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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 03:03:32 -0500
Subject: New book counters homophobia

Press release/July 2000: New book counters homophobia

Duane Simolke's book Holding Me Together is now
available to order via most local or on-line
bookstores.  This collection begins with the long
essay "Reactions to Homophobia," followed by poems and
short essays on a variety of topics, such as religion,
violence, refugees, friendship, and gay relationships.
 

Readers can find excerpts from "Reactions to
Homophobia" on-line via Duane Simolke's Home Page
(http://way.to/acorn). 

Simolke's writings have appeared in dozens of
publications, including The International Journal On
World Peace, Midwest Poetry Review, Caprock Sun,
sortedCHAOS, The Funny Paper, Perception, Community
Voice, The New Voice of Nebraska, and (on the
Internet) The Electronic Gay Community Magazine. 

The Acorn Stories, Simolke's first book, looks at
relationships, ambitions, and secrets in a Texas town.
One of the most controversial stories in that fiction
collection is "Mirrors: A Blackmail Letter," which
involves censorship, adultery, vandalism, and the
ex-gay movement.  

The Acorn Stories also lampoons "family values"
politicians, the Promise Keepers, and many other
sacred cows.  What will George W. Bush say?

Simolke also wrote Stein, Gender, Isolation, and
Industrialism: New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio.  In
that book, he examines Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg,
Ohio, as it relates to Gertrude Stein, gender roles,
gay subtext, failed communication, and the machine in
the garden. 

Simolke was born in New Orleans on May 28, 1965. 
Majoring in English, he received his B.A. at Belmont
University (Nashville, TN, '89), his M.A. at
Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, TX, '91), and his
Ph.D. at Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX, '96).  He
presides in Lubbock, Texas. 

http://way.to/acorn 

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