Announcing the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, a 
          new publication from the Harvard Gay & Lesbian 
          Caucus (an organization of gay and lesbian 
          students, staff, faculty and graduates of Harvard 
          and Radcliffe Colleges).
               
               The Review will feature essays and treatises 
          over a wide range of disciplines, along with book 
          reviews and film and theatre reviews, a smattering 
          of poetry, and an occasional interview.
               
               In time, the Review would like to assemble a 
          national readership of literate generalists, 
          alumni/ae not only of Harvard but of any 
          educational experience that taught them a love for 
          fine writing and the play of ideas.  Works will be 
          included from persons with no connection to 
          Harvard.  What will remain in force are the 
          standards of excellence in thought and expression 
          for which Harvard is justly famous.
               
               The Review is being launched under auspicious 
          circumstances: The celebrated novelist Andrew 
          Holleran (Dancer from the Dance, Nights in Aruba) 
          has allowed us to publish the text of a talk he 
          gave at Harvard some two years ago.  The piece 
          recounts the artist's life as a young man at 
          Harvard, as he began the arduous process of coming 
          to terms with his sexual identity, and takes us up 
          to his "clone" years in New York City.  In 
          addition, the first issue will feature a sparkling 
          essay by psychologist April Martin, who critiques 
          biological theories of homosexuality and explores 
          the social origins of categories based on sexual 
          preference.  A third essay, "The Five Houses of 
          Gay Fiction" by literary scholar Reed Woodhouse, 
          offers a fascinating hypothesis on the development 
          of a distinctive gay voice in literature, what 
          Woodhouse calls a "ghetto" fiction.  Books under 
          review will include THE CORPORATE CLOSET, CONDUCT 
          UNBECOMING, and LESBIAN SOURCES.  Forthcoming 
          issues may feature reviews of film and theater 
          fare of interest to gay men and lesbians.
               
               Richard Schneider, editor of the Harvard Gay 
          and Lesbian Review, feels that despite the 
          proliferation of general-interest and narrow-
          interest publications in our community, what is 
          still missing is a national venue for intelligent 
          writing on a wide range of topics, thoughtful 
          writing neither too scholarly nor too glib.  
          Where, as he says he is not the first to ask, is 
          the NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS for gay people?  or 
          THE NEW YORKER?  Schneider sees the HARVARD GAY 
          AND LESBIAN REVIEW as offering a venue for thought-
          provoking pieces written in lively prose for the 
          intelligent non-specialist, pieces that give full 
          treatment to a topic rather than a superficial 
          gloss (while steering clear of the technical and 
          the esoteric).
               
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               To receive a copy of the Premier Issue of THE 
          HARVARD GAY AND LESBIAN REVIEW, please send a 
          check for $5 payable to HGLC (Harvard Gay and 
          Lesbian Caucus) to
               
               The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review
               P.O. Box 1809
               Cambridge MA
               02238
               
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               Please mention the fact that you heard about 
          the Review on the Internet . . . and please 
          forward this announcement to interested friends 
          and colleagues!  Thanks.