Queer Dog: Homo Pup Poetry [Paperback]

Gerry G. Pearlberg (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Queer Dog | Publication Date: June 1997

With dogs looming large in America's "collective conscious, " according to a recent New Yorker article, Queer Dog presents a collection of canine poetry in a range of styles by such famous and infamous gay and lesbian poets as Gertrude Stein, Jack Anderson, Jeffery Conway, May Sarton, Eileen Myles, and Jan Freeman.

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Editor Gerry Gomez Pearlberg argues that dogs are a queer's best friend. This collection of gay and lesbian authors' writing about their dogs includes noted poets such as W. H. Auden, Bernard Cooper, Mark Doty, Melinda Goodman, James Schuyler, Linda Smukler, and Gertrude Stein. Pearlberg maintains that gay writers understand their pets better because they are "masters at reconfiguring what it means to create a family," but whatever the reason, these poems--ranging from witty to elegiac, sexy to sensuous--comprise a fine collection of contemporary gay and lesbian writing that tells us in moving, often brilliant poetry what it is like to live as a gay person today.

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press; 1st edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157344071X
• ISBN-13: 978-1573440714
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,546,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Queer canines come out of the doghouse!, February 1, 2001

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Javier (Miami) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Queer Dog: Homo Pup Poetry (Paperback)

I purchased this book for a good friend of mine, a lesbian who loves dogs. I have to admit, with a title like "Queer Dog: Homo/Pup/Poetry," I thought this was a novelty item. But when it arrived, I realized that the calibre of writing was pretty outstanding. Gerry Gomez Pearlberg has edited a really provocative volume of verse including classic poets like Thom Gunn, May Swenson, and Mark Doty, to newer writers such as Lawrence Schimel, Gerard Wozek, Fran Winart and Michael Klein. The writing really makes you look at your dog in a brand new way! From David Levinson's poem "Knowing": My bulldog/He likes long walks/on the beach, a bath on Sunday, scraps/for dinner. And sometimes, a kiss in/the morning after coming home/from roaming the neighborhood. The/spoiled smell of another on his lips.

This book is definitely a great gift, even for people who say they aren't fond of poetry. I'm buying two more! Say, how about a book for queer felines?