<p> No one has been more frank, lucid, and entertaining about growing up gay in Middle America than Edmund White. Best known for his autobiographical novels, starting with <i>A Boy's Own Story</i>, White here takes fiction out of his story and delivers the facts of his life in all their shocking and absorbing verity. In <i>My Lives</i>, White shares his enthusiasms and his passions, and he introduces us to his lovers and predilections. </p>