Though she is labeled as horror, I wouldn’t quite put her in that category, at least in this book. This collection of short stories is dark, gothic, beautiful, flowing, engaging and sad. Brite has a style that harkens back to the 1800’s when flowing language and beauty could be found in even the darkest of tales. I assume they would discuss language, the beauty of the written word and the terrors of their hearts. From reading her stories you can envision her walking with the likes of Lovecraft and Poe. There are things more valuable than life."Įvery once in a while you stumble across an artist who is in the wrong time… Poppy is one of those authors, and artist who seems as if she was born too late to be happy. He was quoted in the New York Times and elsewhere as saying, in reference to those considering leaving, "If you’re ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it just because it can kill you. In the following months, Brite has been an outspoken and sometimes harsh critic of those who are leaving New Orleans for good.
He used his blog to update his fans regarding the situation, including the unknown status of his house and many of his pets, and in October 2005 became one of the first 70,000 New Orleanians to begin repopulating the city. They are no longer together.ĭuring Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Brite at first opted to stay at home, but he eventually abandoned New Orleans and his cats and relocated 80 miles away to his mother's home in Mississippi. They have been known to have a few dogs and perhaps a snake as well in the menagerie. Photos of the various felines are available on the "Cats" page of Brite's website. He loves UNC basketball and is a sometime season ticket holder for the NBA, but he saves his greatest affection for his hometown football team, the New Orleans Saints.īrite and husband Chris DeBarr, a chef, run a de facto cat rescue and have, at any given time, between fifteen and twenty cats.
He lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Athens, Georgia prior to returning to New Orleans in 1993. He self-identifies almost completely as a homosexual male rather than female, and as of 2011 has started taking testosterone injections. Brite (born Melissa Ann Brite, now going by Billy Martin) is an American author born in New Orleans, Louisiana.īorn a biological female, Brite has written and talked much about his gender dysphoria/gender identity issues.
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