Double Exposure: Gay Poems

by Ian Young

Poems. Saddle-stapled chapbook.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Ian Young is an English-Canadian poet, editor, literary critic, and historian. An alumnus of the University of Toronto, he founded Canada's first gay publishing company, Catalyst Press, in 1970. His work has appeared in Canadian Notes & Queries, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Rites and Continuum, as well as in more than fifty anthologies. He was a regular columnist for The Body Politic from 1975 to 1985 and for Torso between 1991 and 2008.

Young is best known for his work as editor of the anthology The Gay Muse and the bibliography The Male Homosexual in Literature. He was interested in ceremonial magic during the 1980s and was a founding member of the Hermetic Order of the Silver Sword.

His most recent book, Encounters with Authors (2013), featured historical and critical essays on the work of three noted Canadian LGBT writers, Scott Symons, Robin Hardy and Norman Elder. [wikipedia]

Reviews

[TA Inskeep · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of these are so striking - “Angel” in particular, which I first read in the collection Young compiled and edited, THE MALE MUSE - while a few leave me a little flat. But overall a book of poems that must be read.