The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994 Alice RL Yuki Yamamoto

Yuki Yamamoto

and on the brink of destitution

illicit partying

It started with a harmless quest for perfect wash-and-go hair

and fired from important leadership positions

The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994 Alice RL Yuki YamamotoA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" From the renowned novelist and critic, an exquisite collection of journal entries from the 1980s and '90s, tracking a young, gay author's literary coming of age in New York during the AIDS crisis "Illuminating, heartbreaking, hilarious, romantic, terrifying, thrilling, baffling, joyous such is life! And such are the diaries of our great writer Thomas Mallon. . . . I found myself reading