Eros In Boystown: Contemporary Gay Poems About Sex

by Michael Lassell

Thanks to its inviting small format, appealing design, and involving selection of erotic poems, this is the perfect book for the gay gift market. It includes contributions by such authors as W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Hart Crane, Allen Ginsberg, Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin, and Paul Monette.

Genres: Poetry, LGBT

57 pages, Hardcover

First published February 13, 1996

About the author

Michael Lassell has written extensively in the fields of design, travel, the arts and GLBT studies. His poetry, stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, journals and anthologies in the U.S. and abroad, as well as numerous college and university textbooks.

He has been most often anthologized for his poem, written at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, "How to Watch Your Brother Die."

His work behind the scenes on Broadway with Disney have been described as some of the most honest accounts of production life.

He was the features director of "Metropolitan Home" from 1992 until 2009. And has served as managing editor of Interview and L.A. Style magazines, as well as a theater critic for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and L.A. Weekly.

Lassell currently resides in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Also writes as Michael Lewis.

Reviews

[Oscar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars for Big Load Pride

[Chase · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hot, intimate; this collection builds it up, tears it down. The authors are at all times conscious of their sexiness, yet sometimes lack the disclosure (the emotion) to express the spectrum of desire; at times they lack the authority to include others.

[Veronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

i think we should start calling hookups or situationships "fucks" again

also "f*ggot alchemy" is an incredible phrase

[Glen Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. Nice little bedside book of gay poetry.

[Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pocket style book of sex poems? Yes pls.

[Arleigh Rodgers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up randomly in the library and found it was a little (pointlessly) graphic for me but also had some shining moments. Btwn 2.5/3

[BookChampions · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strong anthology of love/sex poems. Unabashedly queer, sexy, and sweet.