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Collections
- Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writings, edited by Catherine E. McKinley and L. Joyce DeLaney 810.8092066 A258
- The title of this collection of 20 essays, stories and poems is the name of a lover portrayed by Audre Lorde both in the excerpt from Zami that introduces the collection and in the poem that ends it. Both are, first and foremost, works of literature.
- BÉsame Mucho, edited by Jaime Manrique with Jesse Dorris 813.5408092 BESAME M
- Writer Manrique gathers, with coeditor Jesse Dorris, an eye-opening selection of exemplary stories by contemporary gay Latino men.
- Close Calls: New Lesbian Fiction, edited by Susan Fox Rogers 813.010892 C624
- A collection of fiction, written by Barbara Wilson, Lynne Yamaguchi, Shelly Raferty, Anna Livia, Ruthann Robson, Linda Smukler, Donna Allegra, and other writers, reflects on such themes as therapy, children, sex, and violence.
- Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction, edited by Edmund White 823.0108 F112
- Starting with Henry James and including E.M. Forster, Christopher Isherwood, William Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, and James Baldwin, among others, this anthology of short stories and novel extracts is noteworthy for its dazzling variety both in style and content.
- Men on Men 2000: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium, edited by David Bergman and Karl Woelz 813.0108 MEN ON M 2000
- The eighth installment of the popular Men on Men anthology series offers the usual fine mix of fiction from well-established and up-and-coming gay writers.
- Penguin Book of International Gay Fiction, edited by Mark Mitchell ; introduction by David Leavitt 808.839352 P376
- An anthology of short stories and essays explores themes of love between men, homosexual identity, and family and friend relationships by such writers as Thomas Mann, Tony Duvert, Plato, Boccaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, and Kafka.
Novels
- Burroughs, William S. Cities of the Red Night
- Several familiar Burroughs characters--Dr. Benway, Clem Snide, the Wild Boys--and a number of newly conceived characters are enmeshed in a tale centering on the revolutionary intrigues of Captain Mission, an eighteenth-century pirate.
- Carr, Jan Harem Wish
- Two exotic, erotic, and witty stories about love between women weave together toward a dramatic and liberating conclusion as Sari, a harem girl in ancient Arabia, and Codie, of modern New York, find their destinies.
- Drinnan, Neal Glove Puppet
- After seventeen-year-old Johnny's mother dies of an overdose, he is befriended by a handsome stranger who takes him to Australia as a replacement for his recently deceased son.
- Forrest, Katherine V. Apparition Alley
- In a riveting new mystery about corruption and murder inside the L.A.P.D., Kate Delafield investigates the murder of a Los Angeles police officer who is about to reveal some deep, dark secrets.
- Fritchley, Alma Chicken Run
- This satisfying little English village cosy centers on the changing life of Letty Campbell, a thirtyish lesbian who raises chickens on a smallholding inherited from her aunt.
- Gadol, Peter Closer to the Sun
- After losing his lover to AIDS, Brad Gray flees New York and makes his way to the California coast, where he is drawn ever more deeply into the lives of Ethan and Helen Zayne and their troubled plans for a renewed marriage.
- Galford, Ellen The Dyke and Dybbuk: A Novel
- Dybbuk Kokos, Jewish folklore's endearing demon, arrives in the twentieth century, hunting for Rainbow Rosenbloom--London taxi driver, film critic, lesbian, and all-around handful.
- Gordon, Jaimy Bogeywoman: A Novel
- Written in a slangy patois, Gordon's coming-of-age tale is a darkly comic, sometimes deeply disturbing treatment of the hoary old fictional notion that love conquers all.
- Hodgman, Helen Passing Remarks
- Living in fear of menopause, an academic and lesbian embarks on a strange, comic, and satisfying fifty-first year, featuring an affair with a younger woman, a role in a porn film, and an exchange with a shears-wielding murderer.
- Mullins, Hilary The Cat Came Back
- Seventeen-year-old Stevie tells the story of how her life changes after she encounters a teacher named Rik, a women's ice hockey coach named Granite, another teacher named Mick, and Andrea, a new classmate.
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