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Picano's account of his time involved in gay small-press publishing, first with his own SeaHorse press, and then with the addition of the collaborative Gay Presses of New York. One of the first things by Dennis Cooper that I read was Safe, which was published by GPNY. There are quite a few books mentioned in here that I should add to my to-read list. The accounts of dealing with stores and distributors reminded me of my time as a zine publisher.
This is also one of those books that got orphaned ...more
This is also one of those books that got orphaned ...more
Invaluable as a historical document, but also an accessible introduction to a number of pioneering queer writers and artists (I have a long list of titles I'd like to get ahold of now) and an intriguing "behind the scenes" look at how small presses operate. At first it's a bit hard to get a grasp on--there's so much name-dropping--but once the major players are in place it's really amazing to see how this rather tightly-knit cobweb of individuals (connected artistically and more often than not,
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Oct 31, 2018
Megan
marked it as to-read
