The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 097146863X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The Burning Libraries" according to Foster Corbin. In his introduction to THE LOST LIBRARY Tom Cardamone says that he e-mailed authors he had recently read and writers he knew personally about out-of-print books that had had an impact in some fashion on their lives as gay men. What he got was a variegated response. One writer used his choice as a guide to travel in Sicily. Another's favorite book helped him get through the difficult middle and high school years when he was the object of ridicule because of his sexual orientation. He reminded us that gay teens are three times more likely to commit suicide than other youn. Habitations of the Bookish Queer First, full disclosure: my work appears in this volume--I chose to write about the novel 'Music I Never Dreamed Of,' by John Gilgun--so I can't claim that I can discuss this collection of essays on "lost" books in a completely objective manner. But then, I don't think anyone can. 'The Lost Library' celebrates the subjectivity of the reader--in particular, the strange creature known as the Bookish Queer--and is custom-made to inspire passionate debate in late-night bars and coffeehouses.Because I know editor Tom Cardamone, I know about his struggle to bring this fever dr. "A Box of Treasure" according to Kevin Killian. You can dip in anywhere in Tom Cardamone's imaginative and bold anthology and find something of great worth. In fact maybe all reading experiences should be like this, the richness of great plenty, and an elimination of traditional narrative structures that insist on beginning with the beginning and ending with the end. If you read this book backwards, it would have the same instruction, the same allure, as if you read it from A to Z, and even better, you could skip every other essay and still come away dazzled by the variety of the writers Cardamone has coaxed into wri