Two Plugs and a Whoop Whoop | The official website of Andrew J. Peters

Busy time here with work-weeks extending into the weekend and house guests on the way. So I just wanted to jot off a couple of plugs.

First, I encourage folks to check out Eric Mays’ Author Speaks series that got started earlier this month and will have interviews with Jordan Krall, Bill Fitzhugh, Anne Rice (yes, the Anne Rice) and yours truly (later this summer).

Next, Ganymede #7 is out with a fantastic assortment of poetry, new fiction and reprints of historical homoerotic literature. I especially enjoyed the final installment of Scott Hess’ Bergdoff Boys, which is sort of a gay Sex in the City (if that’s not redundant) with interwoven themes of recovery, gay identity and gay marriage. Short fiction by 20th century British author Denton Welch stood out as well. His story “When I was Thirteen” is gay coming of age that goes from sweet and charming to horrific when a boy’s fascination with an older teen is discovered by his older brother. Since this is National Poetry Month, I should mention some of the really amazing poets: Saeed Jones, Ocean Vuong, and Ivar Sild, among many fine contributors.