I had already lived in eight different houses by the time I was 12. was just one of the many cities we lived in when I was young. They were fighting the war on poverty and actively committed to the cause. He went to Antioch and worked as an intern for my dad in Washington, D.C. Howie was (and still is) a real-deal hippie from Berkeley, California. Howie Gordon was your fatherвЂ™s friend - and the first male centerfold to appear in Playgirl with an erection. We caught up with the man of the hour to learn more. Cove, who lives in Amherst,В recently celebrated his book launch at A.P.E.

вЂњI came for the adventures with the male centerfold, but I stayed for the break-your-heart portrait of a nuclear family teetering between enlightenment and core meltdown,вЂќВ as one of CoveвЂ™s early readers, вЂњTransparentвЂќ creator Jill Soloway, put it. ItвЂ™s also an understandable one: Cove is the author of a new memoir, вЂњMan of the Year,вЂќ which tells the story of the year he spent, at age 13, helping his fatherвЂ™s friend, Howie Gordon, campaign for PlaygirlвЂ™s highest honor: Man of the Year. ItвЂ™s a weird excuse for work,вЂќ says Lou Cove. вЂњI looked at more Playgirls while researching this book than I care to admit. Gallery in Northampton -GAZETTE STAFF/JERREY ROBERTS Lou Cove of Amherst reading from his book вЂњMan of the Year,вЂќ last Thursday at A.P.E. Rachel Simmons introduces Amherst author Lou Cove during a party to launch his book 'Man of the Year', Thursday at A.P.E. GAZETTE STAFF/JERREY ROBERTSД¬ove hugging Stacy Klein of Ashfield GAZETTE STAFF/JERREY ROBERTSД¬ove signing a copy of his book вЂњMan of the YearвЂќ during the launch party and reading at A.P.E. Lou Cove, of Amherst, speaks during a party held to launch his book 'Man of the Year', Thursday at A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton GAZETTE STAFF/JERREY ROBERTS The slides shown are of Cove as a boy with the subject of the book, a Playgirl centerfold model. Lou Cove, of Amherst, starts a slide show during aВ launch party and reading of his book 'Man of the Year', Thursday at A.P.E.

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