http://www.q-literature.com The Ultimate Guide to Queer Literature Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:45:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's 1981 and 17-year-old Norma Rogers' parents drop her off at the college dorms. Soon, Norma finds herself drunk and nearly naked with three strangers. The strip poker event is the first of many experiences that prompt Norma to question who she is and who she wants to be. Norma's ... http://www.q-literature.com/fiction/for-the-may-queen-by-kate-evans/ One of my guilty pleasures is to collect Western pulp fiction paperbacks with homoerotic book covers, along with the campy gay pulp fiction as well. Rarely do the two genres meet; the Westerns never have gay characters, and the early gay pulps often fail in authenticity, with few exceptions. One author ... http://www.q-literature.com/fiction/longhorns-by-victor-j-banis/ Lush Life: A Novel by Richard Price No one has a better ear and eye for the American city than Richard Price, and in Lush Lifee, his first novel in five years, he leaves the fictional environs of Dempsy, New Jersey, where Clockers, Freedomland, and Samaritan were set, for a few crowded ... http://www.q-literature.com/fiction/lush-life-a-novel-by-richard-price/ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao By Junot Díaz It's been 11 years since Junot Díaz's critically acclaimed story collection, Drown, landed on bookshelves and from page one of his debut novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, any worries of a sophomore jinx disappear. The titular Oscar is a ... http://www.q-literature.com/fiction/the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-by-junot-diaz/ Alexander the Fabulous: The Man Who Brought the World to its Knees by Michael Alvear with Vicky A. Schecter, Advocate Books Here is a short fun read, giving the essentials on the life of Alexander the Great, the famous Macedonian general who conquered the world in ancient times. Alvear and Schecter ... http://www.q-literature.com/non-fiction/alexander-the-fabulous-the-man-who-brought-the-world-to-its-knees-by-michael-alvear-with-vicky-a-schecter/ Hiding in Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond Burr by New York Post TV writer Michael Starr The longtime partner of Raymond Burr says he has not seen the new book out on the late actor but is planning on writing his own tome about his life with Burr. Robert Benevides, 78, ... http://www.q-literature.com/non-fiction/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-secret-life-of-raymond-burr-by-new-york-post-tv-writer-michael-starr/ The New Gay Teenager (Adolescent Lives) by Ritch C. Savin-Williams Boidyke. Stem. Down low. Trannyboy. In this lively and broadly researched book, Cornell University psychologist Savin-Williams reveals that the words gay teenagers use to describe their sexual preferences have changed radically over the past 30 years, and so have their attitudes towards ... http://www.q-literature.com/non-fiction/the-new-gay-teenager-adolescent-lives-by-ritch-c-savin-williams/ Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door by David Kaufman David Kaufman has now written the long-awaited, definitive biography of Doris Day. By telling Day's incredible, previously untold story, Kaufman takes the reader to the epicenter of American popular culture- a roller-coaster saga, from the 1940s to the 1980s. ... http://www.q-literature.com/non-fiction/doris-day-the-untold-story-of-the-girl-next-door-by-david-kaufman/ Storyteller by Amy Thomson, ACE Humans have colonized the largely water-covered planet of Thalassa, settling on the many islands which dot its oceans. For centuries, news has traveled and history has been taught by storytellers, itinerants who sail the seas on harsels, which resemble intelligent telepathic whales. One storyteller, who calls herself Teller, ... http://www.q-literature.com/fiction/storyteller-by-amy-thomson/ A Brother's Price by Wen Spencer, Roc Wen Spencer has always given us great science fiction: compelling characters, interesting backgrounds, compelling stories. In the four books of her Ukiah, Oregon series - spanning just four months in the character's life - she showed us a band of heros pitted against an evil ... http://www.q-literature.com/fiction/5/