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Perry Brass

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Gay and Lesbian, Self Help, Fiction

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Perry Brass has published 23 books, including poetry, novels, short fiction, science fiction, and advice books (How to Survive Your Own Gay Life; The Manly Art of Seduction; The Manly Pursuit of Desire and Love). A member of the New York Gay Liberation Front, he has been involved with lgbtq rights since 1969, shortly after the Stonewall Uprising, co-editing Come Out!, GLF’s groundbreaking newspaper. In 1972, with two friends, he co-founded the Gay Men’s Health Project Clinic, the first clinic specifically for gay men on the East Coast, still thriving as the Callen-Lorde Community Health Service. His sexually frank novels are visionary: they include Albert or the Book of Man, 1995, which prefigured the rise of a White Christian Party that wo ...more

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	The Manly Art of Seduction, How to Meet, Talk To, and Become Intimate with Anyone by Perry Brass (Goodreads Author), Tom Laine (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel Lust : An Erotic Novel of Time Travel 2.98 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirage 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of Angels, A Novel About the Genesis of Identity and Belief by Perry Brass (Goodreads Author), Patrick Merla (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warlock: A Novel of Possession 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Harvest: A Novel by Perry Brass (Goodreads Author), Tom Laine (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Albert, Or, the Book of Man 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carnal Sacraments: A Historical Novel of the Future by Perry Brass (Goodreads Author), cover photo by Andre DeLoach (Illustrator), Patrick Merla (Editor) 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Substance of God really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Anna and Ten: Anna Magnani & Tennesse Williams, A Special Friendship

One of the joys and strange problems of being an artist is your relationship with other artists; that is other artists who are your contemporaries, and possibly equal, and artists who came before you and who loom in your life bigger than you can handle.

Two great examples of the later were Michelangelo and Beethoven. Michelangelo scared other artists of his time; he was so huge, so "protean." He w Read more of this blog post »

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Perry Brass wrote a new blog post Anna and Ten: Anna Magnani & Tennesse Williams, A Special Friendship One of the joys and strange problems of being an artist is your relationship with other artists; that is other artists who are your contemporaries, an Read more of this blog post »
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Perry liked Perry Brass's blog post: A brief taste of "A Real Life, Like Mark Twain with Drag Queens "I want more people to know about my memoir "A Real Life, Like Mark Twain with Drag Queens." Why? Because the people who have read it have loved it,. To me, it seemed like a magical book. I had never wanted to write a memoir—I didn't want to dredg..." Read more of this blog post »
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Perry liked DFigueroa Joseph's review of A Real Life: Like Mark Twain with Drag Queens: "Should a queer 17-year old boy read this book? If his life has consisted of an environment in which his parents have been aware of his orientation, nurtured his needs, protected, and supported him in a loving environment as a family member and human b" Read more of this review »
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Perry and 4 other people liked Felice's review of A Real Life: Like Mark Twain with Drag Queens: "Perry Brass is a versatile author. He writes Science Fiction, He writes How-To psychology books, and a few years ago he wrote a memoir of his youth, King of Angels, the story of himself as a poor Jewish boy growiing up in the American South, that I f" Read more of this review »
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Perry made a comment in the group Gay fiction/non-fiction — Introduction topic " A new interview with me, Perry Brass, is up on BAMMER & ME, a great podcast site moderated by Mike Balaban. You'll hear about my growing up impoverish ...more "
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This book has meant a great deal to a big number of gay reads and straight readers too. If you find meeting men difficult, talking to them, and of course going to bed with them, then this book is for you. It is wise, humane, and fun to read. it is al ...more
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“If you are what you eat, then why aren’t you what you desire?"
Desire stands in the great no-man’s land of human activity: the zone of most conflict, fear, and anxiety. It scares us. We are often asked to hate it—by those who claim to have given it up for “better” things, and who often, hypocritically, haven’t.”
― Perry Brass

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