![]() ![]() I got temporary custody to write Hold Me Closer. We like to say that he was born from one father, but raised by two dads. After class, Tiny's friends Gary (who's gay) and Jane (who may or may not be gay) tell him that everyone thinks Tiny is in love with Will. But from the minute I heard John read that first chapter, I knew Tiny would find his way over to my side of the book. Tiny thinks Will is a bit cynical because Will doesn't seem to believe in love and basically has two rules in life: Don't care too much and shut up. ![]() Tiny Cooper was entirely John's invention, from his first chapter of Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Whose idea was he, originally? And how did you decide to do a real version of Hold Me Closer? "But my high school years would have been much more colorful and much more musical if he'd been around." In an email conversation, Levithan told me that as a teenager, he probably wouldn't have had the stamina to keep up with Tiny. Now, Levithan has given Tiny his own starring role in Hold Me Closer, a fully realized version of that magnum opus. In Will Grayson - co-written by John Green and David Levithan - Tiny used those 18 ex-boyfriends as fodder for a musical version of his life. Readers met the flamboyant high school football player and would-be musical impresario as a side character in the 2010 novel Will Grayson, Will Grayson and fell in love - about as quickly as Tiny did with each of his 18 exes. Tiny Cooper is your new boyfriend (well, not mine, he doesn't swing that way). Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Hold Me Closer Subtitle The Tiny Cooper Story Author David Levithan ![]()
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