#mediamondays #mbcbookpicks Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel, by Joseph Ortiz, ISBN 9781793635662. "The first biography of Gordon Merrick, the most commercially successful writer of gay novels in the twentieth century." #MBCCommunity #gayauthor

#mediamondays #mbcbookpicks Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music, ISBN 9781580465342. A collection of biographical and musical essays edited by Renée Levine Packer and Mary Jane Leach that explore the life, political aggressiveness, music of the gay, black composer-performer Julius Eastman.

#mediamondays #mbcbookpicks Supergay! ISBN 9781464221590. "Frankie Grande always knew he was different. He just didn't know it was his superpower. Growing up glittery in a grayscale world, he found refuge in the fantasy realms of rainbow belts, telepathic mutants, and intergalactic girlbosses..."

#mediamondays #mbcbookpicks Gay Is Good - Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny, ISBN 9780815611134. "Collects approximately 150 letters from 1958 to 1975, critical period in Kameny’s life, during which he evolved from victim of the law to vocal opponent of the law..." #MBCCommunity

#mediamondays #mbcbookpicks This week's book pick: Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages, by Dan Jones, ISBN 9781804190463. #MBCCommunity

#mediamondays #mbcbookpicks Folsom Street Blues: A Memoir of 1970s SoMa and Leatherfolk in Gay San Francisco, ISBN 9781890834036. "An uninhibited writer spilling personal tales of sex, art, and friendship during that first decade of Gay Liberation after Stonewall..." #MBCCommunity