Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 07:39:11 -0500 (GMT-0500) From: Thomas W. Holt Jr. Hi All -- I just got the following in the mail and thought I'd share it with you all. The books I've seen so far are well-researched, wonderfully written, and contain lots of illustrations. (There are some amazingly butchy pictures of Willa Cather, for example) And more importantly, the books in the biography series discuss the sexuality of their subjects! Role models are important for lesbigay youth and these books present young adult readers with historical and contemporary figures they can relate to. -- Ellen Greenblatt ulcreg@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu LIVES OF NOTABLE GAY MEN AND LESBIANS and ISSUES IN GAY AND LESBIAN LIFE -- Two New Book Series from Chelsea House Publishers -- Chelsea House Publishers is proud to present two groundbreaking series that are the first books to comprehensively cover gay and lesbian topics for young adults, who have little material available to them in this area. The titles in the Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians series are popular biographies that discuss -- rather than omit -- the subjects' sexuality and links it to their achievements. The volumes in the forthcoming Issues in Gay and Lesbian Life series are informative examinations of the most important areas in gay and lesbian life. Each book: * Provides up-to-date and scholarly introductions to the main areas in gay and lesbian studies * Focuses on subjects of concern to all readers, including young adults * Contains detailed discussions on a wide range of gay and lesbian experience * Features rarely seen photographs * Is written by a leading authority on gay and lesbian affairs * Is edited by Martin Duberman, Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center for the City University of New York (CUNY) and a leading figure in lesbian and gay studies NOW AVAILABLE IN THE LIVES OF NOTABLE GAY MEN AND LESBIANS SERIES: JAMES BALDWIN by Randall Kenan WILLA CATHER by Sharon O'Brien SAPPHO by Jane McIntosh Snyder OSCAR WILDE by Jeff Nunokawa JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES by Jeffrey Escoffier LIBERACE by Ray Mungo Jacketed hardcover: $19.95 each Paperback: $9.95 each AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER 1994 ISSUES IN GAY AND LESBIAN LIFE will debut with: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN IN SPORTS by Perry Deane Young Jacketed hardcover: $24.95 Paperback: $12.95 FORTHCOMING IN JANUARY 1995 T.E. LAWRENCE by Daniel Wolfe MARTINA NAVRATILOVA by Gilda Zwerman MARLENE DIETRICH by W.K. Martin Jacketed hardcover: $19.95 each Paperback: $9.95 each TO ORDER, OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL TOLL-FREE: 1-800-848-BOOK Chelsea House Publishers 300 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 (212) 677-4010