Gay Interest

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: State Univ of New York Pr, 1990 Near-fine copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 410 pages. - From The Critics Booknews An intentionally un-unified collection of writings by theorists and activists from diverse lesbian cultures, each reflecting her relations to her own and to other ethnicities, races, social classes, physical abilities, ages, and nationalities, and each with distinct perspectives on lesbian existence, friendships and sexualities, separatism and coalition building, theories of knowledge and ethics, language and writing.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Perennial Library, 1990 Very-good+, clean condition. Remainder mark on bottom. NO clippings. NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 349 pages. The very-first page has light writing and previous owner's signature (Chris Diamantine). NO other writing or marks inside book. Covers are clean (NO tears). . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Alyson Pubns, 1986 Good condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO writing or tears inside book. Tight spine. 255 pages. Synopsis In the Life, an expression which means being gay, is also the title of this collection of writings in which more than 25 black authors explore what it means to be doubly different - both black and gay - in modern America. These stories, verses, works of art, and theater pieces voice the concerns and aspirations of an often silent minority. They can be poignant, erotic, resolute or angry, but always reflect the affirming power of coming together to build a strong black gay community. Editor Joseph Beam began collecting this material in 1984 after years of frustration with gay literature that had no message for - and little mention of - black gay men. "The bottom line," he wrote, "is this: We are Black men who are proudly gay. What we offer is our lives, our love, our visions... We are coming home with our heads held up high." Annotation Here, thirty-three writers and artists explore what it means to be doubly different--black and gay--in modern America.. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2003 Near-new condition. Stated First Printing. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 276 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 1996 Very-nice copy - No writing or marks - No tears - Tight spine - 314 pages - In these essays, writers reconcile their belief in God with the religious institutions in which they were raised and by which they were ultimately rejected. Intensely personal, these essays take readers beyond the obvious difficulty of religious exile and into the heart of theology--emerging as passionate acts of faith that speak to all who are yearning for a richer spiritual life.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Visible Ink Pr, 1997 Near-new condition - Appears unread - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Illustrated - Tight spine - Bright pages - 425 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Univ of Illinois Pr, 1993 A photo of this book is available. Very-good+ condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO tears inside book. 184 pages. 24 pages show light highlighting and/or writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. Synopsis On Intimate Terms looks at the internal logic of lesbian relationships, arguing that they are not patterned after heterosexual ones but rely on the interplay of psychosexual differences between women. The book suggests that everyone seeks psychic complementarity with an Other in intimate relationships as a way of supporting personal growth and development. A complementary partner is one who is different in some individually meaningful way, not necessarily in terms of gender. Drawing upon interviews with individuals and lesbian couples, literature on lesbian psychology, and contemporary psychoanalytic theory, Beverly Burch observes a special attraction between primary lesbians - women who have been attracted to other women from an early age - and lesbians who formerly were heterosexual. This difference may be a source of tension for lovers, but it also attracts and bonds them in conscious and unconscious ways. The intimacy between lesbian partners permits interpersonal exchanges that foster the continuing development of each, according to Burch. This development can occur in three areas, with the significance of each varying from couple to couple. It can be a source of both conscious and unconscious psychosexual exchanges, a way in which each partner can experience "the road not taken" through her relationship with the other. The partners' different histories can reflect different ways of negotiating difference itself, a pivotal theme in the development of adult women. And gender role identities related to different developmental experiences can be played with, expanding the experience of being female in a way that can challenge gender categories. . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Hyperion Books, 1996 Near-fine condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 354 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Dustcover shows light wear (NO tears). Synopsis In Aug. 1991 a neurologist announced the finding of a physiological difference between the brains of heterosexuals & homosexuals. This was science that not only challenged accepted beliefs but carried profound legal, political, & social implications. Two years later a team of geneticists reported finding a likely genetic basis for homosexuality in men. This book explores the rich & varied research that is currently being carried out in neurobiology, endocrinology, & genetics. It also considers the awesome ramifications of research that may well come to explain the origins of one of the fundamental components of our humanity. Publishers Weekly Burr's detailed, elegantly written report takes us to the front lines of research into a possible biological or genetic basis for homosexuality. He dispassionately reviews the scientific and political controversy surrounding the report in 1991 by gay British neuroanatomist Simon LeVay that a cluster of cells in the brain's hypothalamus is larger in straight men than in gay men. National Cancer Institute molecular geneticist Dean Hamer's 1993 finding that a specific region of the X chromosome is linked to homosexuality in some men led to intense debate over how a "gay gene" might function in creating a homosexual orientation. Boston University geneticist Richard Pillard theorizes that the sexual centers of gay men's brains are not "defeminized"a hormone-regulated process that routinely occurs in the embryonic brains of male heterosexuals. Burr, whose 1993 cover story in the Atlantic Monthly led to this book, ponders the ethical issues swirling around Affymetrix, a Santa Clara, Calif., company that is building a semiconductor chip made of silicon and human DNA that may make possible widespread testing for a gay gene. Illustrated. Author tour.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1994 Near-new copy. Price inside dustcover: $22.95. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Illustrated with photos. 308 pages. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Times Books, 1995 In this landmark study, journalist Kurt Chandler follows Derek, Amy, Dan, Troy, Michele, and Tara - six Minneapolis-St. Paul teenagers who speak eloquently of the challenges of realizing at an early age that they were different, of learning how to hide, of facing depression and suicidal tendencies, and, ultimately, of coming out and making their separate peaces at home, at school, and on their own. There are insights from experts from New York's Hetrick-Martin institute, Los Angeles's Project 10, and Minneapolis's District 202 Teen Center, as well as the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, P-FLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), and the American Psychiatric Association. Their findings are often sobering: A 1986 study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Youth Suicide stated that "gay youth are 2 to 3 times more likely to attempt suicide than other young people." The National Advocacy Coalition on Youth and Sexual Orientation found that 86 percent of secondary-school students said they would be upset if they were labeled gay or lesbian. The Seattle Commission for Lesbians and Gays reported that 75 percent of those surveyed had been physically or verbally assaulted. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Westview Pr, 2002 Near-new condition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - 319 pages - Martin Duberman gives a witty and searingly candid account of his journey to acceptance of his homosexuality despite the efforts of psychotherapists to “cure” him of it. This is the tenth anniversary edition of Cures, Martin Duberman's best-selling account of his attempts to”cure" himself of his homosexuality through therapy, medical treatments, and faith healers. Duberman tells of the double life he led as a young professor at Princeton, passing as straight by day and going into the gay clubs of Trenton and New York by night, which continued through the 1950s and into the 1970s, until he came out as a gay man around the time of Stonewall. For the new edition, Duberman has written a new preface chapter and an afterword, bringing his life (and, more broadly, the gay experience in America today) up to date, discussing such issues as gay rights, same-sex marriage, gay scholarship, and AIDS. Praise for the first edition: Author Biography: Martin Duberman is Distinguished Professor of History at the City University of New York and Founding Director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1991 Very-nice, clean copy of this 1991 ex-libris book - Fewer than usual library markings - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - 305 pages - Stated First Printing - Duberman gives a witty and searingly candid account of how he came to accept his homosexuality despite the efforts of psychotherapists intent on ``curing'' him of it.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Morrow, 1981 SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED gift inscription by author in book front"To Christy - Thanks for your work! - Lillian Faderman." NO other writing or marks inside book - Very-nice copy of this 1981 book - No tears - Tight spine - 496 pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings. Illustrated with photos - A classic of its kind, this fascinating cultural history draws on everything from private correspondence to pornography to explore five hundred years of friendship and love between women. "Surpassing the Love of Men" throws a new light on shifting theories of female sexuality and the changing status of women over the centuries.. Signed by Author. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1994 Near-new condition - Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - bright pages. 275 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. ANNOTATION Dazzling essays from the award-winning author of Eighty-Sixed and Spontaneous Combustion--who is himself stricken with AIDS--make up one of the most important pieces of AIDS literature yet published. FROM THE PUBLISHER "This is as close to the truth as I can get," writes David B. Feinberg in this stunning nonfiction debut - a collection of autobiographical essays, gonzo journalism, and demented Feinbergian lists about AIDS activism and living, writing, and dying with AIDS. With the startling blend of satiric wit and pathos, black humor and heroism, found in his widely acclaimed and iconoclastic novels, he charts a harrowing personal journey down that "HIV highway to hell." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New Press, 1996 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO writing, marks or tears Tight spine, bright pages. 202 pages. Synopsis A much-needed introduction to life beyond the closet door, The World Out There is the first book for a new generation of young men and women who want to know more about what being part of the gay and lesbian community means. Ideal for the thousands of young men and women who migrate to urban gay communities every year, The World Out There is also for the thousands of others isolated in less receptive settings for whom this book will open up a whole wonderful and reassuring universe of possibilities. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Conari Pr, 1997 Fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. 323 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis The inspirational account of a Japanese-American family's triumph in the face of the death of their three children, two from AIDS and a third the victim of a tragic drive-by shooting, Honor Thy Children chronicles the creation, devastation, and remarkable resurrection of the Nakatanis - who journey from unimaginable grief to healing. Publishers Weekly This heartbreaking story of a Japanese American couple who experienced the tragic deaths of all three of their children-two from AIDS, one a murder victim-records the family's trajectory from homophobia and denial to emotional healing. Alexander Nakatani, a San Jose, Calif., social worker, and his wife, Jane, an elementary school teacher, grew up in Hawaii in a culture that prized reticence, hard work, denial of self. They virtually disowned their firstborn son, Glen, upon learning he was gay. Troubled, sullen, secretive, raised by parents who feared he was not "normal," Glen left home in 1977 at age 15, living on college loans and forged checks; he died of AIDS in 1990. Greg, the middle son, a macho, heterosexual engineering student, was shot to death in 1986 in a dispute with an illegal Mexican immigrant over a car. The Nakatanis were initially horrified to discover that Guy, their youngest son, was gay, but anger and shame were gradually supplanted by unconditional love. Diagnosed HIV-positive, Guy became a health educator, lecturing at schools and businesses on the dangers of HIV and of homophobic ignorance-with his father at his side as a fellow speaker. Wheelchair-bound and partly blind from AIDS complications, Guy, 26, died in 1994. Skillfully using letters, interviews, conversations and oral testimony, Fumia, author of previous books on grieving, gives her moving study of family dynamics complexity. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

St Martins Pr, 1990 Near-new copy - NO writing or marks of any kind - Based upon discussion and interviews conducted with parents belonging to P-FLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), a support and advocacy group with over four hundred chapters internationally, Beyond Acceptance provides parents with the comfort and knowledge needed to accept their gay children and build stronger relationships with them. It provides accurate, documented answers to the questions that surface after the initial shock and addresses such concerns as: "Is it a choice?" "Can it be changed?" and "Did the parents 'cause' their child to be gay?" With extensive testimony from other parents, this book lets mothers and fathers know that they are not alone and helps them through the emotional stages leading to reconciliation with their children. . Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Barricade Books, Inc., 1996 Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 272 pages. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. Synopsis Read what these Hollywood legends had to say: * Barbara Stanwyck: "I admire the girls who never married. Me, I wouldn't have the guts." * Patsy Kelly: "Yeah, I'm a dyke. So what? Big deal!" * Majorie Main: "Between you and me and the world, Ma Kettle was the real man in the family!" Publishers Weekly Fans of Hollywood's golden age will find this collection of interviews conducted over many years revealing though hampered. The principal problem is not so much that all of the subjects-including actresses Judith Anderson, Marjorie Main, Barbara Stanwyck, Agnes Moorehead and Sandy Dennis and designer Edith Head-are now deceased, but that almost all were raised in a generation terrified of voicing support for fellow homosexuals, let alone daring to come out of the closet. The sole exception is comedienne Patsy Kelly, who made no secret of her sexual orientation-and whose career suffered for it. Even with carefully couched questions from Hadleigh (Conversations With My Elders), the respondents dance around the subjects of sex and sexuality. Still, an enlightening picture emerges of Tinseltown, different from that presented in the fanzines. . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Alyson Publications, 1997 SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED BY AUTHOR - Like-new except for previous owner's signature in book front and back - on blank page. - Mitchell Crawford attends his high school reunion - and faces his past, present, and future all at once. In addition to catching up with his classmates, he also sees the man who broke his heart. Warren Reid was Mitchell's gymnastics coach. Warren turned Mitchell, a student who detested all types of sports, into a statewide champion - and during that two years of training and triumph, they were lovers. For Mitchell, the affair was everything he had dreamed it could be - and Warren was all that he, an anxious and horny teenager just beginning to formulate a gay identity, wished for in a man. Warren was his first love, and like those naive and inexperienced in the game of love, Mitchell expected it to last forever. So he was more than a little hurt when, after he graduated, Warren dumped him, explaining, "I was not in love with you. How could I be? You're just a kid." With this painful memory, Mitchell argues to himself and others (including his lover of one year, Raheim "Pooquie" Rivers) that he couldn't possibly have any feelings for Warren. But all those feelings come rushing back on reunion night. Now 44, Warren's still got it goin' on: a regal six foot two, a solid 225 pounds, and, despite a few gray hairs on his head, a wrinkle-free, youthful face. Mitchell's best friend, B. D. (Barry Daniels, a.k.a. Brain Dense), warns Mitchell, "Good Black don't crack," and that despite his love for Raheim, he may find Warren too irresistible. And as he and Warren exchange flirtatious glances and talk through the night, Mitchell does. Naturally, Warren senses Mitchell's defense weaken and makes his move. Will Mitchell fall for his charms - and be the same fool twice? . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Xlibris Corp, 2003 Very-good condition - NO tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - 239 pages - 46 pages have light writing/underlining (does NOT interfere with reading) - NO remainder marks or price clippings - . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

St Martin's Press, 1998 SIGNED / AUTOGRAPHED by author (on title page). NO other writing or marks inside book. Stated First Edition. Price inside dustcover: $22.95. NO tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages. - NO remainder marks or price clippings. - On vacation in L.A., Alex Reynolds decides to entertain himself with a porn film and discovers his old college flame is starring in it. Distressed, Alex tracks him down to an L.A. address only to find him murdered on his apartment floor. Suddenly, their occasional CIA contact is very interested, and the odd spy team of Alex, his lover, and his mother must scour the gay porn industry to find the murderer...before the murderer finds them. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Workman Pub Co / Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill , 2005 Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Illustrated with photos. Photographic endpapers. Tight spine, bright pages. 378 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2004 Very-good copy of this ex-libris hardback. Fewer than usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. 190 pages. Synopsis Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life "on the down low," (the D.L.) J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex between black men who lead "straight" lives. The trend is proving to have skyrocketing health consequences for wives and girlfriends unwittingly caught in the double lives of their men: African American women represent 68 percent of new HIV cases, and an alarming one out of 160 black women carries the virus, compared to one in 3,000 white women. Drawn from hundreds of interviews, statistics, and the author's firsthand knowledge of D.L. behavior, On the Down Low reveals the warning signs and protective measures every African American woman needs to know. Providing a long-overdue wake-up call, J. L. King bravely puts the spotlight on a topic that has until now remained dangerously taboo. Volatile yet vital, On the Down Low is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

St. Martin's Press, 1989 Very-good condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Stated First Edition - Price inside dustcover: $18.95 - 284 pages - NO writing or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - Collects most of the gay activist's previously published political writing, and adds a new essay of almost a hundred pages--"Report from the holocaust"--that brings together all his thinking about the AIDS epidemic and gay people in the US today. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Univ of California Pr, 1996 Very-good+, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 270 pages. NO writing or tears inside book. Synopsis In an inventive and controversial collection of essays, sociologist Susan Krieger considers the many forms of wealth, both material and emotional, that women pass on to each other. This domestic heritage--the "family silver"--is the keystone for a discussion of mother-daughter relationships, intimate relationships between lesbians, ties between students and feminist teachers, the dilemmas of women in academia as well as in the broader work world, and the importance of female separatism. Drawing on her experiences as a lesbian, a feminist, and a teacher, Krieger presents a stunning critique of higher education. She argues for acknowledging gender in all areas of women's lives and for valuing women's inner realities and outer forms of expression. Krieger has developed a distinctly feminist approach to understanding and scholarship. Her style is self-revelatory, emotional, and at the same time deeply analytical. Her essays pioneer a new method of locating, defining, and honoring female values. The Family Silver includes a thought-provoking discussion of gender roles among women, including the author's experience of being mistaken for a man; an exploration of teaching in a feminist classroom; and a description of the controversy that resulted when the author refused to allow a hostile male student to take one of her courses. Beautifully written,The Family Silver addresses issues of central concern to feminists, postmodernists, and queer theorists and encourages new insights into how gender profoundly affects us all. Biography Susan Krieger teaches in the Program in Feminist Studies at Stanford University and is the author of The Mirror Dance: Identity in a Women's Community (1983) and Social Science and the Self: Personal Essays on an Art Form (1991).. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Penguin USA, 1991 Nice copy - NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - NO remainder marks or price clippings - 194 pages - Leavitt's reputation as a deeply gifted writer with a special interest in the gay experience has been established with works like the novel Equal Affections ( LJ 1/89) and the stories in Family Dancing ( LJ 8/84). A few of these new tales move beyond gay themes--``Spouse Night,'' for instance, in which a bereaved man and woman have an affair after meeting at a support group for terminal patients and their families--but even those in which gay relationships predominate are crafted with such skill, compassion, and sensitivity that one need not have a special interest in that topic to be deeply drawn into their fictional worlds. Objective correlatives and metaphors abound: empty houses, or the death of a cat, trigger sudden epiphanies enabling characters to identify with antagonists and discern whole new patterns in their mysteriously intertwined lives. Sometimes, as in the title story, one spoken sentence can turn a concept inside out in shattering revelation. Witty and elegant without the least conscious artifice, these tales are both entertaining and profoundly moving.. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

G.P Putnam's, 1973 Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $7.95. Illustrated with photos. Photographic endpapers. Decorative gold boards with white spine (clean and bright). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 316 pages. Pages show slight tanning. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

The Citadel Press, 1955 Very-nice copy of this SCARCE Citadel Press hardback - Stated First Printing. Price inside dustcover: $3.00. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Author's photo inside, back dustcover. Slight tearing along top edge of dustcover. Back dustcover has slight moisture damage and light staining inside dustcover. Book has bright and clean, blue boards with black lettering. 191 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show only a slight tanning. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible - Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Hyperion, 2007 New / Unread copy. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $23.95. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine, bright pages. 290 pages. - Synopsis The truth behind the lies. It was an unforgettable scene. Dina Matos McGreevey, an attractive woman in her mid-thirties, wife, mother, and First Lady of the state of New Jersey, watched silently as her husband, then New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, resigned his office with the revelation that he was a "gay American." The picture of grace and loyalty, perfectly composed in her pale blue suit, Dina Matos McGreevey gave no sign of the tangled mixture of fear, sorrow, and anger she felt that day, no hint of the devastation that was to come. Since then she has been asked repeatedly about the nature of her marriage, about what she knew and when she knew it. Since then, she has remained silent. Until now. Speaking up at last, Dina Matos McGreevey here recounts the details of her marriage to Jim McGreevey. What emerges is a tale of love and betrayal, of heartbreak and scandal . . . and ultimately, hope. It all began with so much promise. Dina Matos was a responsible and civic-minded young woman who fell in love with the passion of political action. When Jim McGreevey walked into her life, he appeared to be a kind and loving man, someone with whom she could build a life based on shared ideals, a strong spiritual commitment, and a desire to make a difference in the world. Beyond their initial chemistry, Dina Matos was attracted by Jim McGreevey's principles and his unwavering devotion to his work. She didn't know that his life, and thus their marriage, were built on a foundation of lies; that his past was littered with casual sexual encounters in seedy bookstores and public parks; or that, by his own admission, he began an adulterous affair with another man while she was in the hospital awaiting the birth of their child. "Could I have known," she asks? "How could I have known?" With scalding honesty, she tells of her life with the former governor, of the politics and public service that brought them together, and the lies that tore them apart. Here is a story of a marriage that was anything but happily-ever-after, told by a strong and resilient woman who can, and finally will, speak for herself. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Harcourt, 1994 Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $21.95. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 309 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. - Paul Monette's autobiography - Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story, a searingly honest account of growing up gay in America - won the 1992 National Book Award for Nonfiction. In the year and a half since, even as he battles full-blown AIDS, he has been writing essays on a variety of subjects. A portrait of his dog, as they endure together the losses of friends and then the ravages of the author's own illness. An atheist's appreciation of the saintliness of priests. A meditation on a lifetime of travel that is also an inquiry into the meaning of time. The 1993 March on Washington and what it means to be gay and lesbian now, in a time of rising bigotry and intolerance. Monette excoriates with Swiftian vigor the do-nothing politicians, so-called Christians, and halfhearted journalists. Throughout, as a kind of counterpoint, he examines the medical and emotional landscape of his illness, with references to the Classical world and the genius of English poetry. He is by turns philosophical, humorous, self-critical. With Borrowed Time and Becoming a Man, these essays constitute the third volume of Paul Monette's autobiographical writing. Freewheeling and yet focused, brimming with outrage and yet tender, Last Watch of the Night represents a profound personal reconciliation but also a testament to the struggle for freedom of all gay and lesbian people. Annotation This collection of essays constitutes the third volume of National Book Award winner Paul Monette's autobiographical writings. Among the pieces featured are Monette's portrait of his dog as they endure loss together, an atheist's appreciation of the saintliness of a priest, and a rumination on what it's like to be gay and lesbian today. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Simon and Schuster, 1980 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 711 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Random House Inc, 1995 Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. Illustrated with photos. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 461 pages. - Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous and controversial figures in the contemporary art world. Some of his photographs were praised for their startlingly beautiful composition, others condemned for their explicit sexuality. He was an artistic enigma. In 1989, three months after Mapplethorpe's death at forty-two, the Corcoran Gallery of Art canceled a show of his work, igniting a fierce battle over federal funding of "objectionable" art. When the exhibit arrived in Cincinnati a year later, the Center for Contemporary Art and its director were ordered to stand trial on obscenity charges - the first time a gallery in the United States faced prosecution for the art it displayed. In this remarkable biography, Patricia Morrisroe chronicles Mapplethorpe's singular life and the development of his unique art against the background of American culture during the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Mapplethorpe: A Biography reveals a life even more daring than the photographer's art. Selected by Mapplethorpe to write his story, Patricia Morrisroe conducted numerous interviews with the artist before his death, as well as with hundreds of people who knew him during the different periods of his life. Powerful and provocative, Mapplethorpe is the definitive biography of one of America's most celebrated photographers. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Twayne Publishers, 1992 Near-new condition. Appears unread. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. 233 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Warner Books, 2002 Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Stated First Edition - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - 213 pages - Part-memoir, part-detective story, Find Me is beloved talk show host Rosie O'Donnell's inspiring story about the emotional and traumatic event that changed her life dramatically. Rosie had it all. Her daytime show won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show every year from 1998 through 2001, and she won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host each year. Then, in May 2002, Rosie decided to leave her hugely popular show at the height of her fame. In this powerful book, Rosie reveals the struggles and joys in her life that led to this decision. Her story is compelling and moving, a tale to be treasured for an honesty that distinguishes this book as more than the typical tell-all star biography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1990 A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean copy of this 1990 hardback. Remainder mark on bottom. NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $18.95. Illustrated with photos. 331 pages. NO writing or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 331 pages. Publishers Weekly After eight years in the minors, Pallone became a National League umpire during the arbiters' strike in 1979; as a ``scab,'' he had to contend with the ill will of his colleagues, few of whom relented during his 10 years in the majors. But he had an even more pressing problem: a homosexual, he dreaded public exposure. Yet when his lover was killed in an auto crash, he began frequenting gay bars and associating with other gay men, which caused rumors about his sexual orientation to circulate in baseball. A showdown came when his name was tangentially linked to those of acquaintances involved in a scandal concerning teenage boys; at the end of the 1988 season he was asked to resign. Writing with freelancer Steinberg, Pallone seemingly holds nothing back, giving readers the most candid and riveting sports autobiography since Navratilova's Martina.(July) Library Journal Pallone's ``double life''--a gay working as an umpire in the macho world of professional baseball--led to his release in 1988 by the National League, which claimed he had exhibited ``unprofessional behavior.'' Pallone talks honestly about his controversial career, including his confrontation with Pete Rose during a 1988 Mets game, which cost Rose a 30-day suspension and a $10,000 fine; unfortunately, it cost Pallone his job. Pallone provides interesting comments about calling the pitches of such great pitchers as Steve Carlton and Nolan Ryan and theories on different aspects of the game, as well as revealing anecdotes about his gay love life. The book captures Pallone's torment: he wanted to admit his homosexuality publicly, but feared the consequences because of baseball's ingrained homophobia. Recommended for public libraries.-- Ron Chepesiuk, Winthrop Coll., Rock Hill, S.C. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Childrens Books, 2002 ADVANCE READING COPY (ARC) - Near-new condition - 1 small numerical notation in book front - NO other writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - 307 pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Sixteen-year-old Claire is unable to face her fears about a recurrence of her leukemia, her eating disorder, her need to fit in with the popular crowd on Hackett Island, and her mother's alcoholism until the enigmatic Lani Garver helps her get control of her life at the risk of his own.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1991 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. 366 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - Twenty-nine essays by gay men probe the geography of gay identity, discussing the magic of childhood places; the loneliness of adolescence, coming-of age, and sexual awakenings; and the joy of acceptance and love. Annotation Frankly gay in its identity but universal in its themes of belonging, alienation, and community, Hometowns is a powerfully emotional, heartwarming exploration of how gay men fit into our society in every culture and every part of the country. A Lambda Award nominee. From The Critics Publishers Weekly Less about geography than the need to belong, these essays by 28 gay writers about their sense of home elucidate the adolescent disenfranchisement of gay males. Many of the writers migrated from ``little towns that were on the way to somewhere else,'' as George S. Snyder observes in ``North East, Pennsylvania'' to larger urban communities where, writes Philip Gambone in ``Wakefield, Massachusetts,'' they can ``put together lives and families in new and different ways.'' Stephen Saylor's need to give his own small town a pseudonym (``Amethyst, Texas'') stands as a paradigm of the discomforts of gay identity. Locations range from cliched gay meccas to the prefabricated uranium processing town of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and the ethnic ghettos of Mexican Gardenland in Sacramento and Cuban Little Miami, where, for writers of ethnic or religious minorities, being gay only compounds their lack of entitlement. These thoughtful, moving recollections about coming home rather than coming out offer readers guidance and affirmation. BOMC and QPB selections. (Oct.) Library Journal Believing that ``the context within which we grow up helps determine how we see the world,'' Preston asked 28 gay writers to consider their hometowns, either their birthplace, or the place they've chosen to live as adults. Among the wide-ranging essays are Michael Nava's recollection of his family dynamics in the poor Mexican community of Gardenland, Sacramento, California; Harlan Greene's bittersweet reminiscence of growing up Jewish in Charleston, South Carolina; and Lev Raphael's piece on establishing a home with his lover in Okemos, Michigan. Illustrating an increase over the last 30 years in the options of how and where gay men choose to live, these consistently powerful writings, poignantly personal, achieve a universality in their themes of alienation and community.-- James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Regnery Publishing, 2002 A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $27.95. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. ONLY writing inside book is previous owner's signature in book fron, on blank page (blacked-out). 276 pages. NO tears inside book. Previous owner's name label (small) in back of book, on blank page. Tight spine, bright pages. Synopsis Issuing a passionate denunciation of all those who don't conform to an orthodox, rigidly hierarchical conception of Catholicism, Rose (former editor of the St. Catherine Review) blames liberals and "humanistic" philosophy in the Catholic seminary system for all the ills of the Catholic Church. A major target of his wrath is what he views as a rampant homosexuality and permissiveness towards sexuality in general that he feels is undermining the sacred mission of the church. God-fearing orthodox applicants to the clergy are turned away, he claims, because the seminaries are too "new church." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Library Journal Written shortly before the current scandal broke upon the Roman Catholic Church, Rose's book seems almost prophetic as he documents the systematic rejection of pious, orthodox seminary applicants in many dioceses and the encouragement of questionable attitudes and agendas. Rose (Ugly As Sin), who was editor of St. Catherine Review for seven years, is the author of numerous articles, essays, and books that question the wisdom of contemporary liberal Catholicism. Here, he discusses the causes of the chronic priest shortage, including the misuse of psychological screening and what appears to be blatant discrimination against the kind of young men who were once considered ideal candidates for the vocation. He gives a disturbing glimpse behind the scenes that may go far in explaining the church's present difficulties. Based primarily on interviews, the book is carefully footnoted and contains a bibliography of sources cited and consulted. Highly recommended for anyone interested in this prominent topic, and for public and academic libraries. [This book was briefly available in paperback from Aquinas Publishing in spring 2002 with a different subtitle and foreword; this hardcover edition is the only one currently available. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Pocket Books, 1976 Very-good copy of this paperback. NO remainder marks or clippings. No tears on covers. NO writing or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show tanning. 257 pages. A rich and beautifully written revelation - the lesbian experience of twelve women writers, including Willa Cather, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Elizabeth Bowen, and Vita Sackville-West. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Harper & Row, 1981 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated throughout with photos. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 276 pages. Synopsis Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Sage Pubns, 1987 Fine condition. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 400 pages. Synopsis How is the therapeutic encounter different with males than with females? Can a therapist use the same techniques when treating men from different ethnic backgrounds? What therapy techniques are best suited for treating gay men or persons with AIDS? Does the age of a male client affect the therapy techniques used during counseling? A first of its kind, this tightly edited, comprehensive volume successfully bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge (of the sociopsychological issues) of male sex role socialization and the therapeutic encounter with men. From counseling with single fathers to counseling with gay men and persons with AIDS, from counseling with the male substance abuser to men in prison, the Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Men provides practitioners with practical suggestions for implementing positive behavior change in men and offers examples to anchor the theoretical considerations and research findings presented. Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Men will serve as an excellent reference tool for practicing mental health professionals and counselors, as well as an ideal textbook for graduate courses in psychology, counseling, social work, and related disciplines. ". . . very useful. A valuable work for professionals, advanced students, and some general readers." --Choice "This is a very sound and worthy rundown on everything a counsellor or psychotherapist ought to know about working with men as distinct from women. . . . This is a useful book, particularly for people who have not thought much about the issue of male consciousness before and need a crash course on the subject." --Self and Society "I can recommend this book to University,Polytechnic or Hospital libraries. . . . It will prove most useful to the student and researcher." --Changes "The book is well-written, well-edited, insightful, and practical and would be of considerable benefit to facilitators of men's support groups." --Robert G. Brown Austin-Travis County Mental Health-Mental Retardation Center. Table of Contents The Contemporary Man - Joseph H Pleck SECTION ONE TECHNIQUES AND PERSPECTIVES Men Counseling Men - P Paul Heppner and Daniel S Gonzalez Woman Therapist - Nancy L Carlson Male Client Counseling Men in Groups - Frederic E Rabinowitz and Sam V Cochran Career Counseling with Men - Thomas E Dubois and Thomas M Marino Hard Issues and Soft Spots - Jeffrey C Fracher and Michael S Kimmel Counseling Men About Sexuality Grief Work with Men - J Eugene Knott Body-Focused Psychotherapy with Men - Edward W L Smith Training Others to Counsel Men - Gregg A Eichenfield and Mark Stevens SECTION TWO DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES Identity Integration - Richard F Lazur Counseling the Adolescent Male Developmental Issues, Environmental Influences, and the Nature of Therapy with College Men - Glenn Good and Ronald May Counseling Aging Men - Brooke B Collison SECTION THREE ETHNICITY Counseling Asian Men - Daniel B Lee and Tuck T Saul Counseling Black Men - Craig S Washington Counseling Hispanic Men - Luis F Valdez, Augustine Baron and Francisco Q Ponce SECTION FOUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS Counseling Gay Men - James Harrison Counseling Bisexual Men - David R Matteson Counseling Men in the AIDS Crisis - Howard R Fradkin Counseling Single Fathers - Sandra Tedder and Avraham Scherman Women and Men Together But Equal - Lucia A Gilbert Issues for Men in Dual-Career Marriages Men in Marital Therapy - Barry Graff Working with Men who Batter - Don Long Counseling Men in Prison - Jeffrey W Aston Counseling Male Substance Abusers - Jed Diamond Counseling with Veterans - Terry A Carlson Counseling Physically Challenged Men - Patricia M Carlton and Richard N Maxwell Therapy with Men inHealth-Care Settings - LaFaye C Sutkin and Glenn Good SECTION FIVE IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

St Martins Pr, 1993 Near-new condition. Appears urnead. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $27.95. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 784 pages. Synopsis The definitive book on lesbians and gay men in the US military. Randy Shilts, author of the classic documentary history of the AIDS epidemic And The Band Played On, was acclaimed for his ability to take epic histories and molding them into gripping, intimate narratives. Conduct Unbecoming, his groundbreaking exploration of lesbians and gays in the military, came out of hundreds of interviews conducted with servicepeople at all levels of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps and intense research uncovering thousands of documents resulting in a unique history of gays in the military as well as the persecution of gays in the military. Conduct Unbecoming will leave readers moved and imbued with a better understanding of the pressing situation in our nation’s military. "A sober, thoroughly researched and engrossingly readable history on the subject. [Shilts's] chronicle is excellent military history, closely woven with an enthralling analysis of the changing definitions of sexuality and personal relationships in American society....[A] landmark book....Remarkable." --New York Times Book Review A masterpiece of investigative reporting, Shilts has shown us the honor homosexuals have brought, and continue to bring, to the uniforms they wear and the country they serve. Boston Globe Gays, we are told, would damage morale in the military. Shilts documents the fact that morale has already been eaten away by hypocrisy, contradictions, and favoritism. This book will be to gay and lesbian liberation what Betty Friedan’s was to early feminism or RachelCarson’s to ecological consciousness. No fair-minded person can read Conduct Unbecoming and consider the present system defensible. USA Today Gripping reading....the history of homosexual people and the movement for gay/lesbian equality in the United States can nowhere be more clearly told. Los Angeles Times Annotation From the bestselling author of And the Band Played On comes a defintive history of the role of gay people in the military. This epic investigation reveals for the first time that some of history's most celebrated soldiers were gay. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Boston: Alyson Publications , 1990 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 317 pages. Illustrated with photos. Publishers Weekly The gay Mattachine Society was founded in L.A. in 1951 by English-born Harry Hay, whose colorful personality and turbulent life are portrayed in a book written with a verve worthy of its subject. The underground organization skills he used on behalf of the gay movement were honed by years in the U.S. Communist Party, whose homophobia, notes freelance journalist Timmons, pushed Hay into a 13-year marriage. Anecdotes by Hay and his contemporaries greatly enrich this account of his film career; his numerous gay affairs, notably with fashion designer Rudi Gernreich and politically active actor Will GeerGrandpa Walton! ; his divorce; his break with the Party and hearings before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. Today, at 80, as elder statesman of the gay movement, Hay remains active in the Radical Faeries network. Photos. Author tour. (Nov.) Library Journal ``The trouble with Harry Hay,'' according to Timmons, ``was his refusal to adapt to a reality he found unacceptable.'' Born to privilege, Hay turned to the Communist party, USA before founding the Mattachine Society, a homophile group organized in 1950. Hay's continuing insistence on highlighting the differences between gay and straight people challenges the assimilationist goals of the contemporary gay rights movement. Timmons has written a substantive biography, based on documentary sources and on extensive interviews with Hay and his associates over the years. Hay's importance in the emergence of a significant social movement merits this book a place in any collection concerned with gay or minority rights. Recommended.-- James Michael Mac Leod, Library of Congress . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New York Univ Pr, 1996 A photo of this book is available. Fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. 309 pages. Illustrated. NO tears inside book. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front (Diamanture). Tight spine, clean pages. Synopsis Friends as lovers; lovers as friends; ex-lovers as friends; ex-lovers as family; friends as family; communities of friends; lesbian community. These are just a few of the phrases heard often in the daily discourse of lesbian life. What significance do they have for lesbians? Do lesbians view friends as family and what does this analogy mean? What sorts of friendships exist between lesbians? What sorts of friendships do lesbians form with non-lesbian women, or with men? These and other questions regarding the kinds of friendships lesbians imagine and experience have rarely been addressed. Lesbian Friendships focuses on actual accounts of friendships involving lesbians and examines a number of issues, including the transition from friends to lovers and/or lovers to friends, erotic attraction in friendship, diverse identities among lesbians, and friendships across sexuality and/or gender lines. Biography Jacqueline S. Weinstock is Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies at the University of Washington Tacoma. She is co- author of Public Homeplaces: Women and the Struggle against Otherness (Belenky, Bond & Weinstock). Esther D. Rothblum is Professor of Psychology at the University of Vermont. She is editor of Loving Boldly: Issues Facing Lesbians and Boston Marriages: Romantic But Asexual Relationships Among Contemporary Lesbians.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Seal Press, 1992 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 330 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Annotation In this dynamic anthology of 22 essays by and about women who are bisexual, the unifying element is its focus on the crucial intersections between ideology and reality. Deeply reasoned and passionately felt, the essays speak to many who wonder where they fit in today's society and its sexual politics. Table of Contents . Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Columbia Univ Press, 1991 A photo of this book is available. Very-good condition. 261 pages. NO tears inside book. Covers are clean (NO tears). Highlighting (yellow) and/or writing throughout book. Does NOT interfere with reading. Draws upon fieldwork and interviews to explore the ways gay men and lesbians are constructing their own notions of kinship by drawing on the symbolism of love, friendship, and biology. Annotation Winner of a Ruth Benedict Prize in Anthropology Women's Review of Books Graceful. . . . Valuable for the ways it demonstrates that, like race, gender and sexual identity, the meaning of kinship is culturally relative—and susceptible to change. Biography Kath Weston is associate professor of anthropology at Arizona State University West in Phoenix.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1997 Near-new condition. Appears unread. Stated First U.S. Edition. Two remainder dots on bottom. NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.00. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing or tears inside book. 415 pages. Synopsis Following A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy. Named for the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until only a single violin remains playing, this is the story of a man who has outlived most of his friends. Having reached the six-month anniversary of his lover's death, he embarks on a journey of remembrance that will recount his struggle to become a writer and his discovery of what it means to be a gay man. His witty, conversational narrative transports us from the 1960s to the near present, from starkly erotic scenes in the back rooms of New York clubs to episodes of rarefied hilarity in the salons of Paris to moments of family truth in the American Midwest. Along the way, a breathtaking variety of personal connections and near misses slowly builds an awareness of the transformative power of genuine friendship, of love and loss, culminating in an indelible experience with a dying man. And as the flow of memory carries us across time, space and society, one man's magnificently realized story grows to encompass an entire generation. Sublimely funny yet elegiac, full of unsparingly trenchant social observation yet infused with wisdom and a deeply felt compassion, The Farewell Symphony is a triumph of reflection and expressive elegance. It is also a stunning and wholly original panorama of gay life over the past thirty years the crowning achievement of one of our finestwriters. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1982 A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings, Price inside dustcover: $13.95. Tight spine, clean pages. 218 pages. NO tears inside book. 22 pages show light highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO other writing or marks inside book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1997 Near-new condition. NO price clippings - Small remainder dot on top. Stated First American Edition. Price inside dustcover: $22.00. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 223 pages. Synopsis The highwire artist of the English novel redraws the romantic triangle for the post-Einsteinian universe, where gender is as elastic as matter, and any accurate Grand Unified Theory (GUT) must encompass desire alongside electromagnetism and gravity. One starry night on a boat in the mid-Atlantic, Alice, a brilliant English theoretical physicist, begins an affair with Jove, her remorselessly seductive American counterpart. But Jove is married. When Alice confronts his wife, Stella, she swiftly falls in love with her, with consequences that are by turns horrifying, comic, and arousing. Vaulting from Liverpool to New York, from alchemy to string theory, and from the spirit to the flesh, Gut Symmetries is a thrillingly original novel by England's most flamboyantly gifted young writer. "Winterson is unmatched among contemporary writers in her ability to conjure up new-world wonder...A beautiful, stirring and brilliant story."Times Literary Supplement "Dazzling for [its] intelligence and inventiveness...[Winterson] is possessed of a masterly command of the language and a truly pliant imagination."Elle "One of our most brilliant, visionary storytellers."San Francisco Chronicle . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)

Faber & Faber, 1995 Novelist Drake (Closet Case) and poet Wolverton (Black Slip), who previously collaborated both on Indivisible, an anthology of West Coast gay and lesbian short fiction, and on last month's Hers: Brilliant New Fiction by Lesbian Writers, here offer a rich, imaginative and diverse, if uneven, collection of 18 previously unpublished short stories by new and established writers. The best includes samples of both, such as Bernard Cooper's portrayal of a teenage boy who tries to deny his sexuality by setting fire to his secret stash of male pornography; Rick Sanford's description of a middle-aged gay atheist's discussion of sexuality with a much-discomfited young Hasidic man; and Matthew Stadler's look at a perplexed college man trying to accept his affair with his 14-year-old cousin and, at the same time, his envy of his sister's lesbianism. Less strong is performance artist Tim Miller's ``Tar Pit Heart,'' perhaps because it is an adaptation of part of his performance work, My Queer Body, about a high school boy's first gay date and kiss on the beach. These stories evince a wide range of characters and locales that hold the reader's interest when the grip of individual narratives occasionally wanes. But most refreshingly, narrative and eroticism are subtly entwined in this collection, and the integrity of the story is never sacrificed simply for sex.. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Ginny6 Books (United States)