V O L. 2 || N O. 2 || S U M M E R 2 0 1 0 a publication of The Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc.(IAAS) a New York nonprofit organization Gabrielle David 22 Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Bacon Associate Editor Timothy Liu Guest Editor Jon Sands Editor Lorraine Miller Nuzzo Art Director Angela Sternreich Program Director 38 Michelle Aragón Director, Marketing Communications Nikita Hunter Director of Curriculum and Instruction BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gabrielle David, Chair Angela Sternreich, Secretary Lynn Korsman, Treasurer 48 Shirley Bradley LeFlore Stephanie Agosto Michelle Aragón Naydene Brickus Nikita Hunter Advisory Board Kenneth Campbell Robert Coburn 52 Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) Special Advisor for the IAAS Board phati’tude Literary Magazine is published quarterly (Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall), ISSN: 1091-1480; ISBN: 1453688919; EAN- 13: 9781453688915. Copyright © 2010 by The Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc. (IAAS). All rights reserved. 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P H A T I ’ T U D E L I T E R A R Y M A G A Z I N E S U M M E R 2 0 1 0 D E P A R T M E N T S 4 EDITOR’S NOTE 12 BOOK REVEWS Featuring reviews by Mary Meriam, Peter Covino, Devi K. Lockwood, Aram Saroyan 20 POETS WITH PHATI’TUDE 111 THE FINAL WORD Richard Kostelanetz 114 CONTRIBUTORS 120 COVER ART Ruben Acosta A R T I C L E S E S S A Y S 22 TIMOTHY LIU Introduction to THE LAVENDER ISSUE: LGBT LITERATURE TODAY 38 DAVID BERGMAN The Gay & Lesbian Presence inAmerican Literature 48 N S Self-)translation : an expropriation of intimacies 52 ANALOUISE KEATING Gloria Anzaldúa: Queer Theory’s Other Mother, and Lover F E A T U R E S 25 ART SCENE TODAY Competition Winners & Finalists 56 PHATI’TUDE LAUNCH PARTY @ THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB P R O S E S H O R T S T O R I E S 81 TOM CAREY From Small Crimes V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E A T W W W . P H A T I T U D E . 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