- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Navis
- Gaydar
- Adult Art
- Sissy Boy
- Pete and Daniel
- Love the Soldier
- The Handoff
- Courtship
- Once, My Husband
- Jonas
- Self-Portrait
- On Peripersonal Space
- Without a Word
- Hejira
- Let Me Tell You About the Fireworks
- The Lesson
- Rabbit Heart
- Favorite Song
- Where Your Children Are
- Girlfriend
- I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels’ Feet
- Discussion Guide
The Handoff
The Handoff
- Chapter:
- (p.79) The Handoff
- Source:
- Every True Pleasure
- Author(s):
- John Pierre Craig
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
In The Handoff, a flash fiction piece by John Pierre Craig, the narrator Bobby, a sixteen-year-old working in a barber shop, glimpses the matter-of-fact queerness of two soldiers, which suggests to him a way of being and possible future for himself.
Keywords: The Handoff, John Pierre Craig, flash fiction, barber shop, soldiers, queerness
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- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Navis
- Gaydar
- Adult Art
- Sissy Boy
- Pete and Daniel
- Love the Soldier
- The Handoff
- Courtship
- Once, My Husband
- Jonas
- Self-Portrait
- On Peripersonal Space
- Without a Word
- Hejira
- Let Me Tell You About the Fireworks
- The Lesson
- Rabbit Heart
- Favorite Song
- Where Your Children Are
- Girlfriend
- I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels’ Feet
- Discussion Guide