Comments on: Our Own Tree Jumpers http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2010/02/16/our-own-tree-jumpers/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: philip dawkins http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2010/02/16/our-own-tree-jumpers/#comment-619 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:02:10 +0000 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2010/02/16/our-own-tree-jumpers/#comment-619 Good stuff, Emilio. I remember reading A Separate Peace when I was a sophomore and just being struck by how homoerotic it was. I went to a conservative Christian school, and all my buddies made fun of the book, and it became standard practice to write "JOHN KNOWLES IS GAY" on the inside cover of all the books. Secretly I reeeeally liked the book, but could never admit it. I understood following Phineas to the ends of the earth. I got it, like wwwayyyyy down in my self I got it. And I wish I could go back and tell all those silli repressed sophomores (myself included), "Yes, he is in love with him, and yes there is something extremely romantic about following your bros and extremely tragic in betraying them, or watching them fail." I wonder what my class would have said. I know my students now would explode first and then get serious about it eventually. It's interesting. I should really read this one again. . . . . . it scared the shit out of me when I was fourteen. Keep up the good work, E. Good stuff, Emilio.
I remember reading A Separate Peace when I was a sophomore and just being struck by how homoerotic it was. I went to a conservative Christian school, and all my buddies made fun of the book, and it became standard practice to write “JOHN KNOWLES IS GAY” on the inside cover of all the books. Secretly I reeeeally liked the book, but could never admit it. I understood following Phineas to the ends of the earth. I got it, like wwwayyyyy down in my self I got it.

And I wish I could go back and tell all those silli repressed sophomores (myself included), “Yes, he is in love with him, and yes there is something extremely romantic about following your bros and extremely tragic in betraying them, or watching them fail.” I wonder what my class would have said. I know my students now would explode first and then get serious about it eventually. It’s interesting. I should really read this one again. . . . . . it scared the shit out of me when I was fourteen.

Keep up the good work, E.

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