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September

Crashing America * by Katia Noyes (Alyson, $14.95): One part Eileen Myles, one part Jack Kerouac, San Francisco writer Katia Noyes's rough-edged but gleaming first novel is a queer road trip to remember.

Diary of a Drag Queen drag queen Female impersonator, gynemimetic Sexology A ♂ with ♀ affect–often 'overplayed'; a ♂ homosexual and ♀ wannabe, with ♂ genitalia; DQs may take hormones to ↑ breasts, and thus are hormonally, but not surgically  * by Daniel Harris (Carroll & Graf, $14.95): The noted journalist dons a dress in order to make online conquests among young men.

Good Advice for Young Trendy People of All Ages * edited by Jennifer Blowdryer (Manic D Press Manic D Press is an award-winning literary press based in San Francisco, California publishing fiction (novels and short stories), poetry, art, narrative-oriented comix, and alternative travel trade paperbacks. , $15): Here's the kind of advice you really need, from queer sages like Lynn Breedlove (on packing) and James St. James James St. James (born James Clark, August 1, 1966) was a Club Kid of the Manhattan club scene in the late 1980s/early 1990s and the author of Disco Bloodbath (now published under the title Party Monster).  (on perfecting your club look).

Homewrecker: An Adultery Anthology * edited by Daphne Gottlieb, (Soft Skull Press Soft Skull Press is an independent publisher founded by Sander Hicks in 1992. It has published an array of fiction and non-fiction by authors such as Wanda Phipps, Mark Ames, Paul Berman, Lisa Crystal Carver, Dennis Cooper, Douglas A. , $13): These pieces from queer spoken-word artist Gottlieb let you face your love-demons without couples therapy.

Hoofs Your Romance? * by Ethan Mordden (St. Martin's Press, $24.95): Final volume in the celebrated "Buddies" cycle, set in the roiling microcosm of gay Manhattan.

Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee, 1960-2005 * (Carroll & Graf, $25): Edited by Don Weise, this collection includes little-known autobiographical and political essays, plus criticism on artists including Sam Shepard.

October

Cotton * by Christopher Wilson (Harcourt, $24): Talk about your life journeys. In this rollicking rol·lick·ing  
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, Lee Cotton experiences life as male, female, white, African-American, and more besides.

Faith for Beginners * by Aaron Hamburger (Random House, $23.95): On holiday in Israel with his family, pierced and punked-out Jeremy explores Jerusalem's gay parks while his morn reconsiders Judaism. From the author of The View From Stalin's Head.

The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard * by Romaine Patterson with Patrick Hinds (Advocate Books, $23.95): Matthew Shepard's best friend recounts how his murder and the media maelstrom Maelstrom, whirlpool, Norway: see Moskenstraumen.  that followed fueled her transformation into an ardent human rights activist.

November

Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent * by Thomas Glave (University of Minnesota Press The University of Minnesota Press is a university press that is part of the University of Minnesota. External link
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, $25.95): One of the most powerful emerging voices in black gay writing, Glave (Whose Song?) offers a "politics of heterogeneity" to counter the "hypocrisies and contradictions of liberal multiculturalism."

Katharine Hepburn: The Untold Story * by James Robert Parish (Advocate Books. $24.95): This daring bio of the enigmatic Hepburn will scorch your slippers. She was yar, all right.

December

Across * by Blue Dawson (Genesis, $15.95): A woman searches the Sahara for her kidnapped lover. Sexy and scary.
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Title Annotation:ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT PREVIEWS
Author:Stockwell, Anne
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 13, 2005
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