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Dark Reflections
Arnold Hawley, a gay, African–American poet, has lived in NYC for most of his life. Dark Reflections traces Hawley's life in three sections — in reverse order. Part one: Hawley, at 50 years old, wins the an award for his sixth book of poems. Part…
Tags: Black gay men, Fiction, Gay men, MLM, New York City, poetry, Sexual Repression
Here Comes the Sun
Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her…
Tags: Adult Fiction, Black Women, Contemporary, WLW-Centered
I Say a Little Prayer
Chauncey Greer is the owner of Cute Boy Card Company, a thriving company in Atlanta. As a teenager, he was a member of a popular boy band, but left in disgrace when word got out that he and his bandmate D were more than good friends. Chauncey is a…
Tags: African American, Black gay men, Fiction, Gay fiction, MLM, Religion
Midlife Crisis
Cam McGhee grew up like any other small-town Texas farm boy: he played football, went to church every Sunday, and married his high school sweetheart. But thirty-five years after he said "I do," Cam finds himself nursing a beer in a gay bar, thinking…
Tags: Black gay men, Coming out, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay fiction, MM Romance, Romance
No More Tomorrow: Two Lives, Two Stories, One Love
After awaking from a restless sleep that has plagued him for weeks, Mark Jones awakes to the realization it is his last physical day on earth. Twenty years after he was diagnosed with the disease that would change the rest of his life, Mark begins to…
Sibling Rivalry
Monét X Change, Miss Congeniality of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10 and winner of AS4 and Bob The Drag Queen, winner of Season 8 (she won the first time) are not actually siblings but they are the intensely hilarious comedy duo with infectious…
Tags: Comedy, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Podcast
Sister Outsider
A collection of fifteen essays written between 1976 and 1984 gives clear voice to Audre Lorde's literary and philosophical personae. These essays explore and illuminate the roots of Lorde's intellectual development and her deep-seated and…
Tags: Essays, Feminism, Nonfiction, Race, Social Justice