The Penguin Book of Gay Australian Writing

Download or read book The Penguin Book of Gay Australian Writing written by Graeme Aitken and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penguin Book of Gay Australian Writingis the first anthology devoted solely to a retrospective overview of writing by gay men in this country. In his role as editor, novelist Graeme Aitken has collected together from classic and contemporary sources a selection of short stories, extracts from novels and memoir, essays, letters and poetry. While this landmark volume encompasses over seventy years of Australian writing, it particularly focuses on the past ten eventful years, a period of extraordinary growth and dynamism for gay writing. The book also includes a critical reflection by Michael Hurley, author ofA Guide to Gay and Lesbian Writing in Australia.