Gay and Lesbian Pride, 2005

Cocktails
Powell, D.A. | Graywolf Press, © 2004 | 811 Powell
Powell completes his trilogy about growing up gay and living with HIV/AIDS. Cocktails is a pun on an active social life and prescribed anti-AIDS drugs.
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Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders
Gaspar De Alba, Alicia | Arte Publico Press, © 2005 | FIC G
In Mexico to adopt a baby with her partner Brigit, Ivon encounters homophobia, violence against women, widespread prejudice, and murder.
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The Fabulous Sylvester
Gamson, Joshua | Henry Holt, © 2005 | B Sylvester G
A moving biography of Sylvester James -- cross-dressing, out, African-American disco star.
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Life Mask
Donoghue, Emma | Harcourt, © 2004 | FIC D
The private drama of three celebrated Londoners is turned into a robust, full-bodied portrait of a world on the brink of revolution. From the author of Slammerkin.
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The Line of Beauty
Hollinghurst, Alan | Bloomsbury, © 2004 | FIC H
Life in fashionable London during the Thatcher years, as seen through the eyes of young Nick Guest.
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Luna
Peters, Julie Anne | Little, Brown, © 2004 | FIC P
Regan has always been there for her transgender brother, Liam, sacrificing her needs for his, but when he announces that he is ready to "transition" into Luna permanently, Regan is not sure she can handle the consequences.
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Luncheonette: A Memoir
Sorrentino, Steve | Regan, © 2005 | 647.9574 S
Unexpected life lessons for Sorrentino, who left behind his acting ambitions to return to the side of his ailing father and work in the family's New Jersey diner.
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Magical Thinking: True Stories
Burroughs, Augusten | St. Martin's Press, © 2004 | B Burroughs
The fabric of Augusten Burroughs's life: a collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal yet unabashedly intimate, stories that shine a flashlight into dark and hilarious places.
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The school among the ruins
Rich, Adrienne | W.W. Norton, © 2004 | 811 Rich
With fierce and musical poems, Rich traces the imprint of a public crisis on individual experiences.
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Shameless
Burston, Paul | Warner, © 2004 | FIC B
With no one to turn to, Martin decides to relive the wild youth he never had and - at the ripe old age of thirty-two - jumps headfirst into hedonism.
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Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century
Robb, Graham | Norton, © 2004 | 306.766 R
An exploration of homosexuality in the Victorian era uncovers unexpected tolerance as well as more predictable examples of oppression and secrecy.
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Ten Little New Yorkers
Friedman, Kinky | Simon & Schuster, © 2005 | FIC F
A murderer is methodically killing off unsuspecting Manhattan men, and all clues point towards Kinky!
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Vital Lies
Hart, Ellen | St. Martin's Minotaur, © 2004 | FIC H
Someone is trying to scare off guests at the Fothergill Inn. A second Jane Lawless mystery.
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Why I Wake Up Early
Oliver, Mary | Beacon, © 2004 | 811 Oliver
This collection presents 42 new poems, all written within the last two years, imbued with the extraordinary perceptions of a poet at the height of her power.
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