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Mean Little Deaf Queer | Terry Galloway | 9780807072925 | 23.95| Beacon| hardcover

Running with Scissors meets The Liar's Club in this edgy and wickedly hilarious memoir about one irrepressible, mean, little, deaf queer. With disarming candor, Terry writes about her mental breakdowns, her queer identity, and living in a silent, quirky world populated by unforgettable characters. What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life.

In Yer Face | Ismael Alvarez | 9783867870245 | 33.99 | Bruno Gmünder| hardcover

Ismael Alvarez is one of today's most charismatic artists of male erotica.

Alvarez' incredibly striking style is a powerful blend of beauty and unabashed sensuality. From the fantastic to the vividly realistic, the works collected in this book are bound to arouse the eye and body..

Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America’s First Legal Same-Sex Marriages | Patricia A. Gozemba | 9780807066218 | 20.00 | Beacon| paperback

Through engaging storytelling and powerful photographs, Courting Equality takes readers through the volatile public debate following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. Bookazine gay ● lesbian ● bisexual ● transgender

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Brooklyn | Colm Toibin | 9781439138311| 25.00 | Scribner| hardcover

Small towns everywhere can seem like stage sets in the theater of respectability. Sidewalks are washed, the facades are painted, the performers go to church in their Sunday best. But in fiction, such towns fester with whispery gossip, small betrayals, hidden hypocrisies, petty tyrannies, and calculated arrangements of everything from jobs to marriages. The residents could be living in Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, OH, or in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, in the Republic of Ireland.

Heavenly Bodies | David Vance | 9783867870191| 53.99 | Bruno Gmünder | hardcover

TIMELESS was just the beginning! David Vance returns with more HEAVENLY BODIES.

David Vance seeks to make his models appear like Greek statues—and succeeds with brilliance. Every picture is a piece of timeless art that you want to blow up and hang on your wall.

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Twisted Triangle | Caitlin Rother | 9780470442517| 14.95 | John Wiley| trade paper

Though readers might pick up this title hoping to find out more about the private life of bestselling novelist Patricia Cornwell, the real protagonist is FBI agent Margo Bennett, who struck up a brief affair with Cornwell in 1992 after the author visited the training center where Bennett worked.

When Margo's husband, also a Bureau agent, finds out about his wife's liaisons, he exacts a horrifying, meticulously plotted revenge, covering his tracks with lies and working the system against her.

In Our Mother’s House | Patricia Polacco | 9780399250767| 17.99 | Philomel Books| hardcover

Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their beautiful house, they cook dinner together, they laugh together, and they dance together. But some of the other families don't accept them. They say they are different. How can a family have two moms and no dad? But Marmee and Meema's house is full of love. And they teach their children that different doesn't mean wrong. And no matter how many moms or dads they have, they are everything a family is meant to be. Here is a true Polacco story of a family, living by their own rules, and the strength they gain by the love they feel.

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The Slow Fix | Ivan E. Coyote | 9781551522470 |16.95 | Arsenal Pulp Press| trade paper

“Coyote is an important literary voice, blending a keen sense of gay identity and community with a refreshing appreciation for the goodness at the heart of some straight people.”

Dillerland: The Story of Media Mogul Barry Diller | Jerome Tuccille | 9781593501242|24.95 | Alyson| hardcover

Dillerland: The Story of Media Mogul Barry Diller is the remarkable story of a man who has risen to the top of the entertainment industry over the course of the past forty years. After starting out in the mail room at the William Morris Agency, Barry Diller’s talent for business immediately shone through, and he began his rise through the entertainment industry, brushing past a laundry list of celebrities and media tycoons along the way. But Diller’s success managed to outlast and outshine the best of them.

Pedro and Me *Updated Edition | | 9780805089646 |16.95 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers |paper

Pedro Zamora changed lives.When the HIV-positive AIDS educator appeared on MTV’s The Real World: , he taught millions of viewers about being gay and living with AIDS. Pedro’s roommate on the show was Judd Winick, who created to honor , his friend and teacher and an unforgettable human being. Bookazine gay ● lesbian ● bisexual ● transgender

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Second Person Queer |Richard Labonte | 9781551522456|18.95 | Arsenal Pulp |trade paper

Second Person Queer, is an anthology of essays on GLBT life written in the second person by a variety of gay and lesbian authors. The essays take the form of letters to family and friends, missives to homophobes, confessions to lovers & words of advice for the next generation; they deal with subjects as large and looming as violence, , gay marriage, and raising children.

Between Men 2: Original Fiction by Today’s Best Gay Writers| Richard Canning | 9781593501143|15.95 | Alyson |trade paper

If you liked the first volume of Between Men , you’ll love this second collection of short stories from today’s best and brightest gay writers. Editor Richard Canning is back with eighteen pieces of gay fiction from some of the most remarkable writers around, including Jim Grimsley, Mark Merlis, and Alan Hollinghurst.

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American Studies: A Novel |Mark Merlis | 9781593501181|15.95 | Alyson |trade paper

Sixty-two-year-old Reeve lies in a hospital bed—the result of a vicious beating. As he convalesces, he constructs a history for the reader, not just of the lives of himself and his mentor, Tom Slater, but of fifty years of America and the gay experience. Called “an intelligent, compassionate and moving novel” by Dale Peck, this first novel by Mark Merlis is back in print to illuminate a world that for many has never been known and, for some, will never be forgotten.