Download or read book Saints Sinners New Fiction from the Festival 2016 written by Paul Willis and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2016 Saints+Sinners Literary Festival.
Download or read book Fishwives written by Sally Bellerose and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighty-nine-year-old Regina and ninety-year-old Jackie met in 1955, an era when women were rounded up and jailed simply for dancing together or dressing like a man. On a cold winter day they manage to get themselves out of the house with the help of TJ and Ramon, two young men from their working-class neighborhood in Western Massachusetts. They tie their long-dead Christmas tree to the top of their car and, using a screwdriver in place of a broken gearshift, slowly make the drive to the dump. This is also the day when everything changes. During the course of their adventure, memories are triggered. Their history as a passionate and devoted, but troubled couple at the intersection of historic cultural and political change unfolds via scenes from the past—including their first meeting during a police raid on a bar and Regina's epiphany that she could truly love another woman. In the early years, they often live apart as they flee landlords who discover their secret. As their journey leads them to seek jobs and a sustainable life, they are sometimes separated—but always find their way back to each other. Combining the pathos and social significance of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café and the humor of The Golden with a cast of diverse characters worthy of the musical Rent, Fishwives chronicles a lifetime through the eyes of two old women behaving badly.
Download or read book Saints Sinners New Fiction from the Festival 2017 written by Paul Willis and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2017 Saints+Sinners Literary Festival.
Download or read book Saints Sinners New Fiction from the Festival 2018 written by Paul Willis and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2018 Saints+Sinners Literary Festival.
Download or read book Saints Sinners New Fiction from the Festival 2019 written by Tracy Cunningham and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2019 Saints + Sinners Literary Festival.
Download or read book Saints Sinners New Fiction from the Festival 2021 written by Paul Willis and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of short fiction featuring the finalist selections from the 2021 Saints + Sinners Literary Festival.
Download or read book Philosophy Travel and Place written by Ron Scapp and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues the exploration of themes either neglected or devalued by others working in the field of philosophy and culture. The authors in this volume consider the domain of travel from the broadest and most diverse of philosophical perspectives, covering everyday topics ranging from commuting and vacation travel to immigration and forced relocation. Our time in transit, our being in transit, and our time at rest, whether by choice or edict, has always been at issue, always been at play (and has always been in motion, if you will), for our species. The essays collected here explore the possibilities of the material impact of being able to move or stay put, as well as being forced to go or prevented from leaving.
Download or read book Sin Against the Race written by Gar McVey-Russell and published by Gamr Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfonso Rutherford Berry III--son of a city councilman, grandson of the state's first African American legislator--believes that history has ordained for him but one life, and it ain't his first love: dancing. But after a series of tragedies, starting with the death of his fierce, out cousin Carlton, his assumptions explode in his face along with his closet door. Alfonso emerges into the life on a blanket of the jazz and blues he shared with Carlton. He hangs on Carver Street, the queer Northside of his largely black neighborhood. There, he is befriended by Carlton's familiars: Sammy, a local storekeeper and neighborhood den mother, Bingo, a leather queen and nurse practitioner, Vera, a transgender activist and photographer, and Charlotte, his father's political rival. At college, he becomes tight with two freshmen: Roy, an aspiring actor and acquaintance from high school and Bill, a new member of his church. He also finds love (and peril) in the form of Jameel, a long-time crush. His new life sets him on a collision course with his father, his church, and the family legacy established by his revered late grandfather. Written in taut prose steeped in history and current events--and seasoned with the blues--Sin Against the Race follows the coming-of-age journey of a young black gay man as he progresses from an invisible councilman's son to a formidable presence in his community.
Download or read book Most Precious Blood written by Vince Sgambati and published by Guernica World Editions. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Upper East or West Side of Manhattan, Lasante's would be considered a gourmet grocery store. Its tin ceiling and hanging cast-iron fans seen as retro. But at the cross of 91st Avenue and 104th Street in Glenhaven, Queens, it was a vestige for the few Italians who remained in the neighborhood, and for their adult children who drove in from Long Island before holidays and special occasions to reclaim some remote flavor of ethnicity.
Download or read book The Lesbian South written by Jaime Harker and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jaime Harker uncovers a largely forgotten literary renaissance in southern letters. Anchored by a constellation of southern women, the Women in Print movement grew from the queer union of women's liberation, civil rights activism, gay liberation, and print culture. Broadly influential from the 1970s through the 1990s, the Women in Print movement created a network of writers, publishers, bookstores, and readers that fostered a remarkable array of literature. With the freedom that the Women in Print movement inspired, southern lesbian feminists remade southernness as a site of intersectional radicalism, transgressive sexuality, and liberatory space. Including in her study well-known authors—like Dorothy Allison and Alice Walker—as well as overlooked writers, publishers, and editors, Harker reconfigures the southern literary canon and the feminist canon, challenging histories of feminism and queer studies to include the south in a formative role.
Download or read book Headcase written by Stephanie Schroeder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Headcase is a groundbreaking collection of personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, mental illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness. The featured pieces offer personal views from both providers and clients, often one and the same, about their experiences. In the anthology, readers will access the inner thoughts of contributors who collectively document the difficulty of navigating flawed healthcare systems that limit affordable access to genuinely affirming, effective services. Traversing boundaries of race and ethnic identity, age, gender identity, and socioeconomic status, Headcase appeals to LGBTQ communities and, specifically, LGBTQ mental health consumers and their friends, families, and comrades.
Download or read book Of Masques and Martyrs written by Christopher Golden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Led by Peter Octavian, the Shadows continue their battle against the ruthless Hannibal and his vampiric minions, who mean to enslave humanity-and devour all in their path.
Download or read book The Prettiest Star written by Carter Sickels and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EW's 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2020 - O Magazine's "31 LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020" - BookRiot's "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of 2020" - Lambda Literary's "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of May 2020" - Salon's "Best and boldest new must-read books for May" - BookPage's "19 can't-miss reads from independent publishers" - Garden & Gun's "Best Books of May" - Logo NewNowNext's "11 Queer Books We Can't Wait to Read This Spring" A stunning novel about the bounds of family and redemption, shines light on an overlooked part of the AIDs epidemic when men returned to their rural communities to die, by Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Award-winning author Carter Sickels. Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's where Brian is from, where his family is, and where he's chosen to return to die. Set in 1986, a year after Rock Hudson's death brought the news of AIDS into living rooms and kitchens across America, Lambda Literary award-winning author Carter Sickels's second novel shines light on an overlooked part of the epidemic, those men who returned to the rural communities and families who'd rejected them. Six short years after Brian Jackson moved to New York City in search of freedom and acceptance, AIDS has claimed his lover, his friends, and his future. With nothing left in New York but memories of death, Brian decides to write his mother a letter asking to come back to the place, and family, he was once so desperate to escape. The Prettiest Star is told in a chorus of voices: Brian's mother Sharon; his fourteen-year-old sister, Jess, as she grapples with her brother's mysterious return; and the video diaries Brian makes to document his final summer. This is an urgent story about the politics and fragility of the body, of sex and shame. Above all, Carter Sickels's stunning novel explores the bounds of family and redemption. It is written at the far reaches of love and understanding, centering on the moments where those two forces stretch toward each other and sometimes touch.
Download or read book Garden District Gothic written by Greg Herren and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of New Orleans was rocked to its very shaky foundations when the body of six-year-old beauty queen Delilah Metoyer was found, strangled, in the carriage house behind her family’s Garden District mansion. The crime was never solved, and the Metoyer family shattered in the aftermath of the crime. Thirty years later, Delilah’s brother asks Scotty to finally find his sister’s killer…putting Scotty and his friends and family into the crosshairs of a vicious killer. A Scotty Bradley Mystery
Download or read book Oranges written by Gary Eldon Peter and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A book of quiet, enormous strength, a collection of slow-gathering moments that add up to the story of Michael Dolin, a gay man whose life and loves are shaped by the AIDS crisis, Midwestern social strictures, and expectations for men"--Audrey Niffenegger, Amazon.com.
Download or read book Fun with Dick and James written by Rich Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the escapades of Dick and James (and their basset hound, Otis) as they navigate the shifting sands of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, facing one crazy conundrum after another. Fun with Dick and James is a delightful new romp by Rich Barnett, author of The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town: Rehoboth Beach Stories.Dick and James are variously assisted and resisted by a quirky cast of characters that includes an heir to a fading french fry empire, some new neighbors who are a bit clueless when it comes to life in Rehoboth, and Dick's diabolical nemesis. Stirring the pot are Dick's ex-wife, Kissy (a Rehoboth Realtor with a flair for drama), and Dick's meddling sister, Jane.Whether Dick is organizing the Daffodil Strut, preparing for a hurricane, or just hosting a simple game of cocktail croquet, his best-laid plans often go awry, and James must come to the rescue, whisking Dick from the clutches of his well-meaning friends, conniving relatives, and a scheming arch-enemy. Fun with Dick and James is a wacky whirlwind of entanglements, misadventures, and style.
Download or read book Angel Souls and Devil Hearts written by Christopher Golden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second Peter Octavian novel in the classic urban fantasy series- reissued in a brand-new package-by the award-winning author.
