Rolling the R's
R. Zamora Linmark. Kaya Press, $12.95 (150pp) ISBN 978-1-885030-03-0
Vignettes on young urban gay life that read like a poetry slam. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 12/30/1996
Genre: Fiction
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