"Being gay and being a Southerner bore similarities, both provided rich caches of phrases I could unproblematically deploy in dinner conversation with my aunt."
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About Allan Gurganus
Allan Gurganus is an American novelist and short story writer born on February 11, 1947, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He is best known for his debut novel 'Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All,' which was a bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Gurganus' works often explore themes of Southern life, family relationships, and LGBT issues, drawing on his own upbringing in the South.
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