Second Person Queer

Edited by Richard Labone & Lawrence Schimel
Categories: LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Gay Literature, Anthologies, Social Issues

First Person Queer, an anthology of non-fiction essays written in the first person by a variety of gay and lesbian authors, was a snapshot of LGBT life and experience in the modern age. Published in 2007, ...

The Dictionary of Homophobia

Edited by Louis-Georges Tin
Translated by Marek Redburn
Categories: History, Social Issues, Cultural Studies, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Lesbian Literature

Based on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a mammoth, encyclopedic book that documents the history of homosexuality, and various cultural responses to ...

Peter Flinsch

By Ross Higgins
Categories: History, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Biography & Memoir, Visual Arts, Cultural Studies, Erotica

Peter Flinsch, who passed away in March 2010 at the age of eighty-nine, was one of the art world's unsung heroes; for more than 60 years, he produced hundreds of paintings, drawings, and sculptures which ...

Shuck

By Daniel Allen Cox
Categories: LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Fiction

Shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award (gay debut fiction)

Shortlisted for a ReLit Award (best novel)

SHUCK (noun): the outer covering of a nut or of an ear of corn; the shell of an oyster or clam; something ...

The Child

By Sarah Schulman
Categories: LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Fiction, Gay Literature

Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Women's Fiction Award

The Child is the eleventh and perhaps most controversial book by acclaimed lesbian writer Sarah Schulman, available ...

Got 'til it's Gone

By Larry Duplechan
Categories: LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, BIPOC, Black Literature

Winner of a Lambda Literary Award (gay romance)

As funny, warm, and sexy as its protagonist, Got 'til it's Gone is the first novel by Larry Duplechan in fifteen years, and the fourth to feature his alter-ego ...

queersexlife

By Terry Goldie
Categories: Biography & Memoir, Cultural Studies, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature

Evocative of writers Patrick Califia-Rice and Kate Bornstein, whose best works explore gender and sexuality through personal memoir, queersexlife is a frank and intimate collection of responses to theories ...

The Carnivorous Lamb

By Agustin Gomez-Arcos
Introduction by Sharon G. Feldman
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature
Series: Little Sister's Classics

The latest in the Little Sister's Classics series resurrecting gay and lesbian literary gems: a viciously funny, shocking yet ultimately moving 1975 novel, an allegory of Franco's Spain, about a young ...

First Person Queer

Edited by Richard Labone & Lawrence Schimel
Categories: Biography & Memoir, Cultural Studies, LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Social Issues, Anthologies, Gay Literature

Winner, Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Anthologies

Winner, Independent Publisher Award (GOLD), Gay/Lesbian

In this amazing, wide-ranging anthology of non-fiction essays, contributors write intimate and honest ...

The View from Here

By Matthew Hays
Categories: LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Biography & Memoir, Film & Media, Gay Literature

Winner, Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Arts/Culture

One of Quill & Quire's Books of the Year, 2007

The history of gay and lesbian cinema is a storied one, and one that became much larger with the recent success ...