2012

Polari asked writers what they read in 2012.

“Christopher Bram to Randy Shilts.”

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112 pages • Pindrop Press • May 20, 2012 [PB]

Cherry Smyth’s third collection is proof positive of poetry’s ability to combine the toughness and beauty of language in concentrated form, to expand brief moments and explore their possibilities.

“Smyth’s language is sometimes fibrous and stringy, at other times silky smooth. Her work is by turns deeply personal, overtly political and socially aware, without being polemical or ‘worthy’..”

Top 10 Women

Gay’s the Word, the London Lesbian and Gay Bookshop, offers its list of the Top 10 Best Books by and about women for 2011.

“Truly a fine example of how an independent bookshop should be.” – Time Out

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188 pages • Minerva • 1985

Fast-paced, funny, and astute, Boating for Beginners is unlike anything else Winterson has written.

Boating for Beginners is, in a way, mythology for beginners. It is the process by which the everyday is transformed into the eternal that is its subject. The fact that Noah accidentally creates God out of a toaster and a Black Forest Gateau is Winterson’s comedic take on this very process.