The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories - Softcover

Mitchell, Mark; Leavitt, David

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9780670913879: The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories

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ISBN 10: 0670913871 ISBN 13: 9780670913879

Publisher: Viking, 2003

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The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the twentieth century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes twenty-one stories from the original collection, published in 1994, together with fifteen new stories. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D.H. Lawrence's "A Poem of Friendship" to the explicit sexual. Writers include both men and women, gay and straight, amongst them: John Updike, Edna O'Brien, E.M. Forster, Annie Proulx, William Trevorand Edmund White.

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About the Author:

Born in 1961, David Leavitt is the author of five novels, two of which, THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRANES and THE PAGE TURNER have been made into films, three collections of short stories, a book of novellas, and, most recently, a meditation of Florence. He teaches at the University of Florida.

Mark Mitchell is also the editor of THE PENGUIN BOOK OF INTERNATIONAL GAY WRITING. He lives in Italy.

Synopsis:

The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the 20th century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes 21 stories from the first edition, together with 15 additional tales. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D.H. Lawrence's "A Poem for Friendship" to the explicitly sexual.

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