Author Alan Semrow
Rise Letters by Alan Semrow
written by Heidi Lynns Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Alan Semrow for
providing me with this book so I may bring you this review. I would also like
to thank Jasmine Jordon for allowing me to be a guest reviewer on her blog Jazzy
Book Reviews.
RIPE Letters by Alan Semrow was unlike
any other LGBT book I had ever read before. Then again I love when authors go
outside the box and do something different. Alan decided to write letters in
this book but to me it felt more like a diary. There are about 45 letters total
in this book.
I had a few favorites out of the 45
that caught my interest. Dear Peter Pan cracked me up immediately!! Come on who
wouldn’t crack up laughing when the first line refers “the girls and I had been
carrying around this blow-up doll with an erect penis.” The letter just gets better
from there!! I have never read an author say “we fucked like volcanos.” That was
a priceless line for me!! Well done Alan!!
How could you not like the letter
that starts with Dear Ryan Gosling Lover LMAO!! That letter was beautifully
written with detail about a special connection someone has with someone
visually across the room. The physical and mental connection that Is off the
charts but no action is taken.
Alan would like to thank Liz Phair, Frank
Ocean, Sheryl Crow and Lana Del Rey for their music that has been ringing in
his ears for so many years.
He would also like to thank Peggy
Benton, Liz Morgan and Ben Monty for being the family he always wanted, but
never thought he deserved. Unconditionally, he loves you. You have taught him
so much.
Thank you for Madison LGBT community,
in all its eccentricities for letting him in. You have made him feel at home.
Most of all he is thankful to all the
men who informed these letters. You have left a mark on him.
Rodney is a cancer survivor, cancer researcher, author, and public speaker. He is the Chairman of the Fire Systems Design Group, a global Fire Alarm Design and Engineering firm, and is CEO of STAMPSCO Fire & Security, Inc. based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rodney is co-founder of AttackingCancer.org.
