BAND FAGS!
Frank Anthony Polito
Frank Anthony Polito Kensington Books, June 2008

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90 years old
Michigan
United States



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     BAND FAGS!'s Details
Status:Single
Zodiac Sign:Cancer

   BAND FAGS!'s Schools
Hazel Park High School
Hazel Park, MI
Graduated: 1988
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Marching Band
 

1985 to 1988



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BAND FAGS!
by Frank Anthony Polito
Kensington Books/Trade Paperback Original/Fiction
June 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7582-2265-7
$15.00/$19.00 CAN

FOR REVIEW COPIES OR OTHER MEDIA INQUIRIES CONTACT
Craig Bentley: cbentley@kensingtonbooks.com

CONTACT THE AUTHOR: bandfags[at]yahoo[dot]com

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BAND FAGS! Book Promo

“Ever since I first heard that Lionel Richie and Diana Ross song, 'Endless Love,' all I’ve wanted is to find The One. Someone to love. Who will love me back.”

September, 1982. John Cougar’s "Jack and Diane” is on endless radio rotation, and Dallas and Dynasty rule the ratings. Jack Paterno is a straight-A student living in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park, with his own Atari 5200, a Beta VCR, and everything a seventh-grader could ask for.

The only thing he has in common with foul-mouthed Brad Dayton, who lives on the gritty south side near 8 Mile, is that both are in Varsity Band. Or maybe that’s not the only thing.

Because Jack is discovering that while hanging around with girls in elementary school was perfectly acceptable, having lots of girl friends (as opposed to girlfriends) now is getting him and Brad labeled as Band Fags. And Jack is no fag. Is he?

As Jack and Brad make their way through junior high and then through Hazel Park High School, their friendship grows deeper and more complicated. From stealing furtive glances at Playgirl to discussing which celebrities might be like that, from navigating school cliques to dealing with crushes on girls and guys alike, Jack is trying to figure out who and what he is.

He wants to find real, endless love, but he also wants to be popular and “normal.” But, as Brad points out, this is real life—not a John Hughes movie. And sooner or later, Jack will have to choose.

Filled with biting wit and pitch-perfect observations, Band Fags is an exhilarating novel about lust and love, about the friendships that define and sometimes confine us, and about coming of age and coming to terms with the end of innocence and the beginning of something terrifying, thrilling, and completely unpredictable.

Visit us at www.kensingtonbooks.com.

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BAND FAGS!

"This former 1980's band fag declares Band Fags! totally wicked awesome. With pitch perfect dialog, and high stepping charm, Polito hilariously shows how not all hearts beat to the rhythm of the same drum major."

--Josh Kilmer-Purcell, New York Times Bestselling author of I Am Not Myself These Days

"Band Fags! is like the gay teen flick John Hughes never got around to making. Let's face it, there's a Band Fag in all of us and Frank Anthony Polito has his on speed dial. This book is a sweet, funny, deeply felt valentine to the wonder/horror of coming of age in the 1980's. You might just pee your parachute pants."

-- Dennis Hensley, author of Misadventures in the (213) and Screening Party

“For those of us who came of age in the 80s, reading Frank Anthony Polito's novel is like being teleported back to high school. Filled with pop culture references that will have you saying, 'I remember that!,' this is a love letter to a time when happiness was a pair of Calvin Klein jeans, and every heartbreak could be fixed by listening to your Bonnie Tyler or REO Speedwagon albums. Most important, though, it is a portrait of a friendship between two boys struggling to find themselves without losing each other.”

--Michael Thomas Ford, author of Last Summer

“With the Motor City running on empty in Reagan’s America, Frank Anthony Polito’s characters dance their mystery dance of teenage longing as if Motown never left for California . Sexy, funny, and wiser than it wants to be, Band Fags! pulses with a ragged beauty and bounces to its beat. I give it a 98.6.”

--Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author of War Boy and What We Do is Secret

"More than just a novel, BAND FAGS! is a virtual time machine that transports you smack dab into the cheesy heart of the 80's. It's like a queer 'Wonder Years' as it follows Brad and Jack's memorable journey through high school hell. Screamingly funny, surprisingly charming and, ultimately, truly moving, it's a fresh take on the importance of friendship during the worst/best years of your life."

--Brian Sloan, author of A Really Nice Prom Mess and Tale of two Summers

“A consistently hilarious story of the best-friendship we all seem to have had, set in a time we can never seem to forget -- the totally awesome '80s -- Band Fags! never misses a beat in its affectionate, moment-by-moment chronicling of the complicated journey we take from cradle to closet to what lies beyond.”

--Matthew Rettenmund, author of Boy Culture

“These Band Fags march to their own quirky beat in a timeless tale delightfully syncopated against an ‘80s soundtrack. This surprisingly tender story of best friends locked in a tug-of-war of self-discovering is booby-trapped with Polito’s pitch-perfect wisecracks and hilarious observations.”

--Steven Sorrentino, author of Luncheonette

“Frank Anthony Polito’s Band Fags! plays like an eighties after school special; it feels like dropping right back into the oh-so-important questions of who sits where in the lunchroom, who 'likes' who, and which friends might be 'fags.' Polito absolutely captures the voice of a not-ready-to-be-gay-teenager in the eighties, and spins characters who face real problems, ridiculous concerns, and the meaning of friendship over the years.”

--Alex MacLennan, author of The Zookeeper

Who I'd like to meet:
Frank Anthony Polito is a Brooklyn-based actor and playwright. He can be seen in the films One True Thing with Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger, Hitch with Will Smith, and The Peacemaker with George Clooney.

On TV he has appeared on Spin City, The Sopranos and One Life to Live. On stage he has worked off-Broadway at Primary Stages and Revelation Theater and played the role of James in the Washington, D.C. premiere of Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally.

Frank’s first play, JOHN R, was produced in New York City in 2001 and is the basis for BAND FAGS! Other plays have been seen at the New York International Fringe Festival, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in Chicago, Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, VA, and at The Dayton Playhouse in Dayton, OH.

His teleplay, Blind Faith, was a finalist for the Alfred P. Sloan teleplay competition at Carnegie Mellon University where he received his M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing in 2006.

Frank grew up in the Detroit suburb of Hazel Park, near 10 Mile and John R. He began playing trumpet in 6th grade (but later switched to French horn) and is proud to have been a Band Fag.

Readers can visit him on the web at www.frankanthonypolito.com


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Kirby Holt



Nov 1 2009 12:47 AM


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Jul 15 2009 4:56 PM

Sending love from St. Pete!

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Jul 11 2009 5:28 PM

BOY CRAZY: COMING OUT EROTICA

 

Check out my new story, “Game Boyz,” in BOY CRAZY from CLEIS PRESS

robin

robin



Jun 15 2009 7:01 PM

Hey Frank. Loved your latest book; but you already know that. Thanks for the friends request. Have a great week. :)
Matt Riddlehoover

Matt Riddlehoover



Apr 2 2009 1:04 AM

Yay!
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Johnathan Hale

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Oct 2 2008 11:19 PM

Hi there,

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Jun 24 2008 1:05 AM

Thank​s for the add! Hope you'​ll check​ out my new Young​ Adult​ serie​s THE ELITE​!
Mark

Mark



Jun 11 2008 5:18 AM

Hi Frank! I love the book-- I'm dying over the "French Room"!!! We said it like that,too! LOL!!!
Shannon Yarbrough, author of Stealing Wishes

Shannon Yarbrough



Jun 2 2008 11:05 PM

Thanks for the add! Loved the book! I could so relate!! Hope you will check out my profile for info about my book due out later this month, STEALING WISHES.

Best Wishes,
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Drew Ferguson

Drew Ferguson



Jun 1 2008 4:54 PM

I've got my copy!
downtowntrash

al barr



May 28 2008 3:32 PM

congrats on the book coming out!
Charlie

Charlie Stewart



May 24 2008 12:09 AM

Thanks for the add! Can't wait to read the book!
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Candy Kurzatkowski



May 6 2008 3:30 AM

Thanks for the add. I'm not sure if you remember me from band, because you were one grade ahead of me, but I actually have a couple of pictures from a summer band concernt at the HS in the courtyard with you and I in them. I played the flute. I'll let you know when I post the pictures, so you can take a peak. I'm looking forward to reading your book, as I enjoyed the excerpt. Take care.
Mark

Mark



Feb 29 2008 6:57 AM

Call me Wilson Phillips but I SWEAR it's all Shadows & Light!!! But thank you -- I love your pics! Whee will you be in LA? This totally sucks I'm probably going to be gone the week of Memorial. But I am doing everything I can to get to R.O. for your signing! See you soon, mark
Kenneth Hill

Kenneth Hill



Feb 23 2008 9:46 PM

Sending love for the weekend to my new friend.
-- kenneth



Other people too have friends that they love;
But ours was a love as few friends have known.
You were all my sustenance; it mattered more
To see you daily than to get my morning food.
And if there was a single day when we did not meet
I would sit listless, my mind in a tangle of gloom.
To think we are now thousands of miles apart,
Lost like clouds, each drifting on his far way!
Those clouds on high, where many winds blow,
What is their chance of ever meeting again?
And if in open heaven the beings of the air
Are driven and thwarted, what of Man below?

-- Yuan Zhen writing of his male lover Bo Juyi, 9th century, China
Ryan

Ryan



Feb 18 2008 2:59 AM

I can't believe that BAND FAGS! is coming out in June. I'm so excited.

Definitely let me know when you'll be in the D and if you need help with anything.

Ryan
Gloria Loring

Gloria Loring



Dec 13 2007 4:29 PM

Thanks! GL
Great Lakes Pride Band

Great Lakes Pride Band



Oct 29 2007 12:42 PM

Hey Frank!

We look forward to meeting you soon and for you to possible play with the GLPB in Motor City Pride!

Paul, Artistic Director of the GLPB
Brian Sloan

Brian Sloan



Oct 28 2007 4:04 PM

Hi Frank-the cover is awesome...can't wait to read it! Take care...and keep practicing ;)

BRIAN
www.briansloan.com
Treva

Treva



Oct 26 2007 12:04 AM

The cover looks awesome! I feel like I'm out of good reading material right now so I can't wait until Spring. By the way, I love the song you chose for the profile!
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