"A gem from the queer underground canon." --Emma Alpern, New York

"[Joe's] coming-of-age story . . . suggests how impermanent queer self-discovery is, a constant jaws-of-life procedure attended by losses, reversals, cliff-hangers, and narrow escapes . . . His story is a valentine to queer friendship, which saves his life and breaks his heart, the way love always does in the end." --Jeremy Lybarger, 4Columns

"Searing and breathless . . . redolent of its era without ever being a relic of it . . . Westmoreland's blend of noise and sights, romance and friendship, render a portrait of queer joy as a hard-earned victory of survival." --Joel Danilewitz, The Brooklyn Rail

"Tramps Like Us is, at its heart, the archetypal queer chronicle of self-discovery and becoming . . . it's more importantly a tale, almost a love letter, in praise of community . . . If you're in search of home, Tramps Like Us is a good place to start." --Joseph Akel, The Whitney Review

"Joe Westmoreland's Tramps Like Us is irresistible: a spare, unflinching, generous & lusty masterpiece of adventure writing, that great adventuring queer quest for sex & friendship & love & home." --Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

"An achievement, in the major category." ―Hilton Als, author of My Pinup

"Tramps Like Us is charming and sweet, even when it's about sex and drugs - even in the face of the inevitable loss of health, life and innocence. A necessary reminder of the beauty of being young and queer and free. This book is a gift. Thanks, Joe." ―Imogen Binnie, author of Nevada

"The journey queer people must take to understand the odd hand that fate has dealt them is one of the great dramas of our time and Joe Westmoreland's trip is one of the best I've ever come across. For younger gay people it's a first hand look at our culture being formed. For older queers it's a heart-breaker. I was crying by the end but strangely proud of my own life and struggle. This is a very important book." --Robert Plunket, author of Love Junkie

"Joe Westmoreland has created a story that's epic and intimate, raunchy and reflective, a love letter to exploration, sex, and the glorious messiness of trying to survive while the ground keeps shifting under your feet. Most of all, it's a story about the meaning-making power of friendship and the families we create as we stumble through the world. Clear eyed, funny, and deeply moving, Tramps Like Us is a marvel." --Thomas Grattan, author of In Tongues

"Wow, once you get on the Tramps Like Us train, you'll never want to get off. What a gorgeous, drug-fueled, scrappy, raunchy, hilarious, and heartbreaking adventure. In the most wonderful way, Joe Westmoreland disrupts the traditional coming of age story―imagine if Tom and Huck were queer and loved getting high and sleeping with each other! It was by the skin of his teeth that Westmoreland escaped his abusive father and hitched a ride to freedom, where he found his best friend, his true family, and his true self in the hedonistic, pre-AIDS era of New Orleans and San Francisco. Though, of course, things fall apart―freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose―and AIDS does rear its head, and so this is also a story of unimaginable loss. Most of all, it should be required reading." --Alexandra Auder, author of Don't Call Me Home