He moved to Denver in 1996 and was voted Least Stylish Gay Guy in the Metro Denver Area (including Loveland!) for each of the years from 1996-98. He proved them wrong with a series of strange-but-true jobs in his 20s - driver recruiter for a truck driving school, sales consultant for a phone company, and temp at Otis Elevators.

He still holds out hope for a Village People revival and has set up a Google Alert in case it happens.Ī B- student throughout high school, Bill was voted Most Likely to Avoid Doing Any Real Work In His Life by a panel of his dismissive peers. None of these career paths worked out for him. Bill played alongside the likes of the kid who always showered alone, the chronic nosebleeder and the guy with recurrent poison ivy.Įarly in his life, Bill decided he wanted to be a disc jockey, a professional baseball player, or the Construction Worker from The Village People. As it turned out, the highlight of his soccer career was at Camp Greylock in 1978, when he was chosen for the Camp's 'D' team. His parents figured he'd be a great soccer player, based on his spirited kicking from inside the womb. Expectations were high from birth - at least in terms of athletics. In Destination Unknown, Bill Konigsberg returns to a time he knew well as a teenager to tell a story of identity, connection, community, and survival.īill Konigsberg was born in 1970 in New York City. have between them will be tested, strained, pushed, and pulled-but it will also be a lifeline in a time of death, a bond that will determine the course of their futures. or does Micah bring more to the relationship that it first seems? As their lives become more and more entangled in the AIDS epidemic that’s laying waste to their community, and the AIDS activism that will ultimately bring a strong voice to their demands, whatever Micah and C.J. isn't just out-he’s completely out there, and Micah can't help but be both attracted to and afraid of someone who travels so loudly and proudly through the night.Ī connection occurs. It's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to pretend he's more out and outgoing than he really is. From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Destination unknown