You could simply call this the most important collection of gay and lesbian poetry yet published. It is. - Bay Area Reporter
Surpasses every previous anthology of its kind in size, in presenting both men's and women's writings, and in quality. - Booklist
Includes poems by Dorothy Allison, W.H. Auden, James Baldwin, Jane Barnes, Susan Cavin, Cheryl Clarke, Jan Clausen, Tatiana de la Tierra, Allen Ginsberg, Jewelle Gomez, Judy Grahn, Marilyn Hacker, Joy Harjo, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Joan Larkin, Audre Lorde, Honor Moore, Eileen Myles, Frank O'Hara, Pat Parker, Adrienne Rich, Linda Smuckler, May Swenson, Kitty Tsui, Tennessee Williams
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