Search Results: Returned 7 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 7
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2015., Adult, Esplanade Books Call No: Fic Sin Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A bold and explicit debut novel by one of the most visceral new voices in gay fiction. Breathing Lessons is the story of Henry Moss, a homosexual everyman whose life knows none of the limitations or abuses his predecessors experienced. When a teenaged Henry came out to his mother, she worried only that he'd be lonely. At the time, he thought her concerns were old-fashioned. Two decades later, he's had supportive family and friends, he's well-liked by the athletes who train with him, trusted in his professional life, parties whenever he pleases, and performs all manner of sexual acts with whomever he wants. But as he gets older and, increasingly, the men he sleeps with are married, Henry finds that his mother may have been right. Can he find the lasting intimacy he craves in his life amidst the equal-opportunity freedom afforded by his generation's openness? Learning to navigate between the two is as delicate as learning to breathe again.
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2006., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Death in V Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A composer falls in love with a young boy and becomes obsessed with his perfection.
![Death in Venice [DVD] (2006). Directed by LuchinoVisconti.](/Library/images/~imageCT82259.JPG "Death in Venice [DVD] (2006). Directed by LuchinoVisconti.")
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By Spoon, Raec2012., Adult, Arsenal Pulp Press Call No: QWF Fic Spo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Transgendered musician Rae Spoon's first book is a fictionalized account of growing up queer in a strict Pentecostal family in rural Canada. As their father's schizophrenia causes their parents' marriage to unravel, Rae finds solace in their siblings and in their growing feelings for a girl at school. This is a coming-of-age book about escaping dogma, surviving abuse, finding love, and risking everything for acceptance.
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2012., Bloomsbury Call No: Fic Whi Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Traces the decades-long friendship of Jack Holmes and Will Wright, which is marked by Jack's secret love for Will, Will's marriage in spite of conflicted sexual feelings, and the devastating rise of AIDS.
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By Eaves, Will2019., Adult, Bellevue Literary Press Call No: Fic Eav Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In Murmur, a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan Turing. Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for "gross indecency with another male" and forced to undergo chemical castration. Set during the devastating period before Turing's suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness.
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By Sokol, Su J2019., Renaissance Press Call No: QWF Fic Sok Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Jeremy, a high school English teacher coming to grips with a shattered marriage and haunted by the brother he lost, unexpectedly falls in love with his best friend, Zak. Attractive, wildly unconventional, and happy in an open relationship with his partner Annie, Zak seems to embody everything missing from Jeremy’s life, but when the arrest and death of a marginalized student at the Brooklyn high school where they both teach trigger Zak’s mental breakdown and slow descent, Jeremy and Annie are compelled to cross boundaries, both external and internal, in a desperate attempt to save him.“This gripping story, written with a great deal of graphic detail, compassion, drama, and a detailed sense of place, takes us into the deepest recesses of trauma and makes us look at family and therapy in unconventional but convincing ways. It is intricately plotted and unpredictable.” H. Nigel Thomas, author of No Safeguards, finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction“Run J Run is a compelling chronicle of a tumultuous, erotically charged friendship imperilled by madness. Sokol charts these struggles expertly and compassionately, even as her narrative pushes buttons, defies categories and conventions, and breaks rules….” David Demchuk, author of The Bone Mother, nominee for the Giller Prize and winner of the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Fiction of the Fantastic“Sokol dares to go to that unexplored place where mental illness intersects with the complexities of sexuality and the result is surprisingly hopeful. The book’s social critique is not lost in abstract theory but is solidly rooted in character. There are living breathing people here.” Barry Webster, author of The Lava in My Bones, finalist for the Lambda Literary Award“Run J Run is a sophisticated depiction of sexual awakening and mental illness. It seamlessly navigates the deeply personal and political with a scopious understanding of the human psyche. Marvellous, compelling and vital.” Arshad Kahn, filmmaker.
