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Twenty stories by up-and-coming gay male writers offer vibrant takes on themes ranging from coming out to unrequited obsession. The anthology opens with Vestal McIntyre's "," which follows a mean-spirited freelancer's manipulative relationship with a female boss. From stories of coming out, coming of age, self-representation and family to sex and love in the time of AIDS, from living in the closet to loving in a post-gay world, this book highlights the complexities of gay life.

"Certain to become a new cornerstone of the gay literary tradition, Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction brings together twenty outstanding stories by new authors. From coming out to coming of age, from family politics to love in the time of AIDS, Fresh Men speaks to the broad range of gay experiences today."--BOOK JACKET Lambda Literary Award. Twenty stories by up-and-coming gay male writers offer vibrant takes on themes ranging from coming out to unrequited obsession.

The anthology opens with Vestal McIntyre's "," which. 10 VINTAGE ISSUES OF FRESHMEN MAGAZINE FROM THE 'S Offered for sale are 10 vintage issues of Freshmen, the popular gay men's magazine. They are: March - condition very good May - con from Twenty stories by up-and-coming gay male writers offer vibrant takes on themes ranging from coming out to unrequited obsession.

Philip Huang contributes a lyrical, poignant portrait of a young woman's sad life "American Widow" , while Patrick Ryan's "Ground Control" is a brilliant coming-of-age yarn about the bittersweet yearnings of a boy and his older classmate in the s. The best discoveries include Scott Pomfret's "Chicken," a moving portrait of the tense intimacy between an aging gay man and a teenage hitchhiker with "runaway eyes"; Jorge Ignacio Cortinas's engaging, atmospheric "His Five-Year Sentence," about a young Latino shoplifter's life in northern California; and Kevin Reardon's delicately droll office opera "Teamwork.

In the book's foreword, White notes that many feel gay fiction has "run its course. Forecast: The extent to which gay fiction has become part of the mainstream was recently underscored when Alan Hollinghurst's novel The Line of Beauty won the Man Booker prize, but specialized anthologies like this still give new writers useful exposure and should attract fresh attention. Share Tweet Copy Link Print.

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