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The Best of Ladlad: An Anthology of Gay Writing

The Best of Ladlad: An Anthology of Gay Writing

Penned By J. Neil C. Garcia
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The Best of Ladlad: An Anthology of Gay Writing

The Best of Ladlad: An Anthology of Gay Writing

Penned By J. Neil C. Garcia
4.85 85,464 Ratings
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Editor's Note:
TWO DECADES AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST AN ANTHOLOGY OF GAY WRITING, WE OFFER THIS "BEST OF" EDITION, COMPRISED OF WHAT MY COEDITOR DANTON REMOTO AND I CONSIDER THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED AND ENDURING PIECES--POEMS, STORIES, ESSAYS, AND PLAYS--FROM THE SPANKING THREE-VOLUME LITERARY HARVEST OF THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. IT IS INTERESTING AND IMMMENSELY ELATING TO REVISIT THESE WORKS, AND TO READ THEM FROM THE PRIVILEGED PRISM OF THE PRSENT THAT THEY DOUBTLESS MADE POSSIBLE, AT LEAST IN A PRSENT IN WHICH THE "BRAND" LADLAD HAS RECENTLY BECOM AN ACCREDITED POLITICAL PARTY, GAY INDEPENDENT CINEMA HAS SEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED EFFLORESCENCE, ALTERNATIVE "HOMOSEXUAL" REPRESENTATIONS HAVE PROLIFERATED ON TELEVISION AND THE NEW MEDIA, AND A VIABLE LESBIAN-GAY-TRANSGENDER MOVEMENT HAS VERITABLY TAKEN ROOT IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE BEST OF LADLAD ...IS BOTH DOCUMENT AND WITNESS, AND A SOURCE OF RARE AND ELOQUENT COURAGE; BRUISED AND DISABUSED, DELIRIOUS AND ENTHUSED, FILIPINO LGBT HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR. THE REST OF THE LUMINOUS JOURNEY BECKONS." --FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY J. NEIL C. GARCIA

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Length 276 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Released 2014
Identifier (ISBN) 25343625
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J. Neil C. Garcia is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, J. Neil C. Garcia can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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