CONTENTS	10
	ABOUT THE EDITOR	14
	CONTRIBUTORS	16
	Acknowledgments	22
	Introduction	24
	PART I: TOWARD A DEFINITION OF GAY MALE FRIENDSHIP	32
	– 1 – Why “Friendship” Works—And Doesn’t	32
	PART II: ON FRIENDSHIP AND MENTORSHIP	40
	– 2 – 715 Willey Street	40
	– 3 – Time and Tide	54
	– 4 – The Grounds on Which We Met: Friendship and the Possible	62
	PART III: ON FRIENDSHIP AND THE GROUP	70
	– 5 – Larry, Me, and “The Family”	70
	– 6 – Circuitries of Friendship: Camaraderie on the Dance Floor	80
	PART IV: ON FRIENDSHIP AND SEXUALITY	90
	– 7 – A Towel and a TV	90
	– 8 – More Was Better: Sex with Friends	96
	– 9 – The Crossing	102
	– 10 – The Country Club	114
	PART V: ON FRIENDSHIP AND SPIRITUALITY	122
	– 11 – Soul Friend	122
	PART VI: ON FRIENDSHIP AND BEING ALONE	128
	– 12 – A String Theory of Friendship	128
	– 13 – Not Quite There	134
	– 14 – Absence: Living Everyday Life Without Gay Male Friends	148
	PART VII: ON FRIENDSHIP AND SURVIVAL	160
	– 15 – Friends: When Are They Necessary?	160
	– 16 – Notes from the Apocalypse: A Week with Katrina	166
	PART VIII: ON FRIENDSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP	174
	– 17 – Subject: friendship	174