Cant Blame A Brother For Trying is the story of a young black gay man, Travis Moore, who struggle to find himself in New York City. His mother found a gay porno magazine in his room, which began his experience of making it in the world the best way he can.Back Door Mistress tells the tale of the trail of deception and lies found in this adulterers life. Taj Knight finds himself trapped between his wife, a mister, and a mistress. Down Low is the name of the game as he struggles to find who and what is important to him.Black Guys, Black Lives visits the lives of four New York City black gay men. A secretive millionaire who does not let men love him, a biracial brotha who struggles with sexuality and racial identity, a couple whom one has angry black mans syndrome (ABMS), and the other who struggles to hold that relationship together. Sons Like Me is the story of a young black mans coming out experience that leads him into a situation of violence in his dysfunctional family. He learns lessons of love and anger as he tries his best to rise above homophobia in his Brooklyn neighborhood and in his heart.
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D.J. Murphy was born and raised in New York City. At a young age, Murphy believed that the best way to change life is through a change in consciousness. In 1996, he completed his undergraduate work in Psychology at Florida International University. During these years he developed "Sons Like Me" to express many psychological concepts through fiction writing. Currently he pursing a Masters Degree in Psychology.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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All About US!!!,
By Pyramus James "Reserve Looker" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sons Like Me (Paperback)
This Author has done a great job in his short stories in bring out the good and the bad about black gay men. Unlike many other authors he did not water down anything from sex to what really happens to gay men. The characters are real and any one can relate to these character reguardless if you are gay or not. I Strongly recommend this book to anyone who runs across this book.
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Pop Shelf, Not Top Shelf,
By torrid_wind™ (Brooklyn, NY, United States) - See all my reviews
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D. J. Murphy's book of short stories, "Sons Like Me" failed to distinguish itself from the caliber of the writing of a couple of the (popular) contemporary African-American gay authors. If you are starved for books reflecting the lives of brothers "in the life" and want to support African-American gay authors so much so that you're willing to purchase "pulp fiction", then this book may be just your taste. As with works by other authors of this genre that I've read, the writing here is not "characterized by skill, lucidity and polish" (one of Webster's definitions of "literate"). The plot lines and character development have some merit. I gave this book two stars (instead of one) only because I've seen worse. What do I know, though? Other books in this vein are pop sensations.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Eye Opening and Entertaining,
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This review is from: Sons Like Me (Paperback)
This author has managed to fit several issues within the Black Same Gender Loving Community all in the same book. It is informative and entertaining from start to finish. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop until I was done. I am looking forward to D.J. Murphy's next book.
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New York, Black Lives, Black Guys, Back Door Mistress, Aunt Linda, Mama Frye, Wall Street, Puerto Rican, Twenty-third Street, Miami Beach, North Carolina, Central Park, United States, Good Morning, South Florida, San Francisco, Bear Mountain, Coney Island, Westchester County, Street Force, New Jersey, South Georgia, Jersey City, French Canadian, Negril Grill Browse Sample Pages:
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New York, Black Lives, Black Guys, Back Door Mistress, Aunt Linda, Mama Frye, Wall Street, Puerto Rican, Twenty-third Street, Miami Beach, North Carolina, Central Park, United States, Good Morning, South Florida, San Francisco, Bear Mountain, Coney Island, Westchester County, Street Force, New Jersey, South Georgia, Jersey City, French Canadian, Negril Grill Browse Sample Pages:
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