- Chaz Bono‘s embargoed memoir, Transition, pubs on May 10 — we haven’t seen it yet — it’s a one-day laydown, but we’ll have a review soon. Meanwhile, Michael Schiavi‘s biography of Vito Russo, Celluloid Activist, promises to shed new light on an often overlooked LGBT civil rights pioneer.
- In fiction, Alex Sanchez — our 2011 Mid-Career Novelist Recipient — has a novel out this month, Boyfriends with Girlfriends. Paul Lisicky — interviewed last week — has a new novel out, The Burning House. And R. Zamora Linmark‘s debut Leche is highly anticipated. In PW last month, Don Weise called it “humorous” and “refreshing.”
- 2010 Writers’ Retreat Fellow — Laura Hershey‘s posthumous collection, Spark Before Dark, is now available for pre order. While, A Fast Life, the new Tim Dlugos collection also pubs next week.
- One to watch: Nick Krieger‘s memoir Nina Here Nor There is described as “the next-generation Stone Butch Blues.” Well, Nick, you have our attention.
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Biography & Memoir
- Adam’s Gift A Memoir of a Pastor’s Calling to Defy the Church’s Persecution of Lesbians and Gays by Jimmy Creech Duke University Press
- Celluloid Activist The Life and Legacy of Vito Russo by Michael Schiavi University of Wisconsin Press [Review]
- Is This the Real Life? The Untold Story of Queen by Mark Blake Da Capo Press
- My Queer War by James Lord Farrar Straus Giroux (Paperback Reissue)
- Transition The Story of How I Became a Man by Chaz Bono Dutton
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Fiction
- From Here to Eternity The Restored Edition by James Jones Open Road
- Hellebore & Rue ed. by JoSelle Vanderhooft & Catherine Lundoff Lethe Press
- Leche by R. Zamora Linmark Coffee House Press
- The Burning House Paul Lisicky Etruscan Press
- Marching to a Different Accordion by Saxon Bennett Bella Books
- Truth & Dare 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness by Liz Miles RP Teens
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Young Adult
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Scholastic Press
- Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez Simon & Schuster
- Cursebusters! by Julie Smith Bold Strokes Books
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Mystery & Crime Fiction
- Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders by Gyles Brandreth Touchstone
- Retirement Plan by Martha Miller Bold Strokes Books
- Wedding Season by Mark Abramson Lethe Press
- Who Dat Whodunnit by Greg Herren Bold Strokes Books
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Nonfiction
- A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski Beacon
- Bridging How Gloria Anzaldúa’s Life and Work Transformed Our Own by AnaLouise Keating, Gloria González-López University of Texas Press (April 2011)
- Nina Here Nor There My Journey Beyond Gender by Nick Krieger Beacon
- Queer Indigenous Studies Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Chris Finley, Brian Joseph Gilley, Scott Lauria Morgensen, edited by University of Arizona Press
- The Brokeback Book From Story to Cultural Phenomenon edited by William R. Handley University of Nebraska Press
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Poetry
- 15 Ways to Stay Alive Daphne Gottlieb Manic D Press
- A Fast Life The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos Tim Dlugos and David Trinidad Nightboat
- The Buoyancy of it All by Robert Walker Lethe Press
- Pinko Jen Benka Hanging Loose Press
- Spark Before Dark by Laura Hershey Finishing Line Press
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Romance — Gay
- A New Normal William Neale MLR Press
- A Serving of Love by Andrew Grey Grey Dreamspinner
- Between Two Worlds Shelter Somerset Dreamspinner
- Black Heart Down S.J. Frost MLR Press
- Infected Life after Death by Andrea Speed Dreamspinner
- Kindred Hearts Rowan Speedwell Dreamspinner
- Life Lessons by Kaje Harper MLR Press
- Little Boy Lost: Abandoned J.P. Barnaby Dreamspinner
- Mahu Fire by Neil Plakcy MLR Press
- Shining in the Sun by Alex Beecroft Samhain Publishing
- Tinseltown by Barry Brennessel MLR Press
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Romance — Lesbian
- 78 Keys by Kristin Marra Bold Strokes Book
- Accept the Unexpected by L. Cherelle Resolute Publishing
- All This and Family, Too by Sarah E. Glenn Pill Hill Press
- Darkness Embraced by Winter Pennington Bold Strokes Books
- Devil In Disguise by Robin Alexander Intaglio Publications
- For Me and My Gal by Robbi McCoy Bella Books
- Open Water by Pol Robinson Bella Books
- Playing Passion’s Game by Lesley Davis Bold Strokes Books
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Erotica
- Carnal Machines Steampunk Erotica by D.L. King Cleis Press (pictured above)
- The Company He Keeps Victorian Gentlemen’s Erotica by Dale Chase Bold Strokes Book
- A Ride to Remember and Other Erotic Tales by Sacchi Green Lethe Press
