David Bergman (ed.): Gay American Autobiography

Writings from Whitman to Sedaris. USA 2009, 403 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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The first anthology to survey the full range of gay men's autobiographical writing from Walt Whitman to the present draws excerpts from letters, journals, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies to provide examples of the best life writing from the last century and a half. The editor guides the reader chronologically through selected writings that give voice to every generation of ... Weiterlesen

Lance Bass: Out of Sync

USA 2008, 196 pp., brochure, € 11.59
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
At 16, Lance Bass received a phone call from Justin Timberlake that would change his life forever. Soon after, he left his small-town home in Mississippi, to join an emerging musical group called *NSYNC that was inspiring Beatles-esque mania around the world, becoming the face of the new MTV generation. He's remained in the spotlight ever since, and here he ... Weiterlesen

Lynne Jamneck (ed.): Periphery

USA 2008, 216 pp., brochure, € 12.99
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»Periphery« brings together a diverse blend of speculative writers to offer readers stories that delve deep into aspects of attraction and infatuation in futures both far and near. The editor has assembled 13 stories that are cutting edge in desire and style. In »Touching Fire«, Nicola Griffith makes a move towards love, lust, and lasers. In »The Voyage Out«, Gwyneth ... Weiterlesen

Jennifer Camper (ed.): Juicy Mother 2

USA 2007, 180 pp., brochure, € 12.39
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This anthology of gay and lesbian cartoonists returns with an added thematic component, taking on various »how we met« stories. Like the 1st installment, this one is uneven, but includes several strong entries.Leanne Franson's »Under New Management« combines breezy line work with a vaguely discomfiting romantic triangle to good effect, and Joan Hilty's »Zion« uses rough, kinetic inks to depict ... Weiterlesen

Karin Kallmaker, Radclyffe: In Deep Waters, Vol. 1: Cruising the Seas

USA 2007, 274 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Book passage on a deliciously sensual Mediterranean cruise with tour guides Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker. Poolside, topside, below deck and ship-to-shore - grab a deck chair and feel the temperature climb. From honeymooning couples to strangers with mutual desires, there are no secrets about what goes on between embarkation, midnight buffets and ports-of-call. Passengers, entertainers, ship's crew and tour staff ... Weiterlesen

Barbara Cardy (ed.): The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Erotica

USA 2007, 526 pp., pb, € 13.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Over 50 short tales of passion and lust from the pens of today's most exciting writers of lesbian erotica: this all-new volume of lesbian erotica brings together a selection of new fiction from around the world. The writing covers the emotional spectrum, from intimate reminiscences, to wild confessions and magical encounters. Sarah Veitch gets to know »A Taste for Pain«. ... Weiterlesen

Richard Canning (ed.): Between Men

USA 2007, 335 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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Original fiction by Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, James McCourt, Dale Peck, Bruce Benderson, and other leading gay authors. Certain to become a cornerstone of the gay literary tradition, this anthology brings together new and unpublished stories from 18 of today's best gay writers. Edmund White delves into 19th-century Manhattan, imagining an encounter between author Stephen Crane and »The Painted Boy«. ... Weiterlesen

Lawrence Schimel (ed.): Best Date Ever

USA 2007, 220 pp., brochure, € 15.69
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
The author of »Two Boys in Love«, »Boy Meets Boy« and »PoMoSexuals« has put together a heartfelt, often humorous collection of stories about gay dating based on real-life experiences. Not every date turns out to be perfect. Not all dates come up to our expectation. Everyone knows that. But it's not the bad dates Schimel is interested in. His approach ... Weiterlesen

Ron Suresha (ed.): Bi Guys

Firsthand Fiction for Bisexual Men and Their Admirers. USA 2006, 216 pp., brochure, € 16.59
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Stimulating bisexual fiction from a decidedly masculine viewpoint. Busting open the closet door of bisexual men, this exploration of the bi male experience will change how you look at guys. The stories by renowned queer authors portray the male heat of bisexual desire as well as men's struggles to understand themselves and their own sexuality, and to make others understand ... Weiterlesen

David Levithan, Billy Merrell (eds.): The Full Spectrum

USA 2006, 277 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Using works submitted anonymously through the Web site the authors created in conjunction with the »Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network« (GLSEN), the editors have selected 40 essays, mini-autobiographies, poems, and photographs that chronicle the lives of 21st-century young people, ages 13 to 23. The handsomely dense package includes real-life stories about coming out, falling in and out of love, ... Weiterlesen

Terry Castle (ed.): The Literature of Lesbianism

A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall. USA 2006, 1110 pp., brochure, € 69.99
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Since the Renaissance, countless writers have been magnetized by the notion of love between women. From Renaissance love poems to 20th-century novels, plays, and short stories, this book brings together hundreds of literary works on the subject of female homosexuality. This is not an anthology of »lesbian writers«. Nor is it simply a one-sided compendium of »positive« or »negative« images ... Weiterlesen

Henry James: The Portable Henry James

UK 2004, 618 pp., brochure, € 17.79
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With a mind that took in every nuance of speech, manner, thought, and half-thought, Henry James set out to define the restless - and sometimes innocent - American imagination in conflict with the great European tradition. Along the way he discovered the countless hesitancies, betrayals, and self-betrayals that make up the true substance of human relationships. This entirely new Portable ... Weiterlesen

Jennifer Robertson (ed.): Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities

USA/UK/AUS 2004, 310 pp., brochure, € 36.99
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This anthropological reader demonstrates the centrality of the complicated relationship of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices. Although heterosexuality has been interrogated and demystified, it retains normative dominance. By drawing on the fresh and illuminating perspectives of anthropology, this collection moves beyond other »lesbian and gay studies« readers by presenting a broader view of the ... Weiterlesen

David Leavitt, Mark Mitchell (eds.): The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories

UK 2004, 668 pp., pb, € 16.29
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From the tenderness of the swimming boys in D.H. Lawrence's »A Poem of Friendship« to the explicit sexuality of A.M. Homes's »The Whiz Kids«, with its boys in a bathtub, these 36 stories celebrate both the diversity and commonality of gay experience. Noel Coward's »Me and the Girls«, at once campy and touching, presents an unexpected side of this writer ... Weiterlesen

Harry Benshoff, Sean Griffin (eds.): Queer Cinema - The Film Reader

USA/CAN/UK 2004, 242 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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»Queer Cinema« brings together key writings that use queer theory to explore cinematic sexualities. The collection examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts. »Auteurs« examines the ways in which sexuality figures in the work of queer filmmakers. »Forms« explores how the horror film, the musical, film noir, and the animated film construct ... Weiterlesen

Various Authors: Angelwings

Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan. USA 2003, 248 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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Lesbian and gay fiction (known as »tongzhi wenxue« in Mandarin) constitutes a major contribution to Taiwanese literature, as evidenced by the remarkable number of prestigious literary awards won by authors of the short stories presented here. But most strikingly, this fiction has been immensely popular with general readers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as in diasporic Chinese ... Weiterlesen

Luc Brisson: Sexual Ambivalence

USA 2002, 196pp., brochure, € 34.95
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This book collects and translates most of the extant Graeco-Roman writing on human beings, divinities, animals, and other creatures who were both female and male. The author provides a commentary that situates the rich source material within its historical and intellectual contexts. These selections- from mythological, philosophical, historical, and anecdotal sources - describe cases of either simultaneous dual sexuality, as ... Weiterlesen

Daryl Hines (ed.): Puerilities - Erotic Epigrams of »The Greek Anthology«

USA 2001, 127 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Elegiac lyrics celebrating the love of boys, which the translator terms "Puerilities", comprise most of the 12th book of "The Greek Anthology". That book, the so-called "Musa Puerilis", is brilliantly translated in this, the first complete verse version in English, it is a delightful eroticopia of short poems by great and lesser-known Greek poets, spanning hundreds of years, from ancient ... Weiterlesen