The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories

by David Leavitt (Editor), Mark Mitchell (Editor)

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The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the 20th century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes 21 stories from the first edition, together with 15 additional tales. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D.H. Lawrence's A Poem for Friendship to the explicitly sexual.… (more)

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The Scott-Moncrieff story was weird, if I'd seen it elsewhere I would have had no idea what it was supposed to be about. I didn't think there was anything particularly gay about the E. M. Forster story apart from the fact that it was written by a gay man.

So far I think the most enjoyable story has been the Noel Coward one. A bit of a cliche in some ways, I suppose, but I really enjoyed the narrator.

Otherwise, not too impressed. Too many AIDS stories. Brokeback Mountain brought good memories of the film. (

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Robertgreaves | Apr 19, 2007 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Leavitt, David	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Mitchell, Mark	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed

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The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories by David Leavitt

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The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the 20th century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes 21 stories from the first edition, together with 15 additional tales. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D.H. Lawrence's A Poem for Friendship to the explicitly sexual.

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