regshoe

(both Mick and Brannon seemed potentially queer to me, as well as Singer and Antonapoulos—do you think so?).

I absolutely do! And it's true that McCullers's books are mainly about denial of any hope, which can be miserable, but I still appreciate her practical and matter of fact way of approaching it, and how she shows the dignity in accepting it--I agree in that there's strength in it. I also like the care and respect she shows towards her characters' inner lives/daydreams/secret wishes, and how those are sometimes the only thing that keeps them going, even if they don't come true. I think it goes really well with her disabled/queer perspective. Oh, and "The Member of the Wedding" doesn't end in such a bleak note, while still really understanding that need to belong (the main character calls it "the we of me") and how that can happen or not. It's really good!