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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature
A Genre Guide
 Series: Genreflecting Advisory Series
 Ellen Bosman, John P. Bradford and Robert B. Ridinger

1-59158-194-X/978-1-59158-194-9

Description
Explore the rich offerings of an often overlooked or forgotten body of literature, and learn the nuances of genres and formats within it.

Reviews:
-"This additional to the Genreflecting Advisory Series fills a gap, focusing on popular literature with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered characters, themes, or authors…An excellent tool for readers' advisory, as well as an outstanding reference on an important type of literature, this guide is highly recommended for public and academic libraries with GLBT collections." —Booklist
-"More than 1,000 titles, most of them fiction and most shortlisted for awards, are described. While Alison Bechdel, David Sedaris, and other authors whose works are listed here will be familiar to many, plenty of new discoveries are waiting for anyone who wants to explore the literature." —Booklist
-"Genres of importance to GLBT literature--including "Coming Out," "HIV/AIDS and Other Health Issues," and "Life Stories: Biography, Autobiography, and Memoirs"--enhance the volume's importance and contribution to facilitating access to key themes...This easy-to-use volume is a gateway to an important body of literature with growing mainstream interest. The "Issues for the Readers' Advisor" section at the beginning of each chapter will assist librarians in successfully selecting and referring users to works within these genre categories. The volume will also prove useful in academic libraries for faculty interested in expanding the diversity of their curricula...Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." —CHOICE
About the Author
Ellen Bosman is Associate Professor and Head of Technical Services, New Mexico State University Library, Las Cruces, and is a member of ALA's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table. She is a former chair of the Stonewall Book Awards Committee and Lambda Literary Awards judge

John P. Bradford, Head of Automation & Technical Services at the Villa Park Public Library, has been a member of the GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association since the early 1990's. He served from 1998-2002 as a member of its Stonewall Book Award Committee (Chair 2001-2002). He is editor of the GLBTRT Newsletter, an important continuing source of GLBT book reviews, and volunteers weekends as Librarian at the Leather Archives & Museum.

Robert B. Ridinger (MA, MLS), is Full Professor in the Northern Illinois University Libraries, and has been active for over twenty-five years in working to research and restore the gay and lesbian history of the United States. Among his writings are contributions to Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage and the Gay and Lesbian Almanac and the compiling of the groundbreaking anthology Speaking For Our Lives: Speeches and Rhetoric of Gay and Lesbian Rights (1892-2000).
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