When society regards you as an outcast even before AIDS starts killing your gay brothers, coming out of the closet is hard enough—but it’s only the first step. Afterward, it can be challenging to cultivate self-respect, find the lasting love you deserve and the authentic identify you crave.
Brooks’s Substack – Landscape in Lavender is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
In this heartfelt memoir set in Seattle, Philadelphia, and San Francisco against the backdrop of the 1970s sexual revolution and the devastating AIDS pandemic, Brooks becomes a landscape architect, crosses racial barriers to win lasting love, loses that love, and searches for a place to call home. Along the way he learns that freedom demands constructing your own morality, that loss is an inherent attribute of love, and that the need to belong can be just as urgent as the need for love.
Testimonials:
“In this honest, heartwarming, and heartbreaking tale, he [Kolb] beautifully captures what it was like to be gay during the AIDS era. I cheered, I cried, and those two things made this memoir one of my favorites of all time.”—Valerie J. Brooks, author of 1 Last Betrayal
“Landscape in Lavender is more than a story of one man’s sexual self-discovery; it’s the story of an entire era in America. Told through the prism of Kolb’s honest and candid voice, it explores what change really means, and how difficult and rewarding it can be. No matter who you are, you’ll see yourself in this wonderful, entertaining, and inspiring memoir.”—William Kenower, author of Fearless Writing and Everyone Has What It Takes
Brooks Kolb
Brooks Kolb is a Seattle writer, artist, and a landscape architect.
Landscape in Lavender: A Young Man’s Search for his Gay Identity is now available for pre-order on Amazon!
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When society regards you as an outcast even before AIDS starts killing your gay brothers, coming out of the closet is hard enough—but it’s only the first step. Afterward, it can be challenging to cultivate self-respect, find the lasting love you deserve and the authentic identify you crave.
Brooks’s Substack – Landscape in Lavender is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
In this heartfelt memoir set in Seattle, Philadelphia, and San Francisco against the backdrop of the 1970s sexual revolution and the devastating AIDS pandemic, Brooks becomes a landscape architect, crosses racial barriers to win lasting love, loses that love, and searches for a place to call home. Along the way he learns that freedom demands constructing your own morality, that loss is an inherent attribute of love, and that the need to belong can be just as urgent as the need for love.
Testimonials:
“In this honest, heartwarming, and heartbreaking tale, he [Kolb] beautifully captures what it was like to be gay during the AIDS era. I cheered, I cried, and those two things made this memoir one of my favorites of all time.”—Valerie J. Brooks, author of 1 Last Betrayal
“Landscape in Lavender is more than a story of one man’s sexual self-discovery; it’s the story of an entire era in America. Told through the prism of Kolb’s honest and candid voice, it explores what change really means, and how difficult and rewarding it can be. No matter who you are, you’ll see yourself in this wonderful, entertaining, and inspiring memoir.”—William Kenower, author of Fearless Writing and Everyone Has What It Takes
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