Friends and Lovers: Gay Men Write About the Families They Create — John Preston and Michael Lowenthal
Author: Edited by John Preston and Michael Lowenthal
Publisher: Plume / Penguin
Format: Paperback
Edition: First Plume printing, May 1996
ISBN: 0452272548 / 9780452272545
Condition: Second-hand. Light shelf wear, minor rubbing to cover and edges, and age toning to pages. Binding appears intact from photos. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
Friends and Lovers is a collection of essays by gay men writing about love, friendship, chosen family, domestic life, partners, community and the families they create outside traditional structures. Contributors include Andrew Holleran, Michael Bronski, Steven Saylor, Christopher Bram, Arnie Kantrowitz and others.
The anthology explores gay life through intimate personal accounts, looking at relationships, household life, care, belonging and the wider support networks that sustain queer communities. It is a useful title for readers interested in LGBTQ+ history, gay studies, chosen family, queer memoir and late twentieth-century gay writing.