![]() ![]() That’s what protects me from not being able to write about it. It has improved for the LGBTQ community in those intervening 40-plus years, so I have some emotional distance from the rawness of the story. I think it’s changed a little since 1971, where the opening is set. I’ve had hundreds of conversations as a gay man and realize that Bill’s story is just not that uncommon. ![]() ![]() I was wondering, how do you emotionally deal with that as you are writing about it? We chatted by phone, and talking to Michael Nava was like reading one of his novels: he was emotionally resonant, insightful, and provocative.ĭÉSIRÉE ZAMORANO: The first thing that struck me in Carved in Bone was that the opening was so gripping, and so sad with its pervasive homophobia. The latest in the Rios series, Carved in Bone, continues to tackle themes of identity and displacement, along with - like all good mysteries - a suspicious death and a cast of suspects. Set in the 1980s, the series follows Henry, an openly gay, Mexican-American criminal defense attorney, as he excavates crimes and justice while grappling with his own conflicting identities. MICHAEL NAVA IS the winner of six Lambda Literary awards for his Henry Rios mystery novels, the first of which, The Little Death, was published in 1986. ![]()
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