Here are most of them. It's a poignant sketch of a gay man who attends one of his son's high school wrestling matches to find himself tangled in the inevitable knot of filial love and undeniable lust. Without moralizing or making excuses, Provenzano honestly and non-judgementally limns an aspect of gay fatherhood rarely discussed. Tommi Avicolli Mecca Lambda Literary Book Award nominee Best American Gay Fiction 1996 edited by Brian Bouldrey This latest entry sets itself apart through a titular claim to contain only the highest-quality short stories and novel excerpts from the previous year. More specifically, of the 21 pieces just under half are drawn from periodicals and just over half are excised from books, either novels or other anthologies.
Several choices stand out.
This book deserves room on the bookshelf with feminist writing that aims to account for race, class, and sexuality and with scholarship that keeps the body at the center of focus. The biggest collection of gay erotica to date includes a selection of brand-new stories that take sex and sexuality as their backdrop.