Latin Lovers: True Stories of Latin Men in Love [Paperback]

Erasmo Guerra (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Painted Leaf Pr (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891305131
• ISBN-13: 978-1891305139
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,146,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Erasmo Guerra is an award-winning writer and journalist. His personal essays have appeared in The New York Times, Texas Monthly, The Texas Observer and aired on NPR. His debut novel Between Dances received the Lambda Literary Award.

As a regular contributor to the New York Daily News, AARP magazine and other publications, Erasmo has written feature stories on subjects from actress America Ferrera to writer Julia Alvarez. He has received writing fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He is a member of the Macondo Writers' Workshop.

Erasmo was born on the Texas-Mexico border and now lives in New York City. He loves strong coffee and hearing other people's crazy-family stories.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Latin Lovers, Latin Others, November 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Latin Lovers: True Stories of Latin Men in Love (Paperback)

Here is a noble attempt at inscribing a Latino presence within the trendy "love" anthologies making a belated (but welcomed) splash in the gay writing market, yet this collection offered a dangerous view of the Latino male as object (not subject) of desire. Still it is important in that it fuels the dialogue about how the gay Latino serves as agent for the non-Latino author's fantasies. This is a must for any queer studies curriculum that analyzes how race and gender connect, and how the Latino body continues to be exoticized even by marginalized literature. An interesting read.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Will the Real "Latins" Please Stand?, June 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Latin Lovers: True Stories of Latin Men in Love (Paperback)

Latin Lovers: True Stories of Latin Men in Love is quite a deceptive title. What at first glance appears to be a collection of Latino penned stories about their love lives and interests is in fact more of a collection of essays underscoring the pervasive fetishization of men of color (here, Latinos) in the mainstream gay community. The wonderful pieces by Arenas,Campo, Castro, and Manrique, for example, are exceptions to the rule. But I found many other pieces down-right offensive--I thought I was reading the Spartucus Guide! I would recommend Jaime Cortez's anthology Virgins, Guerrillas, and Locas: Gay Latinos Writing About Love over this uneven, unsettling collection.

6 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great work!, November 24, 1999

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This review is from: Latin Lovers: True Stories of Latin Men in Love (Paperback)

The best thing about the stories contained in LATIN LOVERS is the eclectic and diverse range of author backgrounds and the types of stories told. Editor Erasmo Guerra has compiled together burlesque comedies, poignant memoirs, erotic dramas and bittersweet love stories. Two highlights are Jesse Dorris' "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" and the stark, sardonic, honesty of "Hotel Hombre" by Blaine Hopkins. Read this book!