Review: Fool For Love: New Gay Fiction
Date of Review:
Aug.18.2011
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BookWenches
Source:
GLBT Bookshelf
If you asked me which of these short stories was my favorite, I don’t believe that I would be able to give you an answer. Each touched me in a different way: ‘Nathan Burgoine’s “Heart” broke my heart, Andrew Holleran’s “Two Kinds of Rapture” made me think, and Joel Derfner’s “De Anima” made me laugh.
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Burgoine’s characters are as sharp as the points on their teeth and their dialogue snaps like breaking spines.”
—Out in Print Queer Book Reviews
About Nathan
‘Nathan Burgoine grew up a reader and studied literature in university while making a living as a bookseller—a job he still does, and still loves. His first published short story was “Heart” in the collection Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction. Since then, he has...
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Nathan’s Favorite Books
It Had To Be You (Timothy James Beck), Straight Lies (Rob Byrnes), A Coventry Christmas (Becky Cochrane), Murder in the Rue Ursulines (Greg Herren), Practical...