josh kilmer-purcell
josh kilmer-purcell
josh kilmer-purcell Author of "I Am Not Myself These Days" & "Candy Everybody Wants"

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Status:In a Relationship
Orientation:Gay
Zodiac Sign:Virgo

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Mansfield High
Mansfield,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
 

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hi you, I'm the author of the NYTimes bestseller I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.).. (HarperPerennial, 2006) and Candy Everybody Wants (P.S.)... (HarperPerennial, 2008) What are they about? Glad you asked...



I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.).. is your typical boy-dressed-as-girl-meets-crack-head-male-s/m-escort story. It recounts my first year in New York as I worked during the day as an advertising Jr. Art Director, and at night as a 7' 2" drag queen named "AquaDisiac" ("Aqua" for short.) Yeah, I know... it doesn't sound like your type of book. Fine then. Let's throw in my first boyfriend, "Jack", who moved me into his brilliant white penthouse where he routinely humiliated and tortured his myriad of escorting clients. That is, when he wasn't on a crack binge. Still not interested? I could go on about how its a universal love story with a clash of egos and alter egos that only the young and foolish could survive (if only barely). But if you don't wanna hear about it, you don't wanna hear about it. What can I do? You're probably Baptist or something.



Candy Everybody Wants (P.S.).. is a novel set in 1981 about a teenage boy named Jayson (he added the "y" in kindergarten for more "flair") who is determined to achieve the celebrity status he feels is rightfully his. As 15-year-old Jayson leaves his provincial (though anything but ordinary) life in Wisconsin for the “glamour” of New York City, he discovers that celebrity is not always what it's cracked up to be...and always comes at a price. Undeterred by the discovery that his long-lost father is a flaming queen who runs an escort agency for Broadway chorus boys, or by a stint living as a squatter in a Soho loft, Jayson pursues his dream of the spotlight any way he can. But even the thrill of success as the “Picky Prince” on a series of TV commercials and the possibility of sitcom stardom alongside one of show business's sauciest legends can be dampened by the demands of outrageous family and friends. There's a lesson here somewhere, but all Jayson really wants is to catch the next flight to L.A.

I describe Candy Everybody Wants (P.S.).. as the coming-of-age memoir that I wish I lived.

Let's see, what else? I also write a monthly column for OUT magazine. It keeps me gay.

Entertainment Weekly gave I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.).. a "B+".

Publishers Weekly said it's "impossible to look away."

Armistead Maupin ("Tales of the City") called I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.).. "absolutely hilarious and heartbreaking and heartfelt." He also kindly described Candy Everybody Wants (P.S.).. as “A balls-out joyride through eighties pop culture that enlightens as much as it exhilarates. As always, Kilmer-Purcell’s astringent wit is nicely tempered by his obvious sympathy for human frailty.”

Booklist compared I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.).. to "Noel Coward's best plays."

Kirkus called I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.).. "a stellar debut."



Who I'd like to meet:

YOU ...and here's where i want to have our first date:

Candy Everybody Wants (P.S.) TOUR DATES

TUESDAY MAY 13, NEW YORK, NY Blender Theater (Event with James Frey) @ 7:30 pm, 127 E 23rd St

THURSDAY MAY 15, LOS ANGELES, CA Whisky A Go Go (Event with James Frey) @ 7:30 pm, 8901 Sunset Blvd

FRIDAY MAY 16, SAN FRANCISCO, CA Slim’s San Francisco (Event with James Frey) @ 7:30 pm, 333 11th St

SATURDAY MAY 17, CORTE MADERA, CA Book Passage (Event with James Frey) @ 1:00 pm, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd.

MONDAY MAY 19, SEATTLE, WA Seattle Town Hall (Event with James Frey) @ 7:30 pm, 1119 8th Avenue

WEDNESDAY MAY 21, PORTLAND, OR Bagdad Theatre (Event with James Frey) @ 7:30 pm, 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.

WEDNESDAY MAY 28, ATLANTA, GA Outwrite Books @ 8:00 pm, 991 Piedmont Avenue

THURSDAY MAY 29, CHICAGO, IL Borders Books and Music @ 7:30 pm, 2817 N. Clark Street

FRIDAY MAY 30, MILWAUKEE, WI Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop @7:00 pm, 2559 N. Downer Ave.

TUESDAY JUNE 3, NEW YORK, NY Borders Books and Music @7:00 pm, 10 Columbus Circle

WEDNESDAY JUNE 4, PHILADELPHIA, PA Giovanni’s Room @5:00 PM, 345 South 12th Street

WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, NEW YORK, NY Word for Word at Bryant Park @12:30pm, 500 Fifth Avenue


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Nov 27 2009 1:08 AM

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Nov 15 2009 2:03 AM

Greetings. I just wanted to thank you for your continued support and invite you to have a first listen on myspace to the tracks off the new EP "Monster & Minstrel" due out later this month. Bright stars to you! Ahmond
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Sep 5 2009 2:07 PM

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Aug 28 2009 9:03 PM

Happy Birthday
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Aug 3 2009 8:50 PM

I hate "spamming" but really want to share this: It's been a juggernaut, but "IF THE RAINS DON'T CLEANSE" (my novel about my parents' experiences as schoolteachers in 1950s Africa) is finally marked as "IN STOCK" at Amazon.com. Over the 4th of July weekend they sold out and for almost a week I was horrified that would-be readers were seeing a red "OUT OF STOCK" message when they tried to get a copy. But all is now well, RAINS is getting strong reviews and a grown-up readership, and I'm thrilled. I invite you to visit my MySpace blog to read a sample chapter or two ... and listen to an audiobook excerpt. Thanks.
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Jul 30 2009 8:09 PM

your books sound awesome, im going to have to read them for sure
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Jul 29 2009 7:41 PM

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DaveHead Jes



Jul 29 2009 6:24 PM

my fish tits t-shirt arrived in the mail last nite ! woo hoo for me !
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Lorcan



Jul 29 2009 5:14 PM

Hi Josh


How are you? Thanks for the friendship and listening to my music.
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Freddie



Jul 29 2009 5:06 PM

Have a wonderful day Josh
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