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Thinking StraightThinking Straight
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Robin Reardon has written an extraordinary second book. I read her first book, A Secret Edge,...
Gay HaikuGay Haiku
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This tawdry collection of stereotypes receives two stars because the author bothered to make...
The Darker Fall: PoemsThe Darker Fall: Poems
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Get this book if you're looking for real poetry writing. Barot is an amazing poet who has an...
Other Fugitives and Other StrangersOther Fugitives and Other Strangers
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There are few writers as capable and dangerous as Gonzalez. His images, no matter how shocking,...
Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural StudiesBreaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies
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Breaking Bounds invigorates the study of Whitman and American culture by presenting essays that...


Cottonmouth KissesCottonmouth Kisses
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I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of this book as a gift! Just like Clint, this book is...
Roman Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)Roman Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)
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Many here in the US know Pier Paolo Pasolini as a filmmaker, and many know him solely for his...
Deviant Propulsion: PoemsDeviant Propulsion: Poems
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One of the best books of poetry I have read in years. Few books give such joy and strength. My...
The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and SocietyThe Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society
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The Age of Beloveds offers a rich introduction to early modern Ottoman culture through a study...
The House That Jack Built: The Collected Lectures of Jack SpicerThe House That Jack Built: The Collected Lectures of Jack Spicer
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A must for anyone interested in 1 of the 3 greatest poets [writing in english] circa 1950 to...


One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother DiesOne of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
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In the book in the book I'm reading called another one of those hideous books where the mother...
Love PoemsLove Poems
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Love Poems by Rene Ricard, with drawings by Robert Hawkins, is a unique collaboration between...
The Boys in the BrownstoneThe Boys in the Brownstone
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This is a truly excellent read. Mr. Scott does the nearly impossible. We are brought into the...
Femmes: Masterpieces of Erotic PhotographyFemmes: Masterpieces of Erotic Photography
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Bring four dozen photographers together, and you have to expect that many visions. Ask four...
Behold a Pale Horse: Homosexuals in the Nazi HolocaustBehold a Pale Horse: Homosexuals in the Nazi Holocaust
"Behold A Pale Horse" is the most tragic and hopeless book I have ever read. It is so...

GodlikeGodlike
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GODLIKE is a deeply intense experimental novel, retelling the ill-starred romance of poets Paul...
Torch Song TrilogyTorch Song Trilogy
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Such Is My Love: A Study of Shakespeare's SonnetsSuch Is My Love: A Study of Shakespeare's Sonnets
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Given the importance of this book, I find myself puzzled by thefact that I am the first to...
Soul Make a Path Through ShoutingSoul Make a Path Through Shouting
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I knew the poet during my studies at Stanford University and was thus interested in reading his...
Tender Buttons (Green Integer)Tender Buttons (Green Integer)
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I am a student of poetry and a poet myself. I can't say I am any better than a Gertrude Stein...

The Second Person: Poems (Stahlecker Series Selection)The Second Person: Poems (Stahlecker Series Selection)
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Drawing on traditional forms including the villanelle and pantoum, and writing with an ear for a...
The poet as ice-skaterThe poet as ice-skaterSanto de la Pata Alzada: Poems from the Queer/Xicano/Positive PenSanto de la Pata Alzada: Poems from the Queer/Xicano/Positive Pen
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These poems of love and resistance testify to the survival of a young Xicano coming of age in...
Pastoral: PoemsPastoral: Poems
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i love this line by carl phillips, "iliadic, vulnerable, the nipples." so vivid and...
From Cuba With a Song (Sun & Moon Classics)From Cuba With a Song (Sun & Moon Classics)
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The Anchorage: PoemsThe Anchorage: Poems
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Mark Wunderlich is one of the most talented poets of his generation. Period.
On the TongueOn the Tongue
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Readers of Jeff Mann's last book, his part memoir/part poetry book "Loving Mountains,...
Mama Eat Ant, Yuck!Mama Eat Ant, Yuck!
Best Price: $19.95
Love that this book is not about the two moms. But it just happens to have two moms. Excellent!
Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for RogLove Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog
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I had no idea that a simple page of unpunctuated emotion could grind at your heart and make you...
Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American PoetryWord of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry
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Webster's says "poetry" is concentrated imaginative language. And "gay"...

Bite HardBite Hard
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Reading this collection as a first generation immigrant from Malaysia (as is Chin), I was...
Rhetoric and Sexuality: The Poetry of Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, and James MerrillRhetoric and Sexuality: The Poetry of Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill
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Rhetoric and Sexuality explores the poetry of Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill....
Buddha's kisses and other poemsBuddha's kisses and other poems
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The Erotic WhitmanThe Erotic Whitman
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In this provocative analysis of Whitman's exemplary quest for happiness, Vivian Pollak...
Homosexual Verse, The Penguin Book of (Penguin poets)Homosexual Verse, The Penguin Book of (Penguin poets)
This is simply the best book of its kind. It provides definite proof, ACTUAL POEMS! You'll be...

Talking In The Dark (Push Poetry)Talking In The Dark (Push Poetry)
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I read this book the first time a few years ago, and not I think I have read it about 5 times...
Go-go Boy Sonnets: Men of the New York Club SceneGo-go Boy Sonnets: Men of the New York Club Scene
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Edmund Miller's sonnets are clever, witty, erudite and chock-filled with literary references....
Gay Love PoetryGay Love Poetry
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This collection of poems of love, longing, sadness, rejection, and mourning for lost loves...
A Frieze for a Temple of LoveA Frieze for a Temple of Love
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"Poor Edward Field." Well, at least to hear HIM tell it. "I'm gay, a Jew, and a...
The Art of CinemaThe Art of Cinema
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This posthumous collection of writings illuminates Cocteau's own work for the cinema with...

Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of DesireBend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire
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T. Cole Rachel and Rita D. Costello (eds.) Bend, Don't Shatter: Poets on the Beginning of Desire...
Highest AppleHighest Apple
I can't believe no one else has reviewed this book. This is Grahn's exploration of lesbian...
Plush: The Selected Poems of Sky Gilbert, Courtnay McFarlane, Jeffery Conway, R.M. Vaughan, and David TrinidadPlush: The Selected Poems of Sky Gilbert, Courtnay McFarlane, Jeffery Conway, R.M. Vaughan, and David Trinidad
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This collection of poetry features five hot gay poets from Canada and America whose work is...
The Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New WorldThe Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New World
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National Poetry Series winner, gay Latino
One Thousand and One-Second Stories (Sun & Moon Classics Series, Book 138)One Thousand and One-Second Stories (Sun & Moon Classics Series, Book 138)
While I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I would be hesitent to recommend it to everyone. On the...

Real: The Letters of Mina Harker and Sam D'AllesandroReal: The Letters of Mina Harker and Sam D'Allesandro
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Real contains letters between Dodie Bellamy (Mina Harker) and Sam D'Allesandro; a story that was...
Limericks Naughty and GayLimericks Naughty and Gay
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You don't have to be gay to enjoy these limericks, but you have to be ready for some bawdiness...
The Train of LongingThe Train of Longing
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THE TRAIN OF LONGING - Written between the ages of eighteen and thirty-nine, these poems express...
Logicalogics: PoemsLogicalogics: Poems
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LOGICALOGICS may be Ronald Palmer's first book of poems, but it has the assurance and swagger of...
The Letters of James Schuyler to Frank O'HaraThe Letters of James Schuyler to Frank O'Hara
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Pearl Without Price, First the worst: your five dollar check bounced. N'importe. I...

This New Breed: Gents, Bad Boys & Barbarians 2 (Body Electric)This New Breed: Gents, Bad Boys & Barbarians 2 (Body Electric)
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Considering that most poetry today is sub-poetic, this anthology has done well. Poems today...
To Boys Unknown (Gay Verse)To Boys Unknown (Gay Verse)
Best Price: $17.77
Of Thee I Sing (Contemporary Poetry Series)Of Thee I Sing (Contemporary Poetry Series)
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In his fifth book of poems, Timothy Liu addresses a tripartite "Thee": the Divine, the...
Ghetto: From the first five : sixty-four poemsGhetto: From the first five : sixty-four poemsVoluntary Servitude: PoemsVoluntary Servitude: Poems
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Award-winning author Mark Wunderlich presents Voluntary Servitude, a compilation of poems about...

David and Jonathan: An Epic Poem of Love and Power in Ancient IsraelDavid and Jonathan: An Epic Poem of Love and Power in Ancient Israel
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