'A spare, unflinching, generous and lusty masterpiece of adventure writing.' --Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl 'A necessary reminder of the beauty of being young and queer and free. This book is a gift.' ―Imogen Binnie, author of Nevada 'An achievement, in the major category.' ―Hilton Als, author of My Pinup A treasured cult classic following a young gay man crisscrossing 1970s and '80s America in search of salvation. Now reissued with an introduction from Eileen Myles and an afterword from the author. Abused by his father and stifled by closeted life as a teenager in Kansas City, Joe, the wide-eyed narrator of Tramps Like Us, graduates from high school in 1974 and hits the road hitchhiking. But it isn't until he reunites with Ali, his hometown's other queer outcast, that Joe finds a partner in crime. When the two of them finally wash up in New Orleans, they discover a hedonistic paradise of sex, drugs, and music, a world that only expands when they move
