Bookazine gay ● lesbian ● bisexual ● transgender Bookazine contact: Tawan Smith 800.221.8112 x7581 Bookazine fax: 201.339.7778 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 Bookazine contact: Tawan Smith 800.221.8112 x7581 Bookazine fax: 201.339.7778 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. 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Bookazine gay ● lesbian ● bisexual ● transgender Bookazine contact: Tawan Smith 800.221.8112 x7581 Bookazine fax: 201.339.7778 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. 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