TAKE ANY TRAIN (1990)
A book of gay men's poetry
edited by Peter Daniels.
ISBN 1-872668-00-3 64 pages £4.95 / $9.95
In the past, the homoerotic in poetry had to be more
or less coded, and it still can be ignored by many readers and critics of Marlowe, Auden, and all
but the most outrageous of Rimbaud's lyrics and prose-poems.
Today there are still more difficult choices for gay poets. What is the right kind
of honesty? And what is the right kind of tone? I think the poets in this book are looking for
truthful answers, in a way which is serious, but not solemn. Peter Daniels has made a selection any
reader can enjoy, and learn from
Edward Lucie-Smith
All of the poems in this book write about "how it
feels". In doing so, they add their testimony to a growing literary tradition, a tradition which
speaks with honesty and eloquence of our deepest desires.
"A beautiful, celebratory, sexy book"
Michèle Roberts A fresh exciting collection with a wide-angled lens,
from the concerns of the city waitress to fears of coming out, this poetry crosses boundaries but
doesn't forget to laugh. A confident collection that captures the many varied voices of gay writing
today.
Jackie Kay Forget A-Z's and town plans -- this book is a real
map of the city: full of women and men writing to explain and writing to stay alive in this dirty,
muddled, aggressive, and sometimes beautiful reality of life in the '90s
Ian McMillan A collection of new poety by women, selected for
originality and risk. Provocative, poignant, humorous, erotic, a showcase for some of the best in
women's poetry now. In cluding poems by Carol Ann Duffy, U.A. Fanthorpe, Alison Fell, Selima Hill,
Jackie Kay, Mimi Khalvati and many new writers of whom we shall hear more.
"Fresh and uncommon" Kate Kellaway, The Observer. "Grief, anger, fear and desire... In this book the
poetry of HIV is as immediate as an activist's T-shirt and as piercing as a lyric from the Greek
anthology."
Adam Mars-Jones.
Including poetry by Thom Gunn, Penelope Shuttle, Edwin Morgan, Michael Lassell and
Assoto Saint.
WHATEVER YOU DESIRE (1990)
A book of Lesbian poetry
edited by Mary Jo Bang.
ISBN 0-9512581-9-2 80 pages £4.95 $9.95
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LANGUAGE OF WATER LANGUAGE OF FIRE (1992)
A celebration of lesbian and gay poetry
edited by Berta Freistadt & Pat O'Brien.
ISBN 1-872668-01-1 78 pages £5.99 / $9.95
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OF EROS AND OF DUST (1992)
Poems from the City
edited by Steve Anthony.
ISBN 1-872668-02-x 88 pages £5.99 / $9.95
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AS GIRLS COULD BOAST (1994)
New poetry by women
edited by Christina Dunhill.
ISBN 1-872668-03-8 112 pages £7.99 / $10.95
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JUGULAR DEFENCES (1994)
An AIDS anthology
edited by Peter Daniels and Steve Anthony.
ISBN 1-872668-04-6 112 pages £7.99 / $10.95
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contains selections from each of the published Anthologies on this page.
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