner conjures a voice simultaneously innocent and wise." "Memory being abandoned buildings, talented lips, the hairy embrace of Lincoln...A hell of a book," notes Anselm Berrigan. "Kushner takes the New York school aesthetic back to its rich gay roots. Kushner is a master poet of loneliness, evoking childhood, casting it in a cool, benevolent, magical light"--Publishers Weekly.

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In addition to his eight books of poems, Bill Kushner has worked as a playwright, actor, and director at the New York Theatre Ensemble and Theater Genesis in New York. He has just finished Good Gravy Marie, a new full-length play.