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Edgar Gomez is a queer NicaRican writer born and raised in Florida. He is the author of the memoir High-Risk Homosexual, winner of the American Book Award, a Stonewall Israel-Fishman Nonfiction Book Honor Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. Their sophomore book, Alligator Tears, will be released in February 2025 from Crown. A graduate of the University of California’s MFA program, Gomez has written for The LA Times, Poets & Writers, Lithub, New York Magazine, and beyond. He has received fellowships from The New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The Black Mountain Institute. He lives between New York and Puerto Rico. Find him across social media @OtroEdgarGomez.

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	High-Risk Homosexual 4.05 avg rating — 1,515 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays 4.14 avg rating — 1,285 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh I'd Eat Hedonism Draped In Onions by Michael James Martin (Goodreads Author), Edgar Gomez (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Edgar Gomez rated a book it was amazing Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color―A Moving Anthology Celebrating Joy, Heartbreak, and Self-Discovery by Denne Michele Norris	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It frustrates me to think that the people I love may never be rewarded with everything they deserve, but I’m comforted by the fact that they don’t let the current bleakness of the world keep them from fighting to make it a better place. Every day they claim their joy, dreaming out loud with me on the phone, dancing in line outside Friend’s, marching through the streets. I don’t know what happens after, when this is all over. But wherever they’re going, that’s where I’m trying to go too.”
― Edgar Gomez, Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays

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“Lying gave me my body back. My power. Besides”
― Edgar Gomez, Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays

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“Some people played “What would you do if there was a zombie outbreak?” I played “Where would you go if it became illegal to be gay?”
― Edgar Gomez, High-Risk Homosexual

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