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paperback. Condition: New. A searingly honest and resonant debut from a Nigerian writer and queer liberation activist, exploring what love and freedom cost in a society steeped in homophobia.August is a God-fearing track star who leaves Enugu City to attend university and escape his overbearing sisters. He carries the weight of their lofty expectations, the shame of facing himself, and the haunting memory of a mother he never knew. It?s his first semester and pressures aside, August is making friends and doing well in his classes. He even almost has a girlfriend. There?s only one problem: he can?t stop thinking about Segun, an openly gay student who works at a local cybercafé. Segun carries his own burdens and has been wounded in too many ways. When he meets August, their connection is undeniable, but Segun is reluctant to open himself up to August. He wants to love and be loved by a man who is comfortable in his own skin, who will see and hold and love Segun, exactly as he is.Despite their differences, August and Segun forge a tender intimacy that defies the violence around them. But there is only so long Segun can stand being loved behind closed doors, while August lives a life beyond the world they?ve created together. And when a new, sweeping anti-gay law is passed, August and Segun must find a way for their love to survive in a Nigeria that was always determined to eradicate them. A tale of rare bravery and profound beauty, And Then He Sang a Lullaby is an extraordinary debut that marks Ani Kayode Somtochukwu as a voice to watch. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. Brand-new. John Rechy?s first novel, City of Night, an international bestseller, is considered a modern classic. Subsequent work asserts his place among America?s most important writers. The author?s most daring work, After the Blue Hour is narrated by a twenty-four-year-old writer named John Rechy. Fleeing a turbulent life in Los Angeles, he accepts an invitation to a private island from an admirer of his work. There, he joins Paul, his imposing host in his late thirties, his beautiful mistress, and his precocious teenage son. Browsing Paul?s library and conversing together on the deck about literature and film during the spell of evening?s ?blue hour,? John feels surcease, until, with unabashed candor, Paul shares intimate details of his life. Through cunning seductive charm, he married and divorced an ambassador?s daughter and the heiress to a vast fortune. Avoiding identifying his son?s mother, he reveals an affinity for erotic ?dangerous games.? With intimations of past decadence and menace, an abandoned island nearby arouses tense fascination over the group. As ?games? veer toward violence, secrets surface in startling twists and turns. Explosive confrontation becomes inevitable. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. Sex, vengeance, and betrayal in modern day Tehran?Navid Sinaki?s bold and cinematic debut is a queer literary noir following Anjir, a morbid romantic and petty thief whose boyfriend disappears just as they?re planning to leave their hometown for good. Anjir and Zal are childhood best friends turned adults in love. The only problem is they live in Iran, where being openly gay is criminalized, and the government?s apparent acceptance of trans people requires them to surgically transition and pass as cis straight people. When Zal is brutally attacked after being seen with another man in public, despite the betrayal, Anjir becomes even more determined to carry out their longstanding plan for the future: Anjir, who?s always identified with the mythical gender-changing Tiresias, will become a woman, and they?ll move to a new town for a fresh start as husband and wife.Then Zal vanishes, leaving a cryptic note behind that sets Anjir on a quest to find the other man, hoping he will lead to Zal. Stalking and stealing his way through the streets, clubs, library stacks, hotel rooms, and museum halls of Tehran?where he encounters his troubled mother, addict brother, and the dynamic Leyli, a new friend who is undergoing a transition of her own?Anjir soon realizes that someone is tailing him too. It quickly becomes clear that more violence may be the fastest route to freedom, as Anjir?s morals and gender identity are pushed to new places in the pursuit of love, peace, and self-determination.Steeped in ancient Persian and Greek myths, and brimming with poetic vulnerability, subversive bite, and noirish grit, Medusa of the Roses is a page-turning wallop of a story from a bright new literary talent. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blaché, Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance?set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things?about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK after a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are called in to investigate, setting into motion the most dangerous and otherworldly mission of their lives.In a surreal, action-packed quest that takes Adam and Rao from secret laboratories in Colorado, to a luxury lodge in Aspen, to the remote Nevada desert, the pair begins to uncover how and why people?s fondest memories are being weaponized against them by a spooky, ever-shifting substance called Prophet. As the unlikely twosome battles this strange new reality, Prophet?s victims? memories are materializing in increasingly bizarre forms: favorite games, beloved pets, fairground rides, each more malevolent than the next. Prophet is like no enemy Adam and Rao ? or the world ? have ever come up against.A tension-shot odd-couple romance, an unflinching send-up of corporate corruption, and a genre-bending tour de force, Prophet is a triumph of storytelling by a new writing duo with a thrilling future. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. ?The only problem with Michael Cunningham?s prose is that it ruins you for mere mortals? work. He is the most elegant writer in America.??The Washington PostNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS? CHOICE ? A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Harper?s Bazaar, Chicago Public Library, Lit Hub, Paste, Kirkus ReviewsApril 5, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel, husband and wife, are slowly drifting apart?and both, it seems, are a little bit in love with Isabel?s younger brother, Robbie. Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, is living vicariously through a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house?and whose departure threatens to break the family apart. And then there is Nathan, age ten, taking his first uncertain steps toward independence, while his sister, Violet, five, does her best not to notice the growing rift between her parents.April 5, 2020: As the world goes into lockdown, the cozy brownstone is starting to feel more like a prison. Violet is terrified of leaving the windows open, obsessed with keeping her family safe. Isabel and Dan communicate mostly in veiled sleights and frustrated sighs. And dear Robbie is stranded in Iceland, alone in a mountain cabin with nothing but his thoughts?and his secret Instagram life?for company.April 5, 2021: Emerging from the worst of the crisis, the family reckons with a new, very different reality?and with what they?ve learned, what they?ve lost, and how they might go on. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. Brand-new. Two heartrending and humorous plays about friendship, companionship, and love. In Some Men, Terrence McNally takes us on a multi-generational journey of gay life in America. In interwoven vignettes, McNally uses the same characters at different points in their lives as gay men to address such issues as coming out, marriage, adoption, the military and the AIDS crisis. From a Harlem speakeasy to today?s post 9/11 New York, these nine men reflect the enormous changes in all our lives.In Deuce we meet Leona and Midge?two septuagenarian ladies doubles tennis champions who are reunited to be honored at a U.S. Open. As they watch the next generation of female athletes, these former tennis partners become embroiled in a verbal téte-a-téte as lively and nuanced as any match they ever played. During their exchange the duality of the two characters is revealed; while Midge is refined and tactful, her former doubles partner, Leona, is brazen and fearless. The ?deuce? cannot only be found in their tennis game, but also in how they lived their lives. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Brand-new. Set in the early 1990s, the long-awaited tenth novel in Armistead Maupin?s beloved and enduring Tales of the City series follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in Britain?s golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted son Wilfred, as they come to the aid of an American visitor with a troubling secret.When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa?allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfill his wildest dreams?she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, Teddy?s grand, romantic country manor in the UK. She also didn't imagine that she?d need to open the manor?s doors to paying guests to afford the electric bill and repair the leaking roof. Yet somehow she and her young friend Wilfred--whom guests assume is serving as Easley?s charming-but-clumsy butler--and the loopy old gardener Mr. Hargis, are making it work. This delicate equilibrium is upended when Americans Rhonda and Ernie Blaylock arrive for a weekend vacation at Easley, and Wilfred stumbles onto their terrible secret. Now, instead of being able to focus on the imminent arrival of her old friend Michael Tolliver and beloved parent Anna Madrigal, Mona will need to focus all of her considerable charm, willpower, and wiles?and the help of Wilfred and Mona?s girlfriend Poppy, the town?s postmistress and local calligraphy whiz?to set things right before the Midsummer ceremony when the whole town will descend on Easley?s historic grounds. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: New. A funny, transporting, surprising, and poignant novel that was one of the highest selling debuts of recent years in Korea, Love in the Big City tells the story of a young gay man searching for happiness in the lonely city of Seoul.Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea?s most exciting young writers. A runaway bestseller, the novel hit the top five lists of all the major bookstores and went into nine printings. Both award-winning for its unique literary voice and perspective, and particularly resonant with young readers, it has been a phenomenon in Korea and is poised to capture a worldwide readership.Love in the Big City is an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering nighttime world of Seoul and the bleary-eyed morning-after. Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend and roommate, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money with rounds of soju and ice-cold Marlboro Reds that they keep in their freezer. Yet over time, even Jaehee leaves Young to settle down, leaving him alone to care for his ailing mother and to find companionship in his relationships with a series of men, including one whose handsomeness is matched by his coldness, and another who might end up being the great love of his life. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: New. From the winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award, CLMP Firecracker Award, and Bard Fiction Prize, National Book Award ?5 Under 35? Honoree, and finalist for the NBCC John Leonard Prize, an astonishing debut novel about family, sexuality, and capitalist systems of control, following three adopted brothers who live above a mosque in Staten Island with their imam father. In 1990, three boys are born, unrelated but intertwined by circumstance: Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef. They are adopted as infants and share a bedroom perched atop a mosque in one of Staten Island?s most diverse and underserved neighborhoods. The three boys are an inseparable trio, but conspicuous: Dayo is of Nigerian origin, Iseul is Korean, and Youssef indeterminately Middle Eastern. Youssef shares everything with his brothers, except for one secret: he sees a hallucinatory double, an imaginary friend who seems absolutely real, a shapeshifting familiar he calls Brother. Brother persists as a companion into Youssef?s adult life, supporting him but also stealing his memories and shaking his grip on the world.The boys? adoptive father, Imam Salim, is known in the community for his stirring and radical sermons, but at home he often keeps himself to himself, spending his evenings in his study with whiskey-laced coffee, reading poetry or writing letters to his former compatriots back in Saudi Arabia. Like Youssef, he too has secrets, including the cause of his failing health and the truth about what happened to the boys? parents. When, years later, Imam Salim?s path takes him back to Saudi Arabia, the boys, now adults, will be forced to follow. There they will be captivated by an opulent, almost futuristic world, a linear city that seems to offer a more sustainable modernity than that of the West. But this conversion has come at a great cost, and Youssef and Brother too will have to decide if they should change to survive, or try to mount a defense of their deeply-held beliefs. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The dust jacket has scuffing and light edge wear, price unclipped. Red boards are lightly rubbed at the corners. 1975 first edition. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. An unabashedly charged love story set in the evocative and high-stakes world of art and auction in New York City, Roxane Gay Books? second title is a crowd-pleaser in the vein of Jasmine Guillory?s The Wedding Date and Helen Wan?s The Partner Track.For Glory Hopkins, inheriting her Aunt Lucille?s Harlem brownstone feels more like a curse than a blessing. As a restless artist struggling to find gallery representation, Glory doesn?t have the money, time, or patience to look after the aging house of an aunt she barely knew. But when she stumbles into Parkie de Groot, a savvy, ambitious auction house appraiser on the verge of a coveted promotion, her unexpected inheritance begins to look more promising. Glory and Parkie form an unlikely alliance and work to unearth the origins of a rare manuscript hidden in the brownstone?s attic. In doing so, they uncover not only the well-kept secrets of Lucille?s life but also the complex relationships between Harlem and its distinguished residents.Undeniable as their connection may be, complications arise that threaten to tear apart their newly forged relationship. Between Parkie?s struggle to overcome the heartache of past romances and professional problems that threaten to end her rising career, and Glory?s unbridled and all-consuming ambition, they begin to keep secrets from each other. The deeper they dig into the mysteries of the Harlem brownstone, the more fraught their relationship becomes.Lush Lives is an unforgettable novel of queer love, ambition, and the forgotten histories that define us. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The dust jacket have heavy wear, damage, tears and general aging, price unclipped. Brown cloth boards are water damaged. Interior is clean. First printing. Decent reading copy. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: As New. Brand-new. ?The blood that?s coursing through The Normal Heart is boiling hot. There can be little doubt that it is the most outspoken play round.? ?Frank Rich, The New York TimesThe Normal Heart, set during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, is the impassioned story of Ned Weeks. The play is a moving denunciation of the ignorance and fear that lead to the worldwide plague that now exists. Its companion play, The Destiny of Me, continues the story of Weeks, now in a hospital undergoing treatment, as he finds himself confronting his life and fighting to get a little more time among the living.The Normal Heart was selected as one of the 100 Greatest Plays of the Twentieth Century by the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Legendary talent agent Ruth Webb published this newsletter to inform the entertainment business what her clients were doing. This newsletter focuses on the hit musical "La Cage aux Folles" which starred her client Gene Barry. Ms Webb was eccentric and this is on full display in this unusual 40 page paperback with black and white photographs. The writing is chatty and features her clients including: Dody Goodman, Mickey Rooney, Walter Pigeon, Shelley Berman, Abe Vigoda, Jaye P. Morgan, Yvonne De Carlo and many more. "I knew from the start that this show was going to be a BIG ONE and yield to another reborn superstar in GENE BARRY." A trip to old Hollywood. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Paperbound collection of comics drawn by Gary De Maria set in the LGBTQ world of the late 70s. Black and white, 162 pages. EVERYONE HAS ONE?a closet - a place to keep our private faces.But closets are for hangups, not for people. And thanks to Gary De Maria?s unique brand of social commentary, not even moths need live in closets any longer!With incisive wit and wisdom, Gary De Maria applies his art-and psychology schooling for the fearful, the loathing,the sympathetic, and the curious. He draws from his many experiences, including that of zany roller-skating waiter at Busby?s on San Francisco?s infamous Polkstrasse, in acontext witty, poignant, and sometimes sad. Open the closet door! Take a cruise to liberation?s last frontier. Meet the Fairy Godfather, D.O., Helen and Harry - the ?breeders,? little but oh-so-aware Munchkin and the myriad other real-life characters who illustrate here what awarenessand fairness are all about. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Printing. 96 page paperback is filled with sex quackery, such as this gem, "When the practice (masturbation) is carried on over a period of years excessively.the harmful effect becomes so self-evident.the victim becomes sallow and anemic, the face loses its expressiveness, the eye becomes shifty and the whole body takes on a languid air." Cover has a sticker ghost, edge and surface wear, spine sunned with wear, rear unevenly sunned, interior toned. Second printing 1932. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1837 Reprint. Small leather bound book, 3x4.75",is quite worn, binding remains solid, leather missing on much of the spine, worn everywhere with text not readable on spine. Pencil inscription inside cover, name stamps two endpapers, some interior foxing. A New Edition 1837. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Winter 1957 edition of Physique Pictorial has a damage and a tear to the right edge of cover, darkened edges, corner wear. Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild, AMG, was started in 1945 and focused on the beauty of men. Rear cover art by noted gay artist Quaintance. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Paperback has lightly sunned spine with indication of use. No one is brought up to be gay. Lacking the formal support systems?families, schools, churches?gay men rely on their folklore in interacting with one another and to relieve the pressures of belonging to a stigmatized group. Jokes and other forms of humor, language, and personal experience narratives help gay men to identify and communicate with one another?even in straight settings.More Man than You'll Ever Be explores the uses of gay men's folklore. Whether funny or sad, poignant or shocking, each story and joke contains messages, sometimes surprising ones. Goodwin decodes some of these messages to help us understand not only the gay subculture but also ourselves. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 48 page paperback is the literary publication for the Utica Free Academy February 1937. The issue focuses on Gertrude Stein. The cover has wear and tear with names written on the front. The first page has been removed. Incuded are a glowing bio and photo, facsimile of a letter Ms. Stein wrote to the Associate Editor, photo and review of art deco library, poetry by school poets, a Gertrude Stein crossword puzzle - partly done in pencil, a review of the New York Book Fair, local ads and more. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback gay self help book has bent corners, edge and surface wear, last 1/4 of book has ripples bottom edge. Clean interior, other than ripples of course. Building on the groundbreaking original work by Edmund White and Charles Silverstein, a fully revised and expanded edition of a classic guide to gay sex, love, and life. Featuring 50 new illustrations by the amazing Joe Phillips. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Mary, Donatien (illustrator). Pictorial cover is a little warped, light shelf wear. 63 pages, color illustrations by Donatien Mary, English language. At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider life?s ?big questions,? however strange or impractical. Plato & Co. introduces children?and curious grown-ups?to the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Descartes to Socrates, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein. Each book in the series features an engaging?and often funny?story that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. The dust jacket of this book club edition has edge and surface wear, corners tearing, spine tearing head/tail with chipping, rear has some spotting. Grey boards are worn at the corners and head/tail of spine. Pen name and info on front endpaper. Book club edition. Merrick's first novel was a success. The somewhat autobiographical novel is about a bisexual American spy in France during World War II. Unlike his later bestselling novels, gay themes are minimized in this story which explores concepts of individual liberty and freedom. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. Signed on the title page by the author. First printing in fine condition inside and out. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Author.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 24 page exhibition catalog features black and white photographs from the collection of the Kinsey Institute. The cover has light wear, interior is clean. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Paperback of W.H. Auden and his partner Chester Kallman's libretto for Igor Stravinsky's The Rakes Progress is toned on the cover and prelims, pen name first page, rusted staples. 60 pages. Some critics and scholars have identified gay subtext in the characters and plot, particularly in the relationship between Nick Shadow and Tom Rakewell, which has been interpreted as a representation of the complexities of intimacy and queer desire. The libretto can be interpreted as an autobiographical tale of the lifelong romance of Auden and Kallman. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: Good. Third Printing. Third printing of Joe Orton's classic play is a paperback original from Grove Press. The cover is foxed as are the paper edges and there is a tad of foxing on the title page. A middle-aged brother and sister battle for the body of a hot young man in Joe Orton's play, his first to be produced. Orton was murdered by his lover two years after this play was produced. Orton and his lover, Kenneth Halliwell for sent to prison for six months for defacing library books, which are now on display in a local museum. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

paperback. Condition: As New. Paperback in fine, unread condition. 192 pages. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Printing. No dust jacket. The grey boards are worn at the corners and edges, darkened on the edges, grey cloth spine is browned. Pen numbers front endpaper, interior is toned - they used cheap paper. Second printing. The Chapman Report is a 1960 bestselling novel by Irving Wallace, inspired by the Kinsey reports, that explores the sexual lives of suburban housewives through a series of interviews conducted by researchers for a book on female sexuality, revealing hidden desires and secrets. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket is sunned on the top edge and spine, edge and surface rubbing, worn head/tail of spine, rear lower corner rear is bumped, price unclipped. Mustard yellow boards with black cloth spine are sunned on top edge as well, rear lower corner is bumped, interior is clean. First printing. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.