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Amid The Solid Stones, Many Soaring Seashells
Considering that most poetry today is sub-poetic, this anthology has done well. Poems today (maybe always) risk remaining "prosaic-poems." Low-voltage diluted prose conversation. Could have stayed in a paragraph, but was divided into poetic lines but arbitrarily, with no skill in "enjambment." (The how and why you divide the lines for dynamic pace tone emphasis structure etc.)
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Subjects:  1. American poetry    2. Anthologies (multiple authors)    3. Canadian    4. Gay men    5. Gay men's writings, American    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Male authors    8. Poetry   

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Poetry that is senisitive, moving, funny AND ACCESSIBLE!
As a schoolboy I was force fed a lot of poetry. I liked the sound of it, but didn't really 'understand' it. In college I took two poetry classes, but still felt pretty ignorant about it. But I loved the sound of words, so I kept on.KEEP THE KILLER ASLEEP is the 'payoff' for sticking to it. Here are poems that move me, that sound great outloud, and that I can relate to! I ordered this book on a whim, because the profile of the poet appeared in America Online. Once I gave up trying to 'understand' the poems and began to connect to them emotionally, I was treated to a wonderful, stirring ride! In this, his first collection of poems, Steven Blaski builds a bridge between the rareified and the mundane, conjuring a world in language that is spare, provocative and elegant. With sorrow, anger, passion and wit, Blaski pays tribute to those who have fallen and those who continue to fight oppression, all the while exploring the details which inform the poet's own experience. KEEP THE KILLER ASLEEP is an invocation against what would destroy us, a defiant yet affirming work from an incredibly gifted, emerging talent.Steven Blaski writes gay history poems and from there uncovers a way to talk about the world in certain lush and terror-stricken notes. The chilling announcement here is that persecution, AIDS and the collective will have changed the world in which we live by re-locating the witnesses.Take a chance, buy the book and treat yourself to a poetry experience that nourishes you rather than baffles you, that enriches you, and, yes, that even gets you to laugh and cry if you let yourself go. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. General    3. Poetry    4. Poetry / Single Author / American    5. 20th Century American Poetry    6. American Contemporary Poetry    7. Gay    8. Homosexuality    9. Single Author - American (General)    

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. American - Hispanic American    3. Cuban Americans    4. Gay men    5. Medicine    6. Poetry    7. Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -   

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Cape Cod Light
This little book contains beautiful poems that allow a look into the life of the author.The poems show emotions, sensitivity, a love of life and a sad understanding to death.Anyone who has loved can identify with thisauthor.It is a beautiful book for all people. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Fiction / Gay    3. Gay    4. Poetry    5. Cape Cod    6. Homosexuality, Male    7. New England   

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Poetry Returned to Incantation and Enchantment
"In The Lover of My Soul, Perry Brass offers us a biography of himself, as well as a spiritual journey of nakedness, surrender, and transcendence. On this journey, he finds the 'lover of my soul,' that immense, deep Connection found in moments of intense feeling. He finds the Lover in many places, including the mysterious metaphor of Jesus ('What a Best Friend I Have In Jesus') and in one of the most poignant 'S&M' poems in print, 'My Master Richard Has Returned' from 'Three Los Angeles Poems.' He talks about his family, his growing up, his dog, his partner, the luminous, lost figure of his father and the disturbing one of his mother. There are moments of icy anger ('A Warning to Fag Bashers') and of full-throttle eroticism. Brass does not blush at either. As he did in his first book, Sex-Charge, he has taken poetry outside the academic ghetto and returned it to incantation and enchantment, with even a little 'two-steppin' thrown in. His work dances across the page, and finds a place waiting for it in your eyes and mind."--� zebraz ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Gay Studies    3. Gender Studies    4. Poetry   

Subjects:  1. Canadian Contemporary Poetry    2. Gays    3. Love poetry, French-Canadian    4. Poetry    5. Solitude    6. Translations into English    7. Canada    8. Poetry & poets: from c 1900 -    9. Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -   

Subjects:  1. 20th Century English Poetry    2. American    3. Drama    4. Gay men    5. Gay theater    6. Plays    7. Plays / Drama   

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Fun Book
Shocking and great! Gilbert's writing is very open and honest, and I look forward to reading whatever else he writes in the future. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Form - Parodies    3. Gay men    4. Humor    5. Poetry   

Subjects:  1. Gay men    2. Gay men's writings, American    3. Poetry   

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A bold but gentle poetic voice
I first encountered one of Timothy Liu's poems in an anthology, and was impressed enough to seek out further work of his. "Burnt Offerings" is a collection of his poetry. A significant part of the book reflects a gay Asian male perspective. There are a number of religious references and allusions, and a number of graphic evocations of gay sex.Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. American Contemporary Poetry    3. Erotic poetry, American    4. Gay men    5. General    6. Men In Literature    7. Poetry    8. English    9. Poetry / General    10. USA    11. Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -    12. Asian American authors   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. City and town life    3. Gay men    4. Gay men's writings, American    5. New York    6. New York (State)    7. Poetry    8. Sociology    9. Poetry anthologies: from c 1900 -   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. American Contemporary Poetry    3. Anthologies (multiple authors)    4. Canadian Contemporary Poetry    5. Gay men    6. Gay men's writings, American    7. Gay men's writings, Canadian    8. Poetry   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. General    3. Poetry    4. Gay Studies   

Subjects:  1. 1854-1900    2. 19th century    3. Ambiguity in literature    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. Homosexuality and literature    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Wilde, Oscar,    12. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900    13. English    14. Literary studies: 19th century    15. Wilde, Oscar   

Subjects:  1. 1716-1771    2. 18th century    3. England    4. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    5. Friends and associates    6. Friendship    7. Gray, Thomas,    8. Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771    9. History    10. History and criticism    11. Homosexuality and literature    12. Literary Criticism    13. Literature - Classics / Criticism    14. Love poetry, English    15. Male authors    16. Poetry    17. English    18. Gray, Thomas    19. Influence    20. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    21. Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries    22. Milton, John    23. Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries    24. Views on sexual orientation    25. West, Richard   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Fiction - General    3. Gay    4. Poetry    5. Short Stories (single author)    6. Short stories   

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Masculine Landscapes: Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Text
AN amazing book that attempts to demystify contemporary society of Whitman's sexual orientation.Fone utilizes Derridadean Theory to present his notion that Whitman may have been using homoeroticism within his writing to convey the messgage that people cannot be put into catagories.Much like Derrida's notion that signs are separate from words, Whitman's text is separate from himself.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1819-1892    2. 19th Century American Poetry    3. 19th century    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Erotic literature, American    6. Gay Studies    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Homosexuality and literature    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literature - Classics / Criticism    12. Poetry    13. Sexual orientation in literature    14. Sexuality In Literature    15. United States    16. Whitman, Walt,    17. Views on sexual orientation    18. Whitman, Walt   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. American - General    3. History    4. Homosexuality and literature    5. Homosexuality, Male, in literature    6. Literary Criticism    7. Poetry    8. Power (Social sciences) in literature    9. Semiotics & Theory    10. United States    11. Whitman, Walt,    12. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892    13. Political and social views    14. Science / Earth Sciences    15. Whitman, Walt   

Subjects:  1. Gay men    2. Poetry   

Subjects:  1. 1757-1827    2. 18th century    3. 19th century    4. Blake, William,    5. England    6. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. History    8. Homosexuality and literature    9. Homosexuality, Male, in literature    10. Knowledge    11. Literary Criticism    12. Poetry    13. Psychology    14. Blake, William    15. British Isles    16. English    17. Gay studies (Gay men)    18. Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries    19. Poetry & poets: 19th century    20. Social Science / Gay Studies    21. Social history    22. Views on sexual orientation    23. c 1700 to c 1800    24. c 1800 to c 1900