LGBT AUTHORS

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'The Baby-Sitters Club' Author Is Queer And Now Our Childhoods Make Sense
By James Michael Nichols
OMG!
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The Gay Young Adult Audiobook Of The Summer Is A Must-Listen
By Curtis M. Wong
Tim Federle's The Great American Whatever is delightful on the ears.
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Jeffery Self Breaks Into The Young Adult Literary World With 'Drag Teen'
By James Michael Nichols
"I think it’s important that we teach young queer people that this community is far bigger than what the mainstream might tell them and show them."
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Jeremy Jordan King Releases 'Dark Rites,' New Queer Book
By James Michael Nichols
Head here to purchase Dark Rites on Amazon or here to visit Jeremy Jordan King's website. The Huffington Post chatted with
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20 Books That Changed The Way We Felt About Ourselves As LGBT People
By Curtis M. Wong
"It's in literature that true life can be found," Nobel Prize-winning author Gao Xingjian was once quoted as saying. The
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Giovanni's Room, Reportedly Nation's Oldest LGBT Bookstore, To Close In May
By Curtis M. Wong
New York's Oscar Wilde Bookshop, which opened in 1967 and was previously the nation's oldest bookstore dedicated to LGBT
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Why These Workers Found It Easier To Be Gay In The '70s Than Today
By Curtis M. Wong
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Eddie Shapiro's Nothing Like a Dame Profiles 20 of Broadway's Most Iconic Divas
By Curtis M. Wong, Contributor
Senior Culture Reporter, HuffPost
Shapiro casts aside much of the superficial glitz associated with the stage in favor of a no-nonsense, true-to-life look at these women and their varied careers, bravely emphasizing their struggles as much as their triumphs.
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Michelle Theall On 'Teaching The Cat To Sit,' Her Memoir About Coming Out And Gay Motherhood
Author Michelle Theall hopes her new autobiography, Teaching the Cat To Sit: A Memoir, leaves readers with "a measure of
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Binyavanga Wainaina, Gay Kenyan Author, Hopes To Boost LGBT Rights With Coming Out
By Agence France Presse, Agence France Presse
"People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours," he said, referring to the conservative values
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Raphael Kadushin Gives Voice to LGBT Authors
By Trebor Healey, Contributor
Author, 'A Horse Named Sorrow,' 'Faun' and 'Through It Came Br...
"We didn't have any LGBT list at all when I started as acquisitions editor [at the University of Wisconsin Press], but the real leap for us was incorporating more trade titles into our list.... And once I got the OK to do trade titles, I just saw so many strong LGBT titles going unpublished."
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Author Spotlight: Brian Centrone
By Kergan Edwards-Stout, Contributor
Author, SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION, GIFTS NOT YET GIVEN
I had the pleasure of meeting Brian Centrone last year at the Rainbow Book Fair in New York. He was friendly and witty, I was interested in learning more him. The publication of his new novel, An Ordinary Boy, proved just the opportunity.
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Trebor Healey, Acclaimed Gay Author, Surprises With Two New Novels
By Kergan Edwards-Stout, Contributor
Author, SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION, GIFTS NOT YET GIVEN
While A Horse Named Sorrow is a meditative tale set in San Francisco, Faun focuses on an adolescent boy discovering that his body is quickly morphing, but not into the expected stage of puberty. Healey was able to take some time with me to discuss his work and inspirations.
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Blogger Stephen Bottum on His Eagerly Awaited 'Best LGBT Books of 2012' List
By Kergan Edwards-Stout, Contributor
Author, SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION, GIFTS NOT YET GIVEN
In 2009 Stephen Bottum began asking authors to share their favorite LGBT reads of the year, in all genres, leading to the creation of an annual author survey of the best LGBT books of the year. His list for 2012 has just been released, and he graciously took time to speak with me.
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LGBT History Month Icon Of The Day: Kate Bornstein
By JR Tungol
As an acclaimed author, theorist and queer advocate, Bornstein's groundbreaking books on postmodern gender theory include
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Notable 2011-2012 Books by African-American LGBT Authors
By Toni Newman, Contributor
Author of Memoir I Rise-The Transformation of Toni Newman
Queer Pollen: White Seduction, Black Male Homosexuality, and the Cinematic by David A. Gerstner, released March 1, 2011. According
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Refusing to Hide My Identity in Writing
By A.J. Walkley, Contributor
Author of Vuto & Queer Greer
I am extremely proud of my identity within the LGBTQ community, and publicizing Queer Greer is currently one of my favorite joys. I readily characterize myself as a "queer" writer, irrespective of the topics I am writing on at any given time.
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Modern-Day Algonquin: A Round-Table Discussion with 5 Gay Authors
By Kergan Edwards-Stout, Contributor
Author, SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION, GIFTS NOT YET GIVEN
Recently, a few of us connected to discuss our craft and the state of gay literature today. It was with great pleasure that I joined with Gregory G. Allen, David G. Hallman, Carey Parrish, and Arthur Wooten in our own gay take on the Algonquin round table.
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A Literary Outlaw in Paris: Interview With Dennis Cooper
By Brian Joseph Davis, Contributor
Author, Artist
Dennis Cooper's fiction has always been unshakable, with every spare word counting -- and bruising -- but his new novel The Marbled Swarm pushes a lush complexity to the front of the work.
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Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Unveiled
The Lambda Literary Foundation revealed the 114 finalists for the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. These awards honor