The Gay & Lesbian Literary Companion by Sharon Malinowski; Christa Brelin; Malcolm Boyd

'Give s the researcher, student, and casual reader a 'collective experience' of insight'. -- American BooksellerThis anthology-plus showcases writings with gay or Lesbian themes. In addition to presenting excerpts from fiction, poetry, plays and essays, it discusses in depth the writers' lives and art and provides a complete list of their published writings. Among the 45 authors profiled are Dorothy Allison, James Baldwin, Rita Mae Brown, Armistead Maupin, Sarah Schulman, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf.