reviews_and_ramblings | Event: Lost Library Release Party, Reading and Book Signing

Lost Library Release Party, Reading and Book Signing
Date: Friday, April 16, 2010
Time: 19.00 - 20.00
Place: Housing Works Used Book Store and Cafe, Crosby Street, NYC

Join Tom Cardamone in celebrating the release of The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered. Several contributors, Chris Bram, Ian Titus, Sam J. Miller, Paul Russell, and many more will share their essays on favorite queer fiction out of print and deserving of further exploration. Copies of The Lost Library will be for sale at the event, as well as several of the books covered.

The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered edited by Tom Cardamone
Publisher: Haiduk Press (March 2010)
Publisher Link: http://www.haidukpress.com/index.php/bookhome/17-the-lost-library-gay-fiction-rediscovered
ISBN-10: 097146863X
ISBN-13: 978-0971468634
Amazon: Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered

What if you wanted to give a friend the book that saved your life when you realized you were gay, but it was out of print? You could hunt in used book stores, or search online for reviews, but you’d be lucky to find it. In "The Lost Library" twenty eight modern gay authors reminisce about their favorite out of print gay novels, bringing the texts to light and telling intimate stories of their own.

“A celebratory and poetic collection . . . Bridge[s] a gap between the recent post-Stonewall generation and today’s younger gay readers. . . . The Lost Library leads the way through the stacks to numerous titles now regretfully out of print; it makes its home in the world of fiction, acting as a treasure map to yesterday’s hidden gems.” — Patty Comeau in ForeWord Magazine

“Many of the essays themselves are, like the most satisfying litereary criticism, beautifully written little memoirs and social histories on their own.” — Kevin Bentley author of Wild Animals I Have Known: Polk Street Diaries and After

Cover Art by Mel Odom