American Lit

Jeenifer Greidus

Daniel, a brazen, well-liked high school senior, has pursued his English teacher, Mr. Stewart, since the year began. When the two begin an affair, Daniel’s misplaced desire for attention and love finds him the victim of a violent narcissist whose startling insistence on obedience and allegiance escalates by the day. As Daniel struggles to free himself from the harrowing, emotionally and physically abusive relationship, his only solace is Jesse, a laid-back, sexually questioning drug dealer, who captures Daniel’s hesitant heart after a series of passionate encounters. Mr. Stewart uses his position of power—as well as blackmail—to drive the two boys apart, and Daniel’s choices will determine the fate of all three of their lives.

Jennifer Greidus’ short prose and poetry have appeared in Pithead Chapel, Eclectica, Two Hawks Quarterly, and more. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona. This is her first novel

Bending Toward Justice chronicles the early years of a movement pressing for equal rights and lifesaving resources for LGBTQ people, who for eons have been shunned by the ignorant, reviled by the so-called faithful, and shamed even by their own families.

Basile led the Human Rights Campaign through the AIDS epidemic as it suffered too many lives lost, fought for essential funding for research, education, and treatment, confronted ignorance and discrimination, and helped shift the hearts and minds of Americans about equal treatment.

These unsung heroes of the movement worked unobtrusively and bravely within the system to change the system. Every single one of them has a poignant, powerful story that must be told and that never should be forgotten.

In this raw and revelatory debut novel, Desire Lines is a journey through gay New York in the 1980s—the sex, the drugs, and the trauma of AIDS—from the fresh perspective of a young Black man coming of age. The novel explores African American queer identity in Africa and examines the intensity of relationships between gay men and our female friends. An unflinching and passionate look at a moment in American history marked equally by dramatic devastation and fierce determination, Desire Lines confronts the shame too often associated with our desires and pulls us back from that awful abyss.

Sebastian Stuart had a heady childhood. His brilliant, acerbic mother was the Entertainment Editor of Life magazine, and his father was an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. James Baldwin was a dinner guest and Bette Midler paid a courtesy call. Yet beneath the glittering parties, the family was haunted by unspoken tragedy.

COMING IN FALL 2022
Golden (working title) is a collection of personal essays by Asian gay, bisexual, trans, and queer men on sex. Among the topics to be included are hook ups, dating, romance, porn, body image, aging, marriage, coming out, family issues, and of course sex–one on one, groups, and solo.

The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry Torre’s touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of Grey Gardens, the now-celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary Grey Gardens and two feature-length films.

Set against a vibrant South Bronx neighborhood and the queer youth culture of Manhattan’s piers, Chulito is a coming-of-age, coming out love story of a sexy, tough, hip hop-loving, young Latino man and the colorful characters who populate his block.

In this insightful and inspirational memoir, Michael Ward returns to the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when so little was known and so few who were diagnosed survived.

Crossing the boundaries of literature and sexual culture, The Assistance of Vice tells the story of a New York City woman living on the edge. It’s 1983 and the protagonist is faced with a dilemma.

New York Times bestselling author and CNBC commenter Keith Boykin expands on the "It Gets Better" project by bringing together 25 essays by men of color on the topic of surviving growing up gay.

Set in San Francisco’s rollicking Castro district in 1971, Our Time is the story of a young gay man from the Midwest who leaves home in search of a city of men.

Now Available from the author of the novel Our Time. It’s 1971 and Charlie McKey, a young gay man from Point Reyes Station, California, arrives in San Francisco, where free love and gay liberation abound.