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Press Kit for Who’s Yer Daddy?

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Who’s Yer Daddy? Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and Forerunners Edited by Jim Elledge and David Groff Published December 2012 LC: 2012015510 PS 312 pp.   5.5 x 8.25 ISBN 978-0-299-28940-9 Cloth $26.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-28943-0 eBook $16.95 t Literature & Criticism / Gay Interest / Cultural Studies A trade imprint of the University of Wisconsin Press Body Copy: Who’s Yer Daddy? offers readers of gay male literature a keen and engaging journey. In this anthology, thirty-nine gay authors discuss individuals who have influenced them— their inspirational “daddies.” The essayists include fiction writers, poets, and performance artists, both honored masters of contemporary literature and those just beginning to blaze their own trails. They find their artistic ancestry among not only literary icons—Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, André Gide, Frank O’Hara, James Baldwin, Edmund White—but also a roster of figures whose creative territories are startlingly wide and vital, from Botticelli to Bette Midler to Captain Kirk. Some writers chronicle an entire tribal council of mentors; others describe a transformative encounter with a particular individual, including teachers and friends whose guidance or example cracked open their artistic selves. Perhaps most moving are the handful of writers who answered the question literally, writing intimately of their own fathers and their literary inheritance. This rich volume presents intriguing insights into the contemporary gay literary aesthetic. Blurbs: “A wonderful anthology about the literary mentors to a host of interesting gay male writers in the past few decades. An original aspect of this book is the diversity it represents. An informative, entertaining, and inspiring collection of essays.”—Philip Gambone, author of Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans “A diverse and colorful anthology, the first major work to focus on accomplished writers, on the specific topic of their creative influences.”—Jerry Rosco, author of Glenway Wescott Personally “These vibrant essays draw the reader in, illuminating a rich, intriguing, and previously unexplored subject.”—Will Fellows, author of Farm Boys and editor of Gay Bar Reviews: [Reviews will be posted when they are available.] Excerpts: [Excerpts will be posted when they are available.] Author's bio: Jim Elledge is professor of English at Kennesaw State University and author of A History of My Tattoo: A Poem; The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day: A Novel; and Various Envies: Poems. David Groff, an independent writer and poet, is author of Theory of Devolution and coeditor of Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS and Whitman’s Men: Walt Whitman’s Calamus Poems Celebrated by Contemporary Photographers. Author's website: N/A For more information, in addition to this press kit, contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu [Return to the book page for Who’s Yer Daddy?]

Cover image: This cover image can be downloaded and used in any web-based publicity for this book. For a 300 dpi version, click here. Author Photo:   Jim Elledge These images can be downloaded and used in any web-based publicity for this book. For a 300 dpi version, click here.   David Groff These images can be downloaded and used in any web-based publicity for this book. For a 300 dpi version, click here.

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