description:  Living up to its title, Wonderlands comes fueled by wanderlust and features every kind of wonderland. In fact, the collection’s contributors—a mix of established gay writers and the best of the new generation—don’t settle for the obvious. Focusing on the sheer visceral thrill of travel, the adventure of it, they set out all over the world and always find something unexpected: love, passion, history, themselves. The result is an anthology of dynamic writing that will motivate readers to book their next flight, or at least get them dreaming of other places. And the places are legion. Mack Friedman sets off into the deceptively butch wilds of Alaska. Robert Tewdwr Moss tracks through the back roads of Syria and his own version of Arabian nights. Colm Tobin discovers a Spanish Brigadoon and Edward Field drinks tea with Paul Bowles. For Wayne Koestenbaum Vienna is both a city of high low culture, and for Philip Gambone Asia becomes a place of second chances. Raphael Kadushin settles into the ethereal sun of a Dutch spring. Michael Lowenthal remembers a jarring encounter in the Scottish Highlands, and Tim Miller tallies the 1001 beds he has slept in all over the world. And Edmund White, in a classic of elegiac travel writing, recounts his harrowing drive through the Sahara with a man he loved.Contributors: Brian Bouldrey Mitch Cullin Edward Field Mack Friedman Philip Gambone Rigoberto González Raphael Kadushin Wayne Koestenbaum Matthew Link Michael Lowenthal Alistair McCartney J. S. Marcus David Masello Tim Miller Robert Tewdwr Moss Boyer Rickel Bruce Shenitz Colm Tóibín Edmund White
language: English
title: Wonderlands
titlecomplete: Wonderlands
genres: Queer, Travel, Gay
ratings_count: 17
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Anthology Nonfiction
publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press