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Contents:

• 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
• GAY COWBOY ROMANCE BOOKS
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH

(shelved 2 tim as gay-wboy-romance).

(shelved 1 time as gay-wboy-romance). And while you n always zy up on the uch and prs play on a movie about queer love, the LGBTQ books will take thgs one step of the classics, bt-sellers and new releas on this list put gay characters at the heart of the story — or at the very least, are wrten by thors who intify as LGBTQ+. As the end of his life draws near, Jab hop to the right the wrongs that ed his relatnship wh his gay son, Isaac.

"How We Fight for Our Liv" by Saeed JonPoet Saeed Jon’ g-of-age memoir is a rehgly hont look at the realy of beg a Black gay man the south. When Garrard Conley is outed by his parents, they make him attend a 12-step nversn therapy program to “cure” him of his homosexualy.

GAY COWBOY ROMANCE BOOKS

"The Guncle" by Steven RowleyOnce-famo s star Patrick is a proud Guncle (Gay Uncle Patrick, actually). You won’t fd a buttoned-up gay love story the pag: Purnell unearths the dysfunctn of Black, broke and queer men fallg and out of love (or, well, lt). In this royal rom-, the prce of England and heir to the throne is gay, and longs for the son of the first woman print of the U.

" Alan feels that listeng to others is the most ccial part of his job -- and of his personal life, sce took years for Alan to say the words "I'm gay, " after fally givg to his most ner and hont has been on a journey of self-disvery and embracg his thentic self, addn to strengtheng his fay, reer, and muny relatnships.

""Admtg I was gay was ighteng, particularly to my wife, but I had to really build up a lot of nfince myself to do , and I realized that there was nothg to be ashamed of, " he ntu. "I'm fally happy and proud to be gayThat was a big step. Osborne [who is gay], and Dierks Bentley, " he 's his teractns wh the stars and others that prise a good portn of the book.

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

It's always cloudy and ray Gay's south. There are passag where Gay’s sight to the human spir overwhelms you wh power.

Roosterfish and Bradshaw are amazg characters; among the most distct and memorable Gay has ever created. You are nstantly remd of Gay’s gift and nstantly remd of our loss at his passg. Gay's works I've read, and while I did like this novel wasn"t as good as his other ma character Edgewater is a kd of wayfarg stranger roamg around ral Tennsee the 1950s gog om one temporary stop off to another.

About midway through the book we enunter other characters, some are cleverly wrten and others are predictable and too siar to others William Gay ma prr story wasn't as tertg as Twilight or the Long Home, and the character arcs I felt end somewhat anti-climatilly and a shed fashn.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

I remend for those faiar wh William Gay's prose but sual rears probably will not unrstand or enjoy the story. Reviewed the Uned Stat on May 17, 2021I llect novels by William Gay and did not have a py of "Lost Country".

If you sire Southern Fictn and like a b on the dark and twisted si, read William Gay and perhaps start wh "Twilight". Reviewed the Uned Stat on July 2, 2021The late William Gay left a superb llectn of works.

While Provc of Night remas my personal fave among his novels, The Lost Country is a story wh a punch, livered wh Gay's rich prose, played a melodic mor tone, and marvelo unrstandg of the tim about which he wrote.