Homo Novus

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  • Piety,
  • compassion,
  • lust,
  • love…
  • Feelings
  • all
  • the
  • more
  • potent
  • when
  • you
  • are
  • a
  • Catholic
  • priest
  • confined
  • to
  • your
  • hospital
  • bed
  • by
  • an
  • AIDS
  • diagnosis,
  • being
  • comforted
  • by
  • the
  • seminarian
  • you
  • sexually
  • abused
  • as
  • an
  • adolescent.
  • It's
  • Holy
  • Week
  • 1987.
  • The
  • priest
  • is
  • Fr.
  • Linus
  • Fitzgerald,
  • the
  • young
  • seminarian
  • is
  • Orlando
  • Rosario.
  • Both
  • are
  • shocked
  • and
  • shaken
  • as
  • they
  • reflect
  • on
  • their
  • desires
  • and
  • dreams,
  • secrets
  • and
  • sins,
  • hopes
  • and
  • faith,
  • and
  • the
  • paths
  • that
  • brought
  • them
  • together.
  • In
  • Homo
  • Novus,
  • Gerard
  • Cabrera
  • illuminates
  • with
  • deep
  • empathy
  • and
  • stark
  • emotional
  • honesty
  • the
  • journey
  • these
  • two
  • men
  • take
  • separately
  • and
  • together
  • a
  • journey
  • that
  • began
  • with
  • a
  • violation
  • of
  • trust
  • and
  • leads
  • them
  • to
  • places
  • sacred
  • and
  • profane
  • that
  • they
  • never
  • imagined.Praise
  • for
  • Gerard
  • Cabrera
  • and
  • Homo
  • Novus"Gerard
  • Cabrera's
  • eloquent
  • and
  • challenging
  • novel
  • Homo
  • Novus
  • takes
  • a
  • hot
  • issue
  • and
  • gives
  • it
  • a
  • complex
  • and
  • nuanced
  • exploration
  • that
  • will
  • encourage
  • even
  • greater
  • discussion."
  • -Charles
  • Busch,
  • Actor/Playwright,
  • author
  • of
  • The
  • Tale
  • of
  • the
  • Allergist's
  • Wife
  • and
  • The
  • Divine
  • Sister"Sex,
  • grace,
  • power,
  • and
  • commitment
  • drive
  • this
  • powerful
  • narrative
  • to
  • its
  • shattering
  • conclusion
  • of
  • personal
  • transfigurations
  • and
  • fearful
  • redemptions.
  • In
  • Homo
  • Novus,
  • Gerard
  • Cabrera's
  • lucid
  • and
  • startling
  • prose
  • pierces
  • the
  • heart,
  • making
  • us
  • rethink
  • our
  • deeply
  • held
  • beliefs
  • about
  • faith,
  • love,
  • courage,
  • and
  • betrayal.
  • The
  • journeys
  • that
  • Orlando
  • and
  • Linus
  • take-with
  • one
  • another,
  • away
  • from
  • one
  • another,
  • and
  • to
  • new
  • understandings
  • are
  • specific
  • to
  • their
  • lives,
  • and
  • always
  • frighteningly
  • relevant
  • to
  • ours.
  • Homo
  • Novus
  • is
  • a
  • masterful,
  • powerful
  • work-the
  • perfect
  • balancing
  • of
  • the
  • profane
  • and
  • sacred
  • that
  • strikes
  • at
  • the
  • heart
  • of
  • what
  • it
  • is
  • to
  • be
  • human."
  • -Michael
  • Bronski,
  • Lambda
  • Literary
  • Award-winning
  • author
  • of
  • A
  • Queer
  • History
  • of
  • the
  • United
  • States"Cabrera's
  • Homo
  • Novus
  • wrestles
  • with
  • the
  • desire
  • of
  • forbidden
  • love.
  • As
  • the
  • AIDS
  • crisis
  • begins
  • to
  • surface,
  • the
  • characters
  • in
  • this
  • novel
  • find
  • themselves
  • entangled
  • within
  • the
  • undistinguished
  • extremities
  • of
  • a
  • religious
  • vocation,
  • vacillating
  • between
  • secrets
  • and
  • their
  • own
  • identities.
  • In
  • lyrical
  • and
  • often
  • heartbreaking
  • prose,
  • Cabrera
  • weaves
  • a
  • story
  • that
  • illuminates
  • the
  • unanswered
  • questions
  • surrounding
  • morality,
  • faith,
  • lust
  • and
  • love,
  • and
  • what
  • it
  • means
  • to
  • forgive
  • in
  • the
  • face
  • of
  • loss."
  • -Mario
  • Alberto
  • Zambrano,
  • Dancer,
  • Choreographer,
  • and
  • Author
  • of
  • the
  • Acclaimed
  • Novel
  • Lotería"[Homo
  • Novus]
  • A
  • potent,
  • pensive
  • and
  • poignant
  • novel
  • in
  • which
  • gay
  • priests
  • delve
  • into
  • themselves
  • as
  • they
  • navigate
  • lust,
  • love,
  • theology,
  • and
  • the
  • human
  • condition.
  • Filled
  • with
  • strong
  • imagery,
  • and
  • dialogue
  • as
  • biting
  • as
  • a
  • bitch-slap,
  • follow
  • along
  • as
  • their
  • pasts
  • destroy
  • their
  • present
  • lives
  • and
  • threaten
  • their
  • futures,
  • in
  • a
  • time
  • where
  • the
  • specter
  • of
  • AIDS
  • draws
  • the
  • last
  • card.
  • Cabrera
  • creates
  • sexy,
  • complex
  • characters
  • who
  • lure
  • you
  • into
  • the
  • inner
  • recesses
  • of
  • their
  • psyches
  • and
  • libidos
  • so
  • that
  • you
  • end
  • up
  • incriminated
  • through
  • your
  • own
  • voyeurism.
  • But
  • don't
  • shut
  • your
  • eyes
  • because
  • you're
  • in
  • for
  • a
  • wild
  • ride
  • with
  • these
  • men
  • of
  • the
  • cloth
  • who
  • disrobe
  • way
  • more
  • than
  • just
  • their
  • bodies."
  • -Charles
  • Rice
  • González,
  • author
  • of
  • Chulito"Capturing
  • the
  • patriarchal
  • seduction
  • of
  • religion,
  • this
  • novel
  • is
  • an
  • essential
  • contribution
  • to
  • our
  • queer
  • Latinx
  • literary
  • tradition."
  • -Emanuel
  • Xavier,
  • Author
  • of
  • Christ
  • Like,
  • and
  • Selected
  • Poems
  • of
  • Emanuel Xavier
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