About Burroughs

As a seven years old boy, Burroughs show a sign of his interest in the same gender,

"Something about the presence of the men made both Mrs. Ames and me turn red and become hot."

"As I was watching him he caught my eye and smiled. I thought he was a very friendlyl man, very nice. I admired his crisp dark suit, white shirt, and black tie. His hair was athick and glossy, combed back. I smiled at him. He nudged his friend and nodded in my direction, and then the other man looked at me. He smiled, too."

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"I wanted to jump up out of my seat and run to the men, hugging them around the legs. I wanted to lick the hair on their wrist."

As I was researching, I found out for a fact that Augusten Burroughs is homosexual, and he seem to focus on his homosexuality a lot throughout this book. His writing may be slightly disturbing to read sometimes, but easy to understand. His collection of personal stories "Magical Thinking" reveals every stage of his life. The first several stories in the beginning talks about his memerable experiences at his early ages, every first sentence or paragraph of his story begins with "When I was seven years old" or "When I was in fourth grade". So he clearly states how old he was in each story.