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ATDrake · 07-24-2015, 02:50 PM

Divining Divas: 100 Gay Men on their Muses edited by Michael Montlack, himself an award-winning poet and faculty member at Berkeley College (author bio-blurb + poem over at The Cortland Review), is a collection of poetry written by gay men as tributes to the women (both famous and fictional) who inspired them, including contributions by Kenyon Review Prize-winner Randall Mann (Wikipedia), Lambda Literary Award-winner Mark Bibbins (Wikipedia) and many more, with influences as ancient as Sappho and as modern as Lady Gaga (with a detour into pop culture with the X-Men and Buffy the Vampire Slayer et al.), free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press (Wikipedia).

Disappointingly, there are no mini-essays on "how this diva inspires me" to go with the actual poems, but apparently an earlier book from this editor out from the University of Wisconsin Press covered that, and there's an interview with Montlack about both that book and this one over at the Huffington Post, if you're interested.

Currently free (and DRM-free) for anywhere up to the next 5 days @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere worldwide as long as it's via Amazon due to the KDP Select exclusive-or-else thing).

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because it's always nice to see more arts & humanities freebies, with bonus points for the added diversity of focusing on women and minorities, and if they include some pop-culture intersectionality, then that's even more awesome.

Enjoy!

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Named one of the 2013 Over the Rainbow Project book list, sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table of the American Library Association!

Editor Michael Montlack has assembled an anthology of a hundred gay poets--award winners and fresh voices--in thrall with female icons throughout the ages ranging from Gloria Swanson to Mary J, Blige, from Edith Piaf to Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler to Lady Gaga. These are not merely appreciations of the gorgeous and daring but poems that are confessional to bittersweet to witty.

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle DRM-free) Divining Divas: Gay Men on their Muses [LGBT Tribute Poetry] Divining Divas: 100 Gay Men on their Muses edited by Michael Montlack, himself an award-winning poet and faculty member at Berkeley College (author bio-blurb + poem over at The Cortland Review), is a collection of poetry written by gay men as tributes to the women (both famous and fictional) who inspired them, including contributions by Kenyon Review Prize-winner Randall Mann (Wikipedia), Lambda Literary Award-winner Mark Bibbins (Wikipedia) and many more, with influences as ancient as Sappho and as modern as Lady Gaga (with a detour into pop culture with the X-Men and Buffy the Vampire Slayer et al.), free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press (Wikipedia). Disappointingly, there are no mini-essays on "how this diva inspires me" to go with the actual poems, but apparently an earlier book from this editor out from the University of Wisconsin Press covered that, and there's an interview with Montlack about both that book and this one over at the Huffington Post, if you're interested. Currently free (and DRM-free) for anywhere up to the next 5 days @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere worldwide as long as it's via Amazon due to the KDP Select exclusive-or-else thing). And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day. Because it's always nice to see more arts & humanities freebies, with bonus points for the added diversity of focusing on women and minorities, and if they include some pop-culture intersectionality, then that's even more awesome. Enjoy! Description Named one of the 2013 Over the Rainbow Project book list, sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table of the American Library Association! Editor Michael Montlack has assembled an anthology of a hundred gay poets--award winners and fresh voices--in thrall with female icons throughout the ages ranging from Gloria Swanson to Mary J, Blige, from Edith Piaf to Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler to Lady Gaga. These are not merely appreciations of the gorgeous and daring but poems that are confessional to bittersweet to witty. Last edited by ATDrake; 07-24-2015 at 02:52 PM.