First Love Last Love New Fiction from Christopher Street

This second collection of more than twenty stories of gay fiction from "Christopher Street" magazine highlights works by David Leavitt, John Fox, David Plante, James Purdy, Robert Ferro, and others

When Christopher Street magazine began publication ten years ago, its basic objective was to nurture and support serious gay writing, to present material that would reflect the reality of gay life, not the caricatures so often imposed by outsiders. The magazine's success in realizing its goal is aptly reflected in this second collection of stories taken from its pages. Together they offer a realistic, sensitive, basically sober view of the tensions and problems facing gays as they relate to each other and the world. Overall, this is high-quality material, although lack of humor gives it an air of overdone solemnity. Offering an excellent sampling of some of the best writers of this genreJames Purdy, Andrew Holleran, Robert Ferro, and Jane Rule are among the contributorsit is highly recommended for both academic and public libraries. David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla.
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