TERENCE KISSACK is the author of FREE COMRADES: ANARCHISM AND HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1895-1917.

Kissack examined public records, journals and books published between 1895 and 1917. His result deepens the reach of GLBT studies in the United States. Emma Goldman, Benjamin Tucker, Alexander Berkman are among the anarchists he writes about. These three were among the prominent ones who defended same-sex relations, and they often found themselves challenging the sexually conservative beliefs of their fellow anarchists, as well as those outside the movement--the police, clergy and medics--who condemned the same-sexers.

Kissack takes a new look at the trial and imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, the life and work of Walt Whitman, the contents of periodicals such as Tucker's LIBERTY and Leonard Abbott's THE FREE COMRADE, as well as the frank treatment of homosexual relations in Berkman's PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHIST. Over a hundred years ago, this small group of anarchists was way ahead of where public opinion in the USA is today.

FREE COMRADES is a trade paperback from AK Press. There are a few photos and illustrations throughout the text. It also includes notes, a bibliography and an index, $17.95

CLAUDE CAHUN (1894-1954) was born Lucy Schwob. She was known as a poet, performer, resistance fighter, prisoner, Surrealist, photographer and "queer freak." Clearly a piece of business. She was constantly reinventing her life by flaunting the interchangeability of roles and playing with the ambivalence of identity. She feigned vulnerability on the arm of her lover and stepsister, Suzanne Malherbe (aka Marcel Moore); she made theatrical public appearances in costume (sailor, gymnast, gypsy); she assumed poses (vampire, Buddha, mannequin, angel) for self-portraits and installations.

In May, 1930, 500 copies of her book, Aveux non Avenus, was published in Paris. In her book, Cahun explored her artistic pursuits in book form, a kind of anti-memoir. DISAVOWALS is the first appearance of Cahun's 1930 book in English.

DISAVOWALS is a trade paperback from The MIT Press. There are a few illustrations included with the text, plus notes, $40.00

FIRE TO FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS is by MARK DOTY.

This book collects the best of Doty's seven poetry books and also includes new work. Doty's subjects--our moral situation, the evanescent beauty of the world, desire's transformative power, and art's ability to give shape to human lives--have been developed and honed across twenty years of his writing and publishing.

FIRE TO FIRE is a hardcover from Harper, $22.95

THE GREAT COCK HUNT, by ALEX, is a pure priapic celebration of the male libido. Alex, creator of the much talked-about blog, www.thegreatcockhunt.com, is a veteran of anonymous sex, random hook-ups and kinky sex parties. Now Alex writes his first novel, taking his blog fans back to his days in college and the start of his sexual career.

Pursuing his college memories, Alex teams up with friends Lizzie and Tommy to track down their old friends, to find out who got married, who's come out...and maybe get some sex along the way. Alex runs into his old flame with a new boytoy--and he hooks up with both of them! But that's just the beginning of his journey of guy-swapping, seducing straight dudes, all-night orgies and marathon sex sessions. Practically an Olympic event!

THE GREAT COCK HUNT is a trade paperback from Kensington, $15.00

HEATWAVE, the erotic collection edited by JOHN PATRICK, was first published in 2000. This 2007 reprint brings back into print the many contributors included in this anthology.

Among the writers: Peter Eros, William Cozad, Thomas Wagner, Jason Carpenter, Lance Rush and others.

HEATWAVE is a trade paperback from StarBooks, $19.95

The late JOHN PATRICK was the editor of COUNTRY BOYS CITY BOYS; he also contributed three stories to this erotic anthology.

Other writers included are: James Medley, Greg Bowden, Jarred Goodall, Buddy Wayne, John C. Douglas, Peter Z. Pan, Jim Rothe, Peter Maya, Leo Cardini, Jack Nichols and others.

COUNTRY BOYS CITY BOYS is a trade paperback from StarBooks, $18.95

JOSEPH OLSHAN is the award-winning author of eight novels. His first, CLARA'S HEART, was developed into a film starring Whoopi Goldberg.

His latest is THE CONVERSION. We find Russell Todaro, a young American translator, in Paris with his older companion, a famous poet named Edward Cannon. One night, two bandits break into their hotel room and terrorize them. The intruders do not find what they are looking for and quickly depart. Cannon is so traumatized by the event that he dies in his  sleep later that night.

Marina Vezzoli, an Italian writer, hears of these events and invites Russell to recuperate at her villa in Tuscany. Russell lingers in Italy and comes to see that the people in his life are using him or manipulating him and at the top of the list are the New York publishers who, against Cannon's wishes, are attempting to acquire the dead poet's unfinished manuscript. Russell also becomes fascinated with the legacy of Villa Guidi. During WWII, a Jewish family hid in the lower levels, later undergoing a conversion to Catholicism. Russell, too, finds himself undergoing a different kind of conversion in order to find redemption and greater meaning in his life.

THE CONVERSION is a hardcover from St. Martin's Press, $24.95

AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS has taken the occasion in his new book, A WOLF AT THE TABLE, to revisit his memories of his family when he was young. Memories can be tricky things, particularly memories of youth. A WOLF AT THE TABLE is his meditation about his father.

Burroughs recalls his father as a shadowy presence--a form on the stairs, a cough in the basement, a silent figure smoking a cigarette in the dark. As Burroughs grew older, he saw more clearly his father's sinister side. There was something brooding and secretive about the man that Burroughs could not source or name.

Burroughs read his father's actions and inactions as betrayal after betrayal. The kind of father he wanted didn't exist in the man. And then the "games" began. This is a memoir of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope.

A WOLF AT THE TABLE is a hardcover from St. Martin's Press, $24.95

When JOEL DERFNER was six and attending summer day camp, he tried to sign up for courses in needlepoint and flower arranging. The camp counselors wouldn't let him; boys had to do other things. This was not a good idea. From that moment, as Derfner recalls in his amusing book SWISH, he set out to be the gayest person ever, no small ambition given the competition.

Along the way, he has become a fierce knitter, and even fiercer musical theatre composer and a driven step aerobics instructor. SWISH is written with a sly humor and keen insights into the parameters of gender identity. At once a hilarious look at contemporary ideas about gay culture, it is also a poignant exploration of social/sexual constructs.

SWISH: MY QUEST TO BECOME THE GAYEST PERSON EVER is a hardcover from Broadway Books, $23.95

TERRANCE DEAN spent ten years working his way up in the entertainment industry, from intern to executive. In his new book, HIDING IN HIP HOP, Dean reveals that within the masculine cultures of Hollywood and Hip Hop, there is an extensive gay subculture that most everybody knows about but industry bigwigs choose to hide.

Dean lived the life of glitz and bling along with MovieLand and Hip Hop's most glamorous. He has a catalogue of many of the secrets from those worlds, situations where a talent's job prospects, friendships and reputation all depend on remaining on the down low and in hiding. Dean's book is a revealing account of the journey of coming out of hiding.

Full of titillating anecdotes and beyond-belief true stories, HIDING IN HIP HOP is something more than just a show-biz tell-all. It is a personal and poignant memoir, a provocative take on sexuality and the business of stardom.

HIDING IN HIP HOP is a hardcover from Atria, $23.00

IORY ALLISON, in his second reading at Calamus, gave a spirited presentation from NAUGHTY ASTRONAUTESS: GLAMOUR GALORE VOLUME TWO. The event was recorded and has been posted on Allison's web site. We have signed copies.

NAUGHTY ASTRONAUTESS is a trade paperback from iUniverse, $17.95