Title: Men Together - Portraits of Love, Commitment, and Life Author: Essays by Anderson Jones, photographs by David Fields Published by: Running Press, 1997 ISBN: 0-7624-0062-5 [hardcover, 128 pages]
Love is complicated, no matter who you are or whom you love.
Here are the stories of twenty-nine couples -- men whose loving, committed relationships have endured in spite of social norms, pressures from family and friends, and expectations about what it means to be a man in this world.
In original essays and photographs, these men share their joy sand sorrows, the challenges they have faced together, and the lessons they have learned about making love last.
One couple talks about the pressures of maintaining a partnership in both love and business. Congressman Gerry Studds and Dean Hara reflect on sharing their lives in the spotlight of Washington politics. Another couple speaks about the pain of coping with AID and the comforts of companionship. Singer Andy Bell and Paul Hickey talk about the success of Andy's pop band Erasure and what that's done to their relationship. Mr. Blackwell and R.L. Spencer discuss their forty-five years together and reminisce about the elegance of Hollywood in the 1940s.
Men Together is a moving tribute to the power of commitment and a poignant celebration of lasting love.
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