New York: Dutton, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir by this award-winning poet, of how he - born with disabled legs - went through many reconstructive sugeries, and a look back at the support given by his working-class, Jewish family, as well as the hidden tensions in his family life, the doctor who alone did not recommend amputation, and finally of his sexual awakening. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-525941622.