Australian gay and lesbian writing : an anthology

R. Dessaix

Patrick White, David Malouf, and Gwen Harwood are just some of the distinguished writers to be found in this first `mainstream' anthology of Australian gay and lesbian writing. Covering verse, fiction, non-fiction, diaries, and drama, from the nineteenth as well as the twentieth century, this is an anthology of gay themes not gay writers. Containing pieces on romance, self-affirmation, politics, and the subversion of stereotypes, the book ranges from the poetic to the polemical, the enigmatic to the erotic, and offers many surprises.