Holding Me Together: Essays and Poems (featuring "Reactions to Homophobia")
by Duane SimolkePublish: Aug 02, 2005LGBTPoetryGeneral Nonfiction
Book Overview
Winner, StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Award. This collection, quoted by many authors and Web masters, includes the multi-part essay Reactions to Homophobia, followed by poems and short essays on a variety of topics, such as writing, AIDS, religion, violence, family, friendship, and gay relationships. Holding Me Together ... counters homophobia, celebrates gay love, and promotes gay pride.read more
BIOGRAPHY I wrote The Acorn Stories, Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure, Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure, Holding Me Together, and New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio. I also edited and co-wrote the spin-off The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer.
Three of my books have received StoneWall Soci... ety Pride in the Arts Awards, and one received an AllBooks Reviewers Choice Award.
I love books, movies, and TV shows, especially with gay and/or scifi elements. I also love rock and dance music, 1970s-the present (and some 1960s).
Writing published in nightFire, Mesquite, Caprock Sun, Midwest Poetry Review, International Journal on World Peace, and many other publications.
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