(Biography, 304 pp. 2018)
Contextualizing the local icon—eloquent, charismatic, and a smart-aleck—in a Jewish milieu, this biography chronicles Milk’s upbringing and careers before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, positioning himself as a champion of the gay community, racial minorities, women, the working class, disabled people, and senior citizens. Beyond the legacy of his activism and political career, Milk’s tragic assassination at the age of forty-eight has indelibly shaped queer history and political strategy ever afterward.
Kirkus Review
Review by Jay Michaelson, Moment Magazine, May 14, 2018
Review by Helene Meyers, Tablet Magazine, May 29, 2018
Review by Karen Iris Tucker, Washington Post, June 22, 2018
Review by Renée Graham, Boston Globe, June 3, 2018
