Julian Black’s debut, A Secret Gay Passion: A Short Gay Erotic Love Story, begins when Nicky is twenty and terrified of someone discovering the fact that he is gay. His family would not accept his sexual orientation, so he lives in... Read More

Billed as a book of short stories, the debut of author Kevin Raney is more accurately described as a slightly fictionalized autobiography. Raney’s gender remains unclear to readers because although the author goes by the traditionally... Read More

Dennis Dodt was in his early thirties when he walked into his first support group meeting. "Intimate Expression", Dennis’s short narrative of his tumultuous, but ultimately successful, journey to mental health is a worthwhile,... Read More

Sir Frederick Treves, the London Hospital surgeon who studied the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), wrote of him, “I supposed that Merrick was imbecile and had been imbecile from birth.” The conviction was no doubt encouraged... Read More

It is as alien as one might suppose, Life On Mars, and yet there are familiarities—David Bowie, head cocked; Universal Studios, prolific as ever. In her third collection of poetry, Tracy K. Smith, takes us on a cinematic journey to the... Read More

Creating a history and legacy that can be passed on to successive generations is a function of community, and most social groups, including minorities within the larger society, do this openly and freely. The gay community, however,... Read More

When Gloria Lieberman was asked why she wanted to write a book, her response was steadfast and unchanging: God told her to do it. This is a common reason behind many religious believers’ actions and decisions, but Lieberman believes... Read More

The first poem of this collection ends with the line “Hence, my confusion,” a witty rejoinder to the prose poem that contains it and an apt introduction to everything that follows. As the title suggests, the poet’s quest is... Read More