new and noteworthy
	Love's Learning Place: Truth as Aphrodisiac in Women's Long-term Relationships. By Renate Stendhal (EdgeWork Books) This wise little book belongs on your bookshelf if you treasure your lover but feel stuck in your sexual relationship. The key is to develop the language for erotic truth and find ways to communicate it, says Lambda award-winning author Renate Stendhal, a psychological counselor in Berkeley and San Francisco. "More effective than booze, drugs, pain or separation, truth-telling is a skill that can be learned, and one doesn’t have to be a master to reap the erotic benefits." Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art by Richard Meyer Focusing on the careers of Paul Cadmus, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, Gran Fury, and Holly Hughes, "Outlaw Representation" explores how gay artists responded to the threat of censorship by producing their own "outlaw representations" of homosexuality. Swinging on the Garden Gate : A Spiritual Memoir by Elizabeth J. Andrew A bold and probing story explores bisexuality as a creative expression of God and examines the various ways in which the spirit resides in the world. Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths by Andrew Calimach "A refreshing collection of Greek myths with their fig leaves duly, and rightly, removed. . . a sheer pleasure to read." Lesbian Art in America : A Contemporary History by Harmony Hammond "The first comprehensive history of lesbian art that firmly roots it in the seismic upheavals of feminist and queer liberation politics." --Jonathan David Katz, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Studies, City College of San Francisco The Homosexuality of Men and Women by Magnus Hirschfeld, Michael A. Lombardi-Nash (Translator) One of the founders of the scientific study of sex, Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) led the field with his pioneering objective examinations of homosexuality, tranvestism, and gender identity. Now available for the first time in English translation. Reflecting Narcissus: A Queer Aesthetic by Steven Bruhm The figure of Narcissus, literally falling for himself, has profoundly influenced Western philosophy and literary theory. Yet, Narcissus is rarely if ever seen in his primary attitude as a man erotically desiring another man. Images of Ambiente : Homotextuality and Latin American Art, 1810-Today by Rudi C. Bleys Bhupen Khakhar by Timothy Hyman Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar is featured in QAR's Fall' 99 Siteworks. This beautifully written and profusely illustrated book offers an overview of his work and places the artist's sexuality in a larger context. Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts by James M. Saslow Pictures and Passions  is a groundbreaking work of nuanced scholarship that's lucid and engaging and will appeal to general readers, students, artists, and sophisticated gift givers. Gay and lesbian art and experience are shown in a broad context that includes non-Western cultures (with a chapter on Asia and Islam); traditional media and modern commercial and mass media including magazines, photography, advertising and the Internet. Even QAR gets a mention! Fever: The Art of David Wojnarowicz by David Wojnarowicz, Dan Cameron, Mysoon Rizk, Cynthia Carr (Editor) Published in conjunction with a major retrospective of the artist's work at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, this book includes excerpts from Wojnarowicz's own writings and four essays that explore the extraordinary breadth and depth of his accomplishments.  The Homoerotic Art of Pavel Tchelitchev by David Leddick The painter's erotic oeurve, completed during a ten year span from 1929-1939, reflect Tchelitchev's passion for the male form and his vision of uninhibited sexuality. The edition is limited to one thousand numbered casebound copies and one hundred specially numbered and slipcased copies. The Passionate Camera : Photography and Bodies of Desire by Deborah Bright (Editor) This superb collection of essays and photographs offers a multi-faceted exploration of the body, sexuality and queer culture. We were so impressed with this book that we've decided to include an online exhibition based upon it, as part of QAR's Winter '99 Siteworks.
	photography
	Affectionate Men : A Photographic History of a Century of Male Couples (1850's to 1950's) by Russell Bush, Ron Lieberman (Designer) A charming and beautiful book, Affectionate Men  assembles antique prints from around the world. Over a period of 100 years we see changing styles in clothes, hair, and attitudes, but a constant expression of affection and love. Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits by Loren Cameron 1 Edition, paperback Cleis Press, 1996 Butch/Femme Manuela Soares, ed. Five lesbian photographers celebrate the gender roles, erotic desires, and self-perceptions of lesbian life. Featuring essays by Judy Grahn and Nisa Donnelly. Collaboration, The Photographs of Paul Cadmus, Margaret French and Jared French Paul Cadmus, TwelveTrees Press This collaboration represents a collective vision of male beauty, at the same time that it reveals aspects of their unusual relationship. The photographs also document the unique world of Fire Island in the 1950's. Compound Fracture Robert Flynt Robert Flynt's photographs of male nudes underwater employ a range of printing techniques to produce haunting images of poetic beauty: with sixty-two four color plates. See his work in the QAR Archive, Winter '97. Dreams of the Woman Who Loved Sex: Photographs and Stories by Tee Corinne Originally published in 1987, a new edition of this landmark work includes art work, 2 new stories, and a new introduction. If you aren't familiar with Tee's work please visit the QAR archive. Fully Exposed : The Male Nude in Photography by Emmanuel Cooper 2nd Edition, Paperback Published by Routledge, 1995 George Platt Lynes Photographs, 1931-1955 by Jack Woody, George Platt Lynes Hardcover Twelvetrees Press, 1990 Hard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall by Thomas Waugh Hardcover Columbia University Press, 1996 The Homoerotic Photograph : Male Images from Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe by Allen Ellenzweig Columbia Univ Press, 1992 Hardcover The Male Nude by David Leddick Nearly one thousand images of the male nude from the beginning of photography to the present. Please visit David Leddick's online presentation, One Hundred Years of Male Nudes, in the QAR archive. McDermott and McGough, A History of Photography by Mark Alice Durant This first monograph of their photographic work underscores their mission--to seek a future through the past. Naked Men : Pioneering Male Nudes by David Leddick Decades before Stonewall there was a group of daring men who shattered society's taboos against the male nude. This handsome volume combines photographs by George Platt Lynes with stories of the models who posed for him in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. 1998 Lambda Award Winner! Particular Voices : Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Writers by Robert Giard This book contains almost 200 portraits accompanied by text from each of the writers' most significant works. A stunning and impressive accomplishment. 1998 Lambda Award Winner! Please visit the Giard exhibition in QAR's Archive. Playing with the Edge: The Photographic Achievement of Robert Mapplethorpe Arthur C. Danto University of California Press, 1996 Hardcover Rrose Is a Rrose Is a Rrose : Gender Performance in Photography by Jennifer Blessing, Judith Halberstam, Lyle Ashton Harris Published by Harry N Abrams, 1997 Hardcover Sites Unseen by Shimon Attie Attie's hauntingly beautiful color photographs document six public art projects temporarily installed throughout Europe between 1991-96. This handsome volume also features James E. Young's introductory essay describing and contextualizing this series of provocative installations. When We Were Three: Travel Albums of George Platt Lynes, Monroe Wheeler and Glenway Wescot by Glenway Wescott Covering the period between 1927, when the threesome first met, through 1943, when Lynes' departure upset the relationship, this book contains two new essays and over 125 images. As with all Arena Editions titles, it was printed in Italy on fine Italian stock. Whitman's Men: Walt Whitman's Calamus Poems Celebrated by Contemporary Photographers Richard Berman and David Groff,editors Taken from the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, the Calamus Poems are united with the work of seven gifted contemporary photographers, who add an extra visual dimension to his ageless lines about man's desire for his fellow man. A truly beautiful edition.
	art history
	Ars Erotica: An Arousing History of Erotic Art by Edward Lucie-Smith This elegant social and artistic history of the erotic illuminates the perception of sexuality through time. Artspeak A Guide to Contemporary Ideas,Movements and Buzzwords by Robert Atkins 1990 Abbeville Press Paperback The Complete Reprint of Physique Pictorial : 1951-1990 Published by Taschen America Ltd., 1997 Hardcover Damn Fine Art by New Lesbian Artists by Cherry Smyth Hardcover Cassell Academic, 1996 Eros in Pompeii : The Erotic Art Collection of the Museum of Naples by Michael Grant, Antonia Mulas (Photographer) Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1977 Paperback Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History Whitney Davis, editor The first anthology of its kind has a dozen essays on a wide range of subjects. The diverse group of authors combine personal, scholarly and political approaches as they look at art history from a queer point of view. The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art by Guerrilla Girls An anonymous group of artists formed in 1984 to expose racism, sexism and homophobia in the art world, this is the latest action in the Guerrilla Girls' crusade for equality in the arts. Their book tells the stories of great women artists who got left out. In a Different Light Nayland Blake, Lawrence Rinder and Amy Scholder This fascinating book documents a landmark exhibit at UC Berkeley, featuring over 100 reproductions, essays, fiction and more; all in response to the curators' question: "How are queer artists looking at the world?" Lesbian Art : An Encounter With Power (Art & Australia Book) by Elizabeth Ashburn One of the titles the Traditional Values Coalition would like to ban from our libraries. (SF Chronicle 2/27/98) Looking at Lovemaking : Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 BC - AD 250 by John R. Clarke The sexual revolution has reached ancient Rome in this stunning and controversial book. Nothing but the Girl : The Blatant Lesbian Image by Susie Bright Published by Cassell Academic, 1996 Hardcover Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Culture by Peter Horne (Editor), Reina Lewis (Editor) Paperback Routledge, 1996 Pop Out Queer Warhol Jennifer Doyle, Jonathan Flatley and José Munoz, editors Though Warhol became the star of pop culture and the avant-garde, this diverse collection of illustrated essays is the first to explore, analyze and celebrate the role of his sexuality in the making of his art. Warhol has been reclaimed as a queer artist! A Small Boy and Others : Imitation and Initiation in American Culture from Henry James to Andy Warhol by Michael Moon By exploring the memoirs of James, the dances of Nijinsky, The Pop Art of Warhol and such films as Midnight Cowboy and Flaming Creatures-- Michael Moon makes a vital contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of sexuality and identity in American culture. Speaking For Vice: Homosexuality in the Art of Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley and the First American Avant-Garde Jonathan Weinberg 1995, Yale. Paperback The Sexual Perspective Homosexuality and Art in the Last 100 Years in the West Emmanuel Cooper Profusely illustrated historical survey of queer art, examining work by a wide range of artists from the Renaissance to the 1990's. Its publication marks a milestone in queer cultural history.
	artist monographs
	Francis Bacon: A Retrospective by Francis Bacon; edited by Dennis Farr, Michael Peppiatt, and Sally Yard The interview-shy Francis Bacon, who during his lifetime repudiated attempts to analyze or categorize his work, is as enigmatic as his paintings. Now the first major retrospective of Bacon's paintings since his death in 1992 is on view at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. And the accompanying catalog, filled with rich color plates, includes lucid analysis that dispels some of the mysteries behind the work. Caravaggio by Catherine Puglisi, Timothy Wilson-Smith The soulful, tormented, ethereally talented painter has become an icon. Puglisi sifted through the scholarship, discoveries and trash of the past 20 years, and wrote a book that does justice to the painter's glorious work but doesn't shy away from the juicy parts of his life either: the most beautiful Caravaggio book ever. F. Holland Day: Suffering the Ideal by James Crump, F. Holland Day Hardcover Twin Palms Press, 1995 Robert Gober Essays by Paul Schimmel and Hal Foster. One of the most acclaimed installation artists of our time in the act of creating a new work for the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art. Jerome: After the Pageant Thomas Avena & Adam Klein foreword by Klaus Kertess Avena warns us: "To enter Jerome Caja's world is to risk one's own innocence." Take the risk on this beautifully written, profusely illustrated, and truly important book. Read an interview with the authors in QAR's Archive. Marsden Hartley Bruce Robertson 1995, Harry N. Abrams Hardcover David Hockney Paintings by Paul Melia, Ulrich Luckhardt International Book Import Service, 1997 Hardcover, 200 pages Michelangelo by Anthony Hughes Hundreds of stunningly clear color reproductions in this thoughtfully designed volume from the Art and Ideas series. Pierre Et Gilles (Jumbo Series) by Bernard Marcade, Ian Cameron Hardcover, 356 pages Published by Taschen America, 1997 John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes by John Esten, Donna Hassler Universe Publishing Tom of Finland: His Life and Times (Stonewall Inn Editions) by F. Valentine, III Hooven Published by St. Martin's Press, 1994 Paperback
	biography
	Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, Michael Peppiatt Much of Peppiatt's material about the painter comes directly from the floor of Bacon's studio, where years' worth of photographs, newspaper articles,letters, and other personal detritus were only recently retrieved. From these and other sources, interviews, and the author's own 30-year acquaintance with Bacon, Peppiatt has crafted a fine and balanced biography of a most enigmatic man. Resident Alien by Quentin Crisp by Quentin Crisp, Donald Carroll editor Alyson Publications, 1997 Hardcover Confessions of a Window Dresser: Tales from a Life in Fashion by Simon Doonan Doonan is Barneys' window dresser extraordinaire. "Let's face it," he says, "window-dressing is a nonessential poofy profession whose one raison d'être is the creation of desire." Images of his traffic-stopping displays combined with his irreverent good-humor make this book a joy to behold. Genet : A Biography by Edmund White Vintage Books, 1994 Paperback Your John: The Love Letters of Radclyffe Hall by Joanne Glasgow (Editor) Author of the lesbian classic The Well of Loneliness, Hall fell in love with Evguenia Souline, a poor, friendless, Russian exile. These passionate letters to Souline, contain Hall's ideas about the origins of homosexuality, the obligations of marriage and ideas about art. Keith Haring Journals Keith Haring, with a preface by David Hockney Haring's journals track his emergence as a Pop Icon and his friendships with other artists, writers and musicians. At the same time they reveal him to be a visionary, committed to extending the boundaries of art. Jasper Johns: Privileged Information by Jill Johnston Hardcover Thames & Hudson, 1996 The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts The Mayor of Castro Street is focused on the narrative of Harvey Milk's political rise from running a small business on Castro Street, to organizing local gay men and lesbians around grass-roots issues, to winning an elected office. But in many ways this is also a forceful and engaging story of the gay rights movement in the second half of the 20th century. Cole Porter: A Biography by William McBrien ...McBrien's achievement is substantial. No previous biography of Cole Porter has been so painstakingly researched, and this one may well survive as the definitive account of his life.   The New York Times Book Review, Alexander Chancellor Marcel Proust by Edmund White White has a novelist's eye for the telling detail or the remarkable phrase and, like Proust himself, concentrates upon the minutiae of the past so that it might live again. He has a wonderful sympathy with his subject.  The New York Times Book Review, Peter Ackroyd The Paris Diary & the New York Diary: 1951-1961 by Ned Rorem "It's not that I'm more self-involved than other people, I'm just more free about showing it." Rorem's honesty, intelligence and empathy makes his diaries delightful and ultimately moving. The Life and Work of Henry Scott Tuke by Emmanuel Cooper Paperback Published by Gay Mens Press, 1998 Walt Whitman: A Gay Life Gary Schmidgall Dutton, 1997 Hardcover
	fiction
	Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison "It reaches back to the conventions of straightforward storytelling and pays close attention to the way women get by ...the way they choose who they will be."   The New York Times Book Review Crystal Diary : A Novel by Frankie Hucklenbroich Firebrand Books, 1997 Paperback The Farewell Symphony: A Novel by Edmund White Alfred A. Knopf, 1997 Hardcover The Gag Reflex by Steven Key Meyers Meyers' latest novel follows club-owner Rex Black as he seeks to parlay his Upper East Side dive into an entertainment empire. Available in full and for free in html and Adobe Acrobat formats from Free Air Press. Inside Out by Juliet Carrera This new novel weaves contemporary issues into a compelling tale of political treachery and persistent love. Great word-of-mouth on this one. Maurice : A Novel by E. M. Forster A beautifully written novel about two men who fall in love, and the prejudice they face in the early years of the 20th Century- a classic. Naked by David Sedaris, Geoffrey Kloske (Editor) Sedaris' sardonic and very funny account of his life and times. Plays Well With Others Allan Gurganus Hardcover, 336 pages Alfred A. Knopf, 1997 The President's Son : A Novel by Krandall Kraus Paperback, 320 pages Published by Consortium Books, 1995 The Selected Writings of Jean Genet by Jean Genet, Edmund White (Editor) This comprehensive volume brings together for the first time a generous selection of Genet's greatest work.   The Spell by Alan Hollinghurst Like The Swimming Pool Library, and The Folding Star, Hollinghurst's third novel is an ambitious exploration of gay male experiences and relationships.
	non-fiction
	Becoming Visible: An Illustrated History of Lesbian and Gay Life in Twentieth-Century America by Molly McGarry, Fred Wasserman In text and over 350 images, the book celebrates our gay and lesbian heritage, illuminates long-invisible worlds, and chronicles a vital aspect of American history. The Best of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review by Richard Jr. Schneider (Editor), Charles Hefling (Illustrator) The first collection from The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review offers a diversity of opinion-- balancing left with right, present with the past. Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity by Bruce Bagemihl Written for the specialist and lay reader alike, this meticulously researched book is filled with fascinating facts and astonishing descriptions of animal behavior; a groundbreaking work that explodes the myth that homosexuality is not frequently found in nature. Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit : Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore by Randy P. Conner, David Hatfield Sparks, Mariya Sparks Published by Cassell Academic, 1997 Hardcover The Celluloid Closet : Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo Published by HarperCollins 1987 (Revised) Paperback The Cornish Nightmare (D. H. Lawrence During the War Years) by C. J. Stevens Paperback, 120 pages Published by John Wade, 1996 Gay By the Bay  Susan Stryker and Jim Van Buskirk, with an introduction by Armistead Maupin A profusely illustrated and entertaining look at the growth of queer culture in San Francisco. "It is an odd thing, but everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world." --Oscar Wilde The Gay Metropolis : 1940-1996 by Charles Kaiser Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1997 Hardcover, 480 pages Gay New York : Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 by George Chauncey Basic Books, 1995 Paperback A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition by Gregory Woods A sweeping survey from Homer to David Leavitt, from Arabic poets of the classical age to to closeted Victorian memoirs to AIDS literature. How to Survive Your Own Gay Life by Perry Brass Wise. Factual. Often controversial. This book explores the possibilities of creating rewarding relationships and a strengthening inner life. "Many gay men," Brass writes, "are stuck between childlessness and childishness. It is a dead-end that has become for them what the 'gay world' is about." Men Together : Portraits of Love, Commitment, and Life by Anderson Jones, David Fields (Photographer) Published by Running Press, 1997. Hardcover Out for Good : The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America by Dudley Clendinen, Adam Nagourney ...a rich and valuable book, a history of gay political activism since 1969 that unearths many previously little-known stories about organization building and political involvement...The New York Times Book Review, David J. Garrow O Solo Homo: The New Queer Performance by Holly Hughes and David Roman A collection of scripts and texts by the most important queer performers responsible for changing the style, form, and substance of alternative and mainstream theater. The Queer Press Guide 2000 by Paul Harris (Editor) Many artists are at a loss when it comes to promoting and publicizing themselves and their work. This guide lists gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender publications world wide, including phone and fax numbers, email and website addresses as well as the names of key personnel. A must for artists, writers, activists, publishers, photographers, PR gurus, Ad Agency mavens, organizations seeking to publicize their work and anyone else interested in the g/l/b/t press. Queer Space: Architecture and Same-Sex Desire by Aaron Betsky William Morrow & Company, 1997 Hardcover Queerly Classed: Gay Men and Lesbians Write About Class by Susan Raffo, editor South End Press, 1997 Revolutionary Voices by Amy Sonnie (Editor) Revolutionary Voices celebrates the hues and harmonies of the future of gay and lesbian society, presenting not a collection of stories but a collection of experiences, ideas, dreams, and fantasies expressed through prose, poetry, artwork, letters, diaries, and performance pieces. The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture by Daniel Harris, Richard Kot (Editor) Hyperion, 1997 1st Edition, Hardcover Stagestruck by Sarah Schulman Schulman offers a terrifying account of having her novel "borrowed" by Jonathan Larson, (writer and composer of "Rent") and she uses it as a springboard to examine the broader issues of how gay themes are distorted in mainstream culture. Symptoms of Culture by Marjorie Garber With style and humor, Garber offers an invigorating look at the amazingly complicated thing we call "culture" -- from Jell-O boxes to Sir Laurence Olivier's bisexuality to the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings. Vested Interests : Cross-Dressing & Cultural Anxiety by Marjorie Garber 1st Edition, Paperback Published by Routledge Press, 1997
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