Joy Exhaustible: Assaracus Presents the Publishers
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1937420701 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
JOY EXHAUSTIBLE features work by James Mitchell, John Lauritsen, Donald Weise, William Johnson, Michael Hathaway, Felice Picano, Steve Berman, Ian Young, Charlie Bondhus, Ron Mohring, Kirby Congdon, Charles Flowers, Perry Brass, John Stahle, Jameson Currier, Lawrence Schimel, and a cover poem by Paul Mariah. It is edited by Bryan Borland and Seth Pennington, publishers of Sibling Rivalry Press, who also contribute their first collaborative poem. Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry presents JOY EXHAUSTIBLE, a look at the work, through poetry, prose, and memoir, of both contemporary and history-making gay publishers and editors. This anthology, which doubles as issue 14 of the journal, tells the story of the small gay press in North America and the publishers behind the scen
In Praise of Assaracus #14 -- "joy exhaustible" Carl Miller Daniels I haven't quite finished reading ASSARACUS #14 yet, but I'm so psyched up about this wonderful special edition of this great publication that I feel the need to stop right now, and write a review this very minute!Summary: ASSARACUS #14 is a wonderful issue! Go for it! Buy a copy of your very own!Why? Here are just a couple or so quick examples of things that I enjoyed in this issue:This issue spotlights 18 publishers and editors of gay poetry. The issue features essays by, p. John Michael Albert said a handbook to the publishers who fed my life in gay literature. I cannot be too enthusiastic about this volume. It is almost a forbidden pleasure. I have had an eye out for gay and gay-related literature since I was very young. I quickly learned that anything labeled such "officially" was usually a boring psychological study that had more to do with me as a lab rat than a human being. But I stuck with it, search out books that were rumored to have gay passages or that were being read by sophisticates because they had a gay character in t