Description "One of the best social observers in American fiction." --John Freeman, Literary Hub "Mr.
Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, he is married to writer Edmund White and lives in New York City..
His work has appeared in Ontario Review , Boulevard , The Yale Review , SouthWest Review , Open City , and The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories .
About the Author Michael Carroll\'s debut story collection, Little Reef , won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from American Academy of Arts and Letters and was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction and the Publishing Triangle Award.
It\'s about new beginnings and final recognitions.
It\'s about the unpredictable nature of life, and of survival.
The past and its prisoners, AIDS, the young and not so young man\'s realization of his own mortality.
Stella Maris is about the verities of illness and death.
At the all-male, clothing-optional resort, guys of all ages fall into one another\'s paths, enjoy themselves as they please, and surprise one anOther on their views and preconceptions.
Newly divorced gay men (already a phenomenon) lick their wounds and bask in the island\'s lasting social twilight.
His Stories wind in and out of the bars and guesthouses and lives of this singular paradise: a memorial for a drag queen held at the vicar\'s Victorian leads to uneasy encounters; two southern sisters on a cruise ship holiday are up against the ravages of alcohol, estrangement, and deadly weather.
Sue Kaufman Prize- winning author Michael Carroll knows the territory intimately.
And it\'s a mecca for gay men and the women who love them.
It\'s a beacon that draws people from everywhere seeking the end-of-the-line bohemian oasis that can still be found amidst the condo share towers, chain stores, and Redneck Riviera clientele.
It is flat-out odd , fun, and seeming true." --Padgett Powell When Cuban fisherman first spotted the Key West lighthouse floating in Florida waters, they called her Stella Maris, Star of the Sea. strangely reminiscent of the hootier, hard-candy end of the Tennessee Williams spectrum. . .
Carroll\'s world is a little vicious, slippery in its sexuality .
Description "One of the best social observers in American fiction." --John Freeman, Literary Hub "Mr
