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Mikhail Kuzmin

Russian poet, novelist. His novel Wings was the first Russian novel centred on homosexuality. Kuzmin met poet Yuri Yurkun in 1913. The 2 lived together with Yurkun's mother, + wife, Olga. Their relationship lasted until Kuzmin's death in 1936. Yurkun was arrested (along with many other writers) 2 years later by Soviet authorities and shot.

1) Kuzmin
2) Yuri Yurkin
3) Kuzmin

#MikhailKuzmin #Михаи́лКузми́н #Russianpoet #novelist #writer #russianwriter #Wings #Крылья #Russiannovel #yuriyurkin #poets #russianpoets #gaylit #gayliterature

Mikhail Kuzmin

Russian poet, novelist. His novel Wings was the first Russian novel centred on homosexuality. Kuzmin met poet Yuri Yurkun in 1913. The 2 lived together with Yurkun's mother, + wife, Olga. Their relationship lasted until Kuzmin's death in 1936. Yurkun was arrested (along with many other writers) 2 years later by Soviet authorities and shot.

1) Portrait by Konstantin Somow
2) Portrait by Aleksandr Golovin
3) Portrait by Yury Annenkov

#MikhailKuzmin #Михаи́лКузми́н #Russianpoet #novelist #writer #russianwriter #Wings #Крылья #Russiannovel #kontantinsomow #aleksandrgolovin #yuriyurkin #yuryannenkov #portraits #art #artists #poets #russianpoets #gaylit #gayliterature

The UK’s 2025 Polari Prize Controversy and Its Implications

The Polari-Boyne controversy in London may have raised considerations for other awards-programs' organizers.
The post The UK’s 2025 Polari Prize Controversy and Its Implications appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/the-uks-2025-polari-prize-controversy-and-its-implications/

#ArtsCouncilEngland #Awards #Diversity #GayLiterature #Ireland
@indieauthors

London’s Polari Prizes Release Their 2025 Longlists

The United Kingdom's two Polari Prizes, one for debut publications, honor work focused on LGBTQ issues and experience.
The post London’s Polari Prizes Release Their 2025 Longlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/londons-polari-prizes-release-their-2025-longlists/

#ArtsCouncilEngland #Awards #BritishLibrary #Diversity #GayLiterature
@indieauthors

There’s sad books and then there is Philippe Besson’s Lie With Me («Arrête avec tes mensonges»).

#book #reading #gayLiterature

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40539136-lie-with-me

I finished Andrew Holleran's "The Kingdom of Sand" the other night. Great read. His style is observational, and he is able to paint a picture of the world surrounding characters, and their internal state. No earth shattering surprises, more of an elegiac homage to gay men growing old. This is a book that brackets his first book, Dancer from the Dance - about gay men in their youth.

Four stars easily.

#gay #gaymen #gayliterature #bookwyrm

https://archive.org/details/our-caribbean

Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles by Thomas Glave; Lawson Williams; José Alcántara Almánzar; Aldo Alvarez; Reinaldo Arenas; Rane Arroyo; Jesús J. Barquet; Marilyn Bobes; Dionne Brand; Timothy S. Chin; Michelle Cliff; Wesley E. A. Crichlow; Mabel Cuesta; Ochy Curiel; Faizal Deen; Pedro de Jesús; R. Erica Doyle; Rosamond S. King; Helen Klonaris; Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes; Audre Lorde; Gloria Wekker; Shani Mootoo; Anton Nimblett; Achy Obejas; Leonardo Padura Fuentes; Virgilio Piñera; Patricia Powell; Kevin Everod Quashie; Juanita Ramos; Colin Robinson; Assotto Saint; Andrew Salkey; Lawrence Scott; Makeda Silvera; H. Nigel Thomas; Rinaldo Walcott

Topics
#DominicanRepublic, #PuertoRico, #Borikén, #Cuba, #TrinidadTobago, #Trinidad, #Jamaica, #Guyana, #unitedstatesofamerika, #Bahamas, #Grenada, #ireland, #Haiti, #Panama, #StVincentandtheGrenadines, #StVincent, #canada, #kanada, #klanada, #Suriname, #Caribbean, #Caribbeanliterature, #Caribbeanwriters, #lesbianliterature, #gayliterature, #LGBTQIA, #LGBTliterature, #LGBTQliterature

https://archive.org/details/our-caribbean

Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles by Thomas Glave; Lawson Williams; José Alcántara Almánzar; Aldo Alvarez; Reinaldo Arenas; Rane Arroyo; Jesús J. Barquet; Marilyn Bobes; Dionne Brand; Timothy S. Chin; Michelle Cliff; Wesley E. A. Crichlow; Mabel Cuesta; Ochy Curiel; Faizal Deen; Pedro de Jesús; R. Erica Doyle; Rosamond S. King; Helen Klonaris; Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes; Audre Lorde; Gloria Wekker; Shani Mootoo; Anton Nimblett; Achy Obejas; Leonardo Padura Fuentes; Virgilio Piñera; Patricia Powell; Kevin Everod Quashie; Juanita Ramos; Colin Robinson; Assotto Saint; Andrew Salkey; Lawrence Scott; Makeda Silvera; H. Nigel Thomas; Rinaldo Walcott

Topics
#DominicanRepublic, #PuertoRico, #Borikén, #Cuba, #TrinidadTobago, #Trinidad, #Jamaica, #Guyana, #unitedstatesofamerika, #Bahamas, #Grenada, #ireland, #Haiti, #Panama, #StVincentandtheGrenadines, #StVincent, #canada, #kanada, #klanada, #Suriname, #Caribbean, #Caribbeanliterature, #Caribbeanwriters, #lesbianliterature, #gayliterature, #LGBTQIA, #LGBTliterature, #LGBTQliterature

https://archive.org/details/our-caribbean

Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles by Thomas Glave; Lawson Williams; José Alcántara Almánzar; Aldo Alvarez; Reinaldo Arenas; Rane Arroyo; Jesús J. Barquet; Marilyn Bobes; Dionne Brand; Timothy S. Chin; Michelle Cliff; Wesley E. A. Crichlow; Mabel Cuesta; Ochy Curiel; Faizal Deen; Pedro de Jesús; R. Erica Doyle; Rosamond S. King; Helen Klonaris; Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes; Audre Lorde; Gloria Wekker; Shani Mootoo; Anton Nimblett; Achy Obejas; Leonardo Padura Fuentes; Virgilio Piñera; Patricia Powell; Kevin Everod Quashie; Juanita Ramos; Colin Robinson; Assotto Saint; Andrew Salkey; Lawrence Scott; Makeda Silvera; H. Nigel Thomas; Rinaldo Walcott

Topics
#DominicanRepublic, #PuertoRico, #Borikén, #Cuba, #TrinidadTobago, #Trinidad, #Jamaica, #Guyana, #unitedstatesofamerika, #Bahamas, #Grenada, #ireland, #Haiti, #Panama, #StVincentandtheGrenadines, #StVincent, #canada, #kanada, #klanada, #Suriname, #Caribbean, #Caribbeanliterature, #Caribbeanwriters, #lesbianliterature, #gayliterature, #LGBTQIA, #LGBTliterature, #LGBTQliterature

https://archive.org/details/our-caribbean

Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles by Thomas Glave; Lawson Williams; José Alcántara Almánzar; Aldo Alvarez; Reinaldo Arenas; Rane Arroyo; Jesús J. Barquet; Marilyn Bobes; Dionne Brand; Timothy S. Chin; Michelle Cliff; Wesley E. A. Crichlow; Mabel Cuesta; Ochy Curiel; Faizal Deen; Pedro de Jesús; R. Erica Doyle; Rosamond S. King; Helen Klonaris; Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes; Audre Lorde; Gloria Wekker; Shani Mootoo; Anton Nimblett; Achy Obejas; Leonardo Padura Fuentes; Virgilio Piñera; Patricia Powell; Kevin Everod Quashie; Juanita Ramos; Colin Robinson; Assotto Saint; Andrew Salkey; Lawrence Scott; Makeda Silvera; H. Nigel Thomas; Rinaldo Walcott

Topics
#DominicanRepublic, #PuertoRico, #Borikén, #Cuba, #TrinidadTobago, #Trinidad, #Jamaica, #Guyana, #unitedstatesofamerika, #Bahamas, #Grenada, #ireland, #Haiti, #Panama, #StVincentandtheGrenadines, #StVincent, #canada, #kanada, #klanada, #Suriname, #Caribbean, #Caribbeanliterature, #Caribbeanwriters, #lesbianliterature, #gayliterature, #LGBTQIA, #LGBTliterature, #LGBTQliterature

https://archive.org/details/our-caribbean

Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles by Thomas Glave; Lawson Williams; José Alcántara Almánzar; Aldo Alvarez; Reinaldo Arenas; Rane Arroyo; Jesús J. Barquet; Marilyn Bobes; Dionne Brand; Timothy S. Chin; Michelle Cliff; Wesley E. A. Crichlow; Mabel Cuesta; Ochy Curiel; Faizal Deen; Pedro de Jesús; R. Erica Doyle; Rosamond S. King; Helen Klonaris; Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes; Audre Lorde; Gloria Wekker; Shani Mootoo; Anton Nimblett; Achy Obejas; Leonardo Padura Fuentes; Virgilio Piñera; Patricia Powell; Kevin Everod Quashie; Juanita Ramos; Colin Robinson; Assotto Saint; Andrew Salkey; Lawrence Scott; Makeda Silvera; H. Nigel Thomas; Rinaldo Walcott

Topics
#DominicanRepublic, #PuertoRico, #Borikén, #Cuba, #TrinidadTobago, #Trinidad, #Jamaica, #Guyana, #unitedstatesofamerika, #Bahamas, #Grenada, #ireland, #Haiti, #Panama, #StVincentandtheGrenadines, #StVincent, #canada, #kanada, #klanada, #Suriname, #Caribbean, #Caribbeanliterature, #Caribbeanwriters, #lesbianliterature, #gayliterature, #LGBTQIA, #LGBTliterature, #LGBTQliterature