new for 2008

	Best Gay Stories 2008 edited by Steve Berman Well-written stories that showcase the talent and imagination of todays' most skilled writers.	Lethe Press Paperback ISBN 978-1-59021-182-3 $18.00 Release date: Fall 2008
	Beach Reading By Mark Abramson The first book in an exciting new series! San Francisco has never been moire romantic or adventuresome as portrayed by this debut novelist. A bit of magic and a lot of local lore makes for an exciting and fun read.	Lethe Press Paperback 196 pages ISBN 978-1-59021-139-7 $13
	The Beautiful Tendons Uncollected Queer Poems 1969-2007 By Jeffery Beam The Beautiful Tendons is a collection of more than three decades of lyrical, metaphysical work. James Broughton called Beam’s poetry “sensual epiphanies, lightning flashes of the dramatic heart of event, memories from the crux of dream.”	White Crane Books Trade Paperback 328  pages ISBN 1590210409 $14.95
	ALL: A James Broughton Reader Edited by Jack Foley In a life that stretched from 1913 to 1999 James Broughton witnessed and commented on the twentieth century from the point of view of an outsider. In a time aghast at its own horrors, Broughton championed laughter. He was a poet, not of the ivory tower but of the innovative street, a playful, urban voice with the notion that a poet could change the world. In a rational century, he asserted mystery. All: A James Broughton Reader collects the range of this acclaimed poet and filmmaker.	White Crane Books Paperback, 272 pages ISBN 1590210212  $20.00
	Another Word for Sky: Poems By Jay Michaelson "Jay Michaelson knows too well that our life is a wedding and a funeral, at the same time, in any given moment. The erotic on these pages comes hand in hand with the devotional." - Ilya Kaminsky, author of Dancing in Odessa " If you are comfortable in your pew, these may not be the poems for you. But if you want fully embodied poems of outrage and love -- and if you want to "make a religion of flaw," read Another Word for Sky. You wonÍt regret it." - Richard Chess, author of Third Temple Visit the author's website	Lethe Press Paperback 104 pages ISBN Forthcoming $14.95
	Take Off the Masks By Malcolm Boyd For over sixty years, Malcolm Boyd has written truthfully about his own journey to fullness.  From theologian to civil rights pioneer to coffee house troubadour to gay rights icon, Boyd has courageously and whole-heartedly shown the way to a deeper, more honest examination of all our lives, leading by example. White Crane Books is proud to re-release BoydÍs classic spiritual biography and coming out story, Take Off  the Masks, for a new generation of readers hungry for its insight, honesty and soulful perception.  With a new introduction by BoydÍs life partner, Mark Thompson, and a newly added postscript by Rev. Canon Boyd himself.	White Crane Books Paperback, 160 pages ISBN 1590210654 $20.00
	Someone Gay: Memoirs By Don Clark, Ph.D. The author of the perennially popular and life-changing book, Loving Someone Gay, recounts his own life journey from shame, failure, guilt and fear to pride, self-confidence and understanding of true feelings. Sharing how he made the transformation himself, the first officially openly gay psychologist in the U.S. and "father of gay-oriented psychotherapy" points the way for others to claim gay identity and gay pride and follow him to happiness, meaning, love and success.	Lethe Press Paperback, 360 pages ISBN 1590210670  $18.00
	Crave: Tales of Lust, Love & Longing By Catherine Lundoff Catherine Lundoff is one of the most imaginative writers working today. Her daydreams have been published in many anthologies. Her stories combine passion with the weirdness of speculative fiction. In Crave, Catherine has collected fifteen of her most recent tales. From the howls of lycanthropic desire offered by the "Leader of the Pack" to lust and larceny in "Heart's Thief," these stories will bewitch and entice women.	Lethe Press Paperback, 168 pages ISBN 1590219003  $13.00