Selected Gay & Lesbian Titles, July 2004 - April 2005
Compiled and edited by Charles Hix and Robert Dahlin -- Publishers Weekly, 8/30/2004
AKASHIC BOOKS
With or Without You (Mar., $14.95 paper) by Lauren Sanders. The Lambda Award-winner for Kamikaze Lust starts this "whydunit" with a jailed high-school grad contemplating why she murdered a female soap opera star.
ALGONQUIN BOOKS
The M Word: Writers on Same-Sex Marriage (Oct., $12.95 paper), edited by Kathy Pories, gathers 10 essays by observers both gay and straight, including Francine Prose, Dan Savage and David Leavitt. Advertising.
ALYSON
Center Square: The Paul Lynde Story (Sept., $15.95 paper) by Steve Wilson and Joe Florenski profiles the campy gent who for years held the center spot on TV’s Hollywood Squares. Advertising.
Firelands (Sept., $14.95 paper) by Michael Jensen. A frontiersman falls for a Delaware brave in the Ohio Territory of 1799. Advertising.
Lucky Stiff: A Lillian Byrd Crime Story (Sept., $14.95 paper) by Elizabeth Sims. Lillian’s latest mystery reaches back into her own childhood. Advertising.
A Serious Person (Oct., $24.95) by Orland Outland is a gay romantic comedy set on a TV reality show. Advertising.
Blue Days, Black Nights: A Memoir (Oct., $23.95) by Ron Nyswaner. The screenwriter of Philadelphia recounts what ensued after he became involved with a leather-clad hustler. Advertising.
Murder in the Rue St. Ann (Oct., $13.95 paper) by Greg Herren. Gay PI Chanse MacLeod pursues miscreants on the sultry streets of New Orleans. Advertising.
Death by Discount: A Mara Gilgannon Mystery (Oct., $13.95 paper) by Mary Vermillion. Murder invites Mara back to her tiny hometown of Aldoburg, Iowa. Advertising.
Alexander the Great: The Man Who Brought the World to Its Knees (Nov., $14.95 paper) by Michael Alvear and Vicky A. Schecter is a terribly indiscreet biography of the great military conquerer.
The Eleventh Hour: A Connor Hawthorne Mystery (Nov., $14.95 paper) by Lauren Maddison. Connor and her lover Laura investigate a woman predicting the imminent "end times." Advertising.
Mondo Homo: Your Essential Guide to Queer Pop Culture (Nov., $17.95 paper) by Richard Andreoli combines essays, best-of lists, how-to advice and recipes. Advertising.
Midnight at the Palace: My Life as a Fabulous Cockette (Dec., $17.95 paper) by Pam Tent celebrates the two-and-a-half-year career of the extravagantly costumed, gender-bending troupe. Advertising.
Dyke Drama: The Complete Guide to Getting Out Alive (Dec., $14.95 paper) by Terri Fabris and Angela Brown covers dating drama, workplace drama and drunk drama.
The Blood of Kings (Jan., $14.95 paper) by John Michael Curlovich is a horror novel about an ancient cult of Egyptian rulers whose power still grips today. Advertising.
Dinah! Three Decades of Sex, Golf & Rock ‘n’ Roll (Feb., $18.95 paper) by Michele Kort chronicles the lesbian phenomenon and limns its primary players.
Tweakers: How Crystal Meth Is Ravaging Gay America (Feb., $15.95 paper) by Frank Sanello. Eight case studies personalize this often fatal addiction.
How to Get Laid: The Gay Man’s Essential Guide to Hot Sex (Mar., $14.95 paper) by Parker Ray even includes etiquette tips for sleeping around. Advertising.
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples (Aug., $59 paper) by Joan M. Burda is enhanced with the necessary forms and documents on CD-ROM.
ARSENAL PULP PRESS (dist. by Consortium)
When Fox Is a Thousand (Sept., $16.95 paper) by Larissa Lai retells a Chinese folktale that challenges misconceptions about Asian women, gender, sexuality, family and faith.
I Am a Red Dress: Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother and a Daughter (Nov., $16.95 paper) by Anna Camilleri. The Toronto performance poet addresses her strong, queer, female selfhood.
Lust Unearthed: Vintage Gay Graphics from the DuBek Collection (Nov., $23.95 paper) by Thomas Waugh with Willie Walker reproduces artwork from the very private collection of Hollywood costume designer Ambrose DuBek.
BALLANTINE
Gay and Lesbian Weddings: Planning the Perfect Same-Sex Ceremony (July, $18.95 paper) by David Toussaint with Heather Leo covers it all, from budgeting to catering to dealing with Aunt Betty. Publicity.
BASIC BOOKS
Why Marriage? The History Shaping Today’s Debate over Gay Equality (Aug., $22) by George Chauncey. The author of Gay New York places the discussion and the controversy within an historical context. 35,000 first printing. Ad-promo. 5-city author tour.
BELLA BOOKS
Tangled and Dark: A Brenda Strange Mystery (July, $12.95 paper) by Patty G. Henderson. The Tampa PI sets out to prove that an accidental drowning was really murder.
When the Corpse Lies: A Motor City Thriller Featuring Brett Higgins (Aug., $12.95 paper) by Therese Szymanski. Waking up next to a beautiful woman isn’t unusual for Brett, but it is a shock when her bed partner turns out to be dead.
All the Wrong Places (Sept., $12.95 paper) by Karin Kallmaker. Love at a tropical resort is everywhere in this first full-length novel under the Bella After Dark erotica imprint.
Fall Guy: A Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery (Dec., $12.95 paper) by Claire McNab. Who killed the practical joker whose greatest joy was embarrassing others?
Turning the Tables: An Alex Peres Mystery (Jan., $12.95 paper) by Jessica Thomas. Evil stalks Provincetown’s Commercial Street on Halloween night.
No Sister of Mine (Apr., $12.95 paper) by Jeanne G’Fellers launches a science fiction series about a race of telepathic women.
On the Wings of Love (Apr., $12.95 paper) by Megan Carter. After her news articles win fame, Stacie begins to take herself too seriously.
BERKLEY
The Complete Lesbian and Gay Parenting Guide (Nov., $15 paper) by Arlene Istar Lev considers all the options for the full range of GLBT families.
BROADMAN & HOLMAN
Same-Sex Marriage: Putting Every Household at Risk (Sept., $9.99 paper) by Mathew D. Staver warns against the perils of allowing gay individuals to wed.
BROADWAY
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater (Sept., $21.95) by Marc Acito. The sexually ambivalent Edward Zanni, 17, asks his friends to help him steal tuition money for Juilliard from his father.
Major Conflict: A Gay Life in the Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Military (Mar., $24.95) by Jeffrey McGowan is the memoir of a major who commanded troops in the first Gulf War with Iraq.
BYWATER BOOKS (dist. by Consortium)
Under the Witness Tree (Oct., $12.95 paper) by Marianne K. Martin is a saga of lesbian love with its roots extending back to the Civil War.
Hostage to Murder: A Lindsay Gordon Mystery (Apr., $12.95 paper) by Val McDermid. When a local car dealer’s stepson is kidnapped, Lindsay trades journalism for detection.
Reprint: The Intersection of Law and Desire (Nov., $12.95 paper) by J.M. Redmann.
CARROLL & GRAF
Beneath the Skin: The Collected Essays of John Rechy (Oct., $15 paper) by John Rechy offers essays written over four decades, with some never reprinted before, and many never seen previously in book form.
Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction (Oct., $14 paper), selected by Edmund White, edited by Donald Weise, gathers work by emerging writers.
Moe’s Villa and Other Stories (Oct., $14 paper) by James Purdy. Twelve new stories comprise his first short fiction collection in over a decade.
Freedom in This Village: Black Gay Men’s Writing, 1969 to the Present (Nov., $15 paper), edited by E. Lynn Harris, showcases James Baldwin, Melvin Dixon and others.
You Are Not the One (Jan., $13.95 paper) by Vestal McIntyre. The house compares this newcomer to David Sedaris and Adam Haslett.
Beyond the Down Low: Sex and Denial in Black America (Feb., $24) by Keith Boykin, with a foreword by E. Lynn Harris, contends that inaction by black leaders creates an environment where gay and bisexual men feel they must lead double lives.
Acqua Calda (Mar., $24) by Keith McDermott is a novel about an American seeking escape in Italy from his painful past.
Diary of a Drag Queen (Apr., $15 paper) by Daniel Harris portrays his online success in picking up dates dressed as a woman.
Reprint: Eustace Chisholm and The Works (Jan., $13.95 paper) by James Purdy.
CDS BOOKS
A Son Called Gabriel (July, $22.95) by Damian McNicholl is a gay coming-of-age novel set in Northern Ireland during "the troubles." Publicity.
CHRONICLE BOOKS
We Do: A Celebration of Gay & Lesbian Marriage (July, $19.95 paper), edited by Amy Rennert, has a foreword by Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco who ordered city hall to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples last February.
The Queer Movie Poster Book (Sept., $19.95 paper) by Jenni Olson, with a foreword by Bruce Vilanch, offers a visual history of gay film as depicted in its often coded promotional art.
CITADEL PRESS
Gay Pride: A Celebration of All Things Gay and Lesbian (Nov., $15.95) by William J. Mann cites reasons to live proudly through the example of well-known figures from Alexander the Great to Ellen DeGeneres.
CLEIS PRESS (dist. by PGW)
Queer Beats: How the Beats Turned America on to Sex (Aug., $16.95 paper), edited by Regina Marler, measures the sexual pulse in writings by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and others.
Arts and Letters (Sept., $24.95) by Edmund White illuminates the works and lives of Proust, Warhol, Deneuve, Mapplethorpe and many more.
The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater (Oct., $29.95 paper), edited by Claude J. Summers, showcases performers and creators in everything from pop and jazz to opera and ballet.
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us (Nov., $24.95 paper) by Felice Newman is a second edition.
Best Gay Erotica 2005 (Nov.), edited by Richard Labonté, selected by William J. Mann, and Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 (Nov., $14.95 each paper), edited by Tristan Taormino, selected by Felice Newman, are 10th anniversary editions.
Best Black Gay Erotica (Nov., $14.95 paper), edited by Darieck Scott, depicts sexual encounters between black men.
Reprints: Mr. Benson (Aug., $14.95 paper) by John Preston; The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf (Sept., $16.95 paper), edited by Louise DeSalvo and Mitchell A. Leaska; Melymbrosia (Sept., $16.95 paper) by Virginia Woolf, edited by Louise DeSalvo.
COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
Business, Not Politics: The Making of the Gay Market (Jan., $35) by Katherine Sender notes the connection between marketing to gay consumers and the politics of gay rights and identities.
On Sexuality and Power (Feb., $24.50 paper) by Alan Sinfield postulates that interpersonal hierarchies coexist within the dynamics of gender, class, age and race.
The Long Arc of Justice: Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Rights and Equality (Mar., $22.95) by Richard Mohr is a revised and updated edition of his earlier title, A More Perfect Union.
DUKE UNIV. PRESS
No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Dec., $21.95 paper) by Lee Edelman disdains the notion that queers should form families. A Series Q book.
DUTTON
Off the Cuff: The Essential Style Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them (Sept., $24.95) by Carson Kressley. The Queer Eye pundit dips into the average guy’s closet to expose male fashion do’s and don’ts.
FAIR WINDS
The Quotable Queer (April, $9.95 paper) by Minnie van Pileup celebrates the wit of a gaggle of center-stage gays from Rock Hudson and Liberace to k.d. lang and Ellen DeGeneres, plus…Whitney Houston and Tom Cruise?
GREEN CANDY PRESS (dist. by PGW)
Wake Up Romeo
(Sept., $14.95 paper) by Carlos Marrero contains 50 illustrated tips to reignite sparks in gay relationships.
Slovakian Boy (Oct., $14.95 paper) by William Maltese. The author of California Creamin’ introduces characters who recall their sensual episodes with a super-charged Slovakian hiker named Pavel.
Max & Sven (Oct., $13.95 paper) by Tom Bouden is a novel about the lifelong bond between two seemingly incompatible friends, one gay, one straight.
HARCOURT
Life Mask (Sept., $26) by Emma Donoghue. The author of Slammerkin sets this novel based on a true-life love triangle involving an English lord, a lowborn actress and an aristocratic widow in 1787 London.
Civil Wars: The Battle for Gay Marriage (Jan., $14 paper) by David Moats is updated with a new afterword.
HAWORTH PRESS/HARRINGTON PARK PRESS
Getting It On Online: Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality and Embodied Identity (Aug., $19.95 paper) by John Edward Campbell reports on the online behaviors of men who populate gay Internet communities.
The Ice Sculptures: A Novel of Hollywood (Sept., $15.95 paper) by Michael D. Craig. A gorgeous, closeted young man becomes America’s favorite action hero, but beauty fades and fame is fleeting. A Southern Tier book.
How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages (Oct., $12.95 paper) by Judith E. Snow is comprised of one-on-one interviews with children, adolescents and young adults that address growing up, and growing older, with a gay or lesbian parent.
Men, Homosexuality and the Gods: An Exploration into the Religious Significance of Male Homosexuality in World Perspective (Oct., $16.95 paper) by Ronald E. Long advocates social, political, spiritual and religious change to support gay rights.
Barracks Bad Boys: Authentic Accounts of Sex in the Armed Forces (Nov., $12.95 paper), edited by Alex Buchman, lifts the veil on a hidden homoerotic world.
Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships (Nov., $19.95 paper), edited by Jacqueline S. Weinstock and Esther D. Rothblum, focuses on this phenomenon in fiction, memoirs, poetry, art and theoretical analyses.
Upon a Midnight Clear: Queer Christmas Tales (Nov., $14.95 paper), edited by Greg Herren, rejoices in the comforts of tradition. A Southern Tier book.
Whistling Women: A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians (Feb., $19.95 paper) by Cheryl Claassen explores the lives and thoughts of 44 lesbians between the ages of 62 and 82.
Side by Side: On Having a Gay or Lesbian Sibling (Feb., $16.95 paper), edited by Andrew R. Gottlieb. Eighteen individuals share their experiences with homosexual siblings.
A Gay Man’s Guide to Prostate Cancer (Apr., $19.95 paper), edited by Gerald Perlman and Jack Drescher, M.D., offers personal accounts of dealing with the affliction.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
February House (Feb., $24) by Sherill Tippins recounts an experiment in communal living in Brooklyn during 1940 and 1941 that brought together such figures as Carson McCullers, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Jane and Paul Bowles, and Gypsy Rose Lee.
HUNTER HOUSE
Tantric Sex for Women: A Guide for Lesbian, Bi, Hetero and Solo Lovers (Nov., $17.95 paper) by Christa Schulte introduces women to the basics of Tara-Tantra to explore the spiritual dimension of sexuality.
HYPERION
You Ain’t Got No Easter Clothes (Aug., $23.95) by Laura Love. A cult singer and songwriter, Love is also a lesbian, and this is her memoir about growing up poor and black in Nebraska in the 1960s. Publicity.
INTERVARSITY PRESS
Marriage on Trial: The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage and Parenting (Oct., $15) by Glenn T. Stanton and Bill Maier argues for the sanctity of traditional marriage.
KENSINGTON
Male Model (July, $23) by Dave Benbow fictionalizes the L.A. fashion district, where a man’s body and face are literally his business.
Looking for It (Aug., $23) by Michael Thomas Ford. Seven men in upstate New York search for love, community and friendship.
Biceps of Death (Sept., $22) by David Stukas continues the series featuring a trio of sleuths-Robert, Michael and Monette.
Kyle’s Bed and Breakfast (Sept., $13 paper) by Greg Fox collects Fox’s syndicated comic strip.
Midnight Thirsts (Sept., $14 paper). Greg Herren, Michael Thomas Ford, Timothy Ridge and Sean Wolfe present a quartet of tales about irresistibly erotic men.
Confessions of a Casanova (Oct., $23) by Chris Kenry introduces a lovably caddish gay protagonist whose charm is his worst enemy.
Let’s Dish Up a Dinner Party: A Fab Guide to Entertaining with Style (Oct., $12 paper) by Nelson Aspen is a step-by-step guide for putting together exceptionally cool events.
The Actor’s Guide to Adultery (Nov., $23) by Rick Copp brings back the caustic actor Jarrod Jarvis in a sexy new mystery.
The Other Side of Desire (Nov., $14 paper) by Paula Christian. Two very different women explore their sexuality just the way heroines in the pulps used to do.
I’m Your Man (Dec., $14 paper) by Timothy James Beck. Best friend Gretchen enlists fab Blaine into fatherhood.
One Night Stand (Dec., $23) by Ben Tyler. Anyone who can pay the price can purchase a night of mind-numbing sex with Hollywood’s gay studs.
Tangled Sheets: The Erotica of Michael Thomas Ford (Jan., $14 paper) by Michael Thomas Ford collects these tales for the first time.
Baked to Death (Apr., $22) by Dean James is the fourth mystery featuring gay vampire Simon Kirby-Jones.
The Best of Friends (Apr., $14 paper) by R.J. Stevens revolves around four women who work in emergency services.
Scrub Match (Apr., $14 paper) by Bill Eisele is a debut novel by an African-American about men, love and basketball.
LEXINGTON BOOKS
Same-Sex Marriage in the United States: Focus on the Facts (Sept.; $12.95, cloth $60) by Sean Cahill is a state-by-state reference guide with facts and figures covering every aspect of the issue.
LITTLE, BROWN
Far from Xanadu (Apr., $17.99) by Julie Anne Peters. In this novel aimed at teens, Mike (birth name: Mary Elizabeth) falls hard when glamorous Xanadu appears in her small Kansas town.
MANIC D PRESS
From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond (Sept., $13.95 paper), edited by Morty Diamond. More than 30 writers discuss FTM (female to male) identification. Advertising.
MIRAMAX BOOKS
Light Before Day (Feb., $23.95) by Christopher Rice features a 25-year-old journalist whose former lover has vanished and whose investigation opens the possibility that a serial predator is targeting young gay men in West Hollywood. Ad/promo. 12-city author tour.
MOODY
The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage: 6 Things You Need to Know About What’s Really at Stake (July, $7.99 paper) by Erwin W. Lutzer advocates a return to the biblical standards of marriage.
NYU PRESS
In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (Jan., $19; cloth $60) by Judith Halberstam explores how the transgendered body is depicted in film, art and literature.
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality (Feb., $19; cloth $60) by Dwight A. McBride. Northwestern’s chair of the department of African-American studies reflects on subjects from black gay media representations to racist ad campaigns.
NOLO PRESS OCCIDENTAL
How to Do Your Own Divorce in California (Jan., $29.95) and How to Solve Divorce Problems in California (Jan., $19.95) are new editions with updates pertinent to gay and lesbian couples.
W.W. NORTON
Alice Walker: A Life (Sept., $29.95) by Evelyn C. White is a full-length biography that deals with the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s activism regarding black women’s art, politics and sexuality. Advertising. Author publicity.
Reprints: Queer Street: Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985 (Jan., $17.95 paper) by James McCourt; Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century (Feb., $15.95 paper) by Graham Robb.
PANTHEON
Loosing My Espanish (Oct., $23) by H.G. Carrillo is a novel set in Chicago’s Cuban community where a love story unfolds between a disgraced high school history teacher and another man.
Mother of Sorrows (Apr., $20) by Richard McCann ponders in fiction the effect of shame on the formation of private identity.
PERIGEE
Behind Every Great Woman There’s a Fabulous Gay Man (Apr., $12.95 paper) by Dave Singleton dispenses to straight woman this gay guy’s 25 life lessons on dating, style and self-esteem.
CLARKSON POTTER
Beautified (Oct., $19.95 paper) by Kyan Douglas. The Queer Eye groomer counsels females on hair, makeup and other essentials.
RANDOM HOUSE
Isherwood: A Life (Nov., $35) by Peter Parker is the first major biography of the writer and pioneer in the gay liberation movement, whose work inspired the stage and movie musical Cabaret.
ROUTLEDGE
Queer Cinema, the Film Reader (Sept., $24.95; cloth $79), edited by Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin, places cinematic representations of sexuality within social, historical and industrial contexts.
Reprint: Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall (Sept., $24.95 paper) by Richard Barrios.
ST. MARTIN’S/MINOTAUR
Bitch Slap: A Mark Manning Mystery (Aug., $23.95) by Michael Craft. In this installment, the gay journalist investigates corporate intrigue.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality and Gay People’s Right to Marry (Aug., $22) by Evan Wolfson. The renowned civil rights attorney makes a compelling and non-polemical case for marriage equality.
So Hard to Say (Oct., $14.95) by Alex Sanchez. This story from the children’s publishing division for readers aged 10-14 concerns Frederick, who is more interested in Victor than in the 13-year-old girl who courts his kisses.
SOUVENIR PRESS (dist. by IPG)
The Third Sex: Kathoey, Thailand’s Ladyboys (Oct., $24.95) by Richard Totman gathers personal stories of Thailand’s transvestites and examines global transgender practices.
STATE UNIV. OF NEW YORK PRESS
Fit to Teach: Same-Sex Desire, Gender and School Work in the Twentieth Century (Nov., $45) by Jackie M. Blount takes a historical look at the construction of gender in public school employment.
SUSPECT THOUGHTS PRESS (dist. by PDC)
I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage (Sept., $16.95 paper), edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips, gathers a spectrum of yea-and-nay observations from scores of individuals, including Dorothy Allison, Margaret Cho and Felice Picano. Ad/promo.
Black Shapes in a Darkened Room (Oct., $16.95 paper) by Marshall Moore is a collection of edgy, sometimes scary, always unnerving stories. Advertising. Author tour.
Killing Me Softly: Morir Amando (Nov., $16.95 paper) by Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco presents short fiction about gruff men with impolite private habits who often speak Spanglish. Ad/promo. Author tour.
Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love (Dec., $16.95 paper) by Will Roscoe reviews the history of Western religion through a queer eye. Ad/promo. Author tour.
The Beautiful Worthless (Feb., $12.95 paper) by Ali Liebegott is a novel-length poem about a waitress from Brooklyn who leaves with her dog for Camus, Idaho. Ad/promo. Author tour.
TALONBOOKS
Some Night My Prince Will Come (Oct., $13.95 paper) by Michel Tremblay features a narrator intent on losing his virginity in Montreal.
TEMPLE UNIV. PRESS
Legalizing Gay Marriage (Sept., $22.95; cloth $68.50) by Michael Mello declares that civil unions merely create an inherently unequal category of relationships for gay people.
City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves: Lesbian and Gay Philadelphia, 1945-1972 (Oct., $22.95 paper) by Marc Stein serves as a reminder that Philadelphians were leaders in the national gay and lesbian movement.
THREE RIVERS PRESS
Songs of the Gorilla Nation (Mar., $12.95 paper) by Dawn Prince-Hughes. A woman who came out in high school tells her story of emerging from Asperger’s Syndrome and agoraphobia by relating to a family of captive gorillas at a Seattle zoo.
THUNDER’S MOUTH PRESS
Queer Stories for Boys: True Tales from the Gay Men’s Storytelling Workshop (Mar., $15.95 paper), edited by Doug McKeown, is an anthology of frank and funny observations.
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Born to Be Gay: A History of Homosexuality (Oct., $35) by William Naphy is a global history, from early times to the present, with an emphasis on the positive attitudes that existed prior to the 19th century. A Tempus book.
UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
The Queer Composition of America’s Sound: Gay Modernists, American Music, and National Identity (Oct., $19.95; cloth $50) by Nadine Hubbs demonstrates how a group of Manhattan-based gay composers-including Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson and Leonard Bernstein-created a distinctive national sound.
UNIV. OF MINNESOTA PRESS
Curiouser: On the Queerness of Children (July, $22.95; cloth $68.95), edited by Steven Bruhm and Natasha Hurley, challenges the tacit assumption that all children are heterosexual.
Queer Constellations: Subcultural Space in the Wake of the City (Dec., $19.99; cloth $59.95) by Dianne Chisholm juxtaposes thoughts by contemporary gay writers about walking, seeing and remembering urban spaces with Walter Benjamin’s views of Paris in the 19th century.
UNIV. OF VIRGINIA PRESS
Beloved Boy: Letters to Hendrik C. Andersen, 1899-1915 (June, $24.95) by Henry James, edited by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, illuminates what might have been James’s homoerotic devotion to the Norwegian-American artist, whom James met at 56 when Andersen was 27.
UNIV. OF WISCONSIN PRESS
How to Make Dances in an Epidemic: Tracking Choreography in the Age of AIDS (Oct.; $24.95, cloth $65) by David Gere probes the interrelationship between AIDS, dance and gay men.
Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology (Oct.; $18.95; cloth $60) by John F. Galliher et al. profiles the pioneering sociologist, Episcopal priest and gay activist.
Killer Crónicas: Bilingual Memories (Oct., $19.95) by Susana Chávez-Silverman. This memoir by a Jewish Chicana is told in Spanglish.
A Letter to Harvey Milk: Short Stories (Oct., $17.95 paper) by Lesléa Newman is reissued with a new preface. A Terrace book.
Murder in Hollywood: Solving a Silent Screen Mystery (Nov., $24.95) by Charles Higham discloses who really killed bisexual film director William Desmond Taylor. A Terrace book.
Secretly Inside (Feb., $19.95) by Hans Warren. This novel by a major Dutch writer is in its first English translation and ties in with a film about a Jewish man in Nazi-occupied Holland attracted to a man at the farmhouse where he has taken refuge. A Terrace book.
Fred in Love (Feb., $19.95) by Felice Picano stars the cat he befriended in Greenwich Village during the 1970s. A Terrace book.
The Broken Glass of Night (Feb., $26.95) by Harlan Greene is a novel concerned with the events that preceded the infamous days of November 9-10, 1939 in Berlin, "Crystal Night." A Terrace book.
Reprints: Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir (Aug., $19.95 paper) by Lillian Faderman; Fadeout: A Dave Brandstetter Mystery and Death Claims… (Oct., $15.95 each paper) by Joseph Hansen; The Letters of Mina Harker (Oct., $19.95 paper) by Dodie Bellamy. The last three are Terrace books.
VIKING
Leonardo Da Vinci: Flights of the Mind (Oct., $25.95) by Charles Nicholl. This biography of the Renaissance genius offers insights into the mystery of Leonardo’s sexual orientation as well as the true identity of the Mona Lisa.
