….actually, they DO buy a lot of magazines…and “tasteful” erotica art books.
Gay men don’t read a lot of gay genre fiction because it is mostly terrifyingly bad.
thats an easy answer #2. there is plenty of good gay fiction to read. but why should we be expected to read just gay books? a universial theme is a universal theme.
personally, i like reading the occasional trashy gay novel. And when Alan Hollinghurst wins the booker, its double good. his novels are HOTT and well read.
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In turn, that’s an easy answer #3. Neither Rice nor Aaron suggested anyone’s expected to read just gay books. But by saying “a universal theme is a universal theme,” you seem to imply that there’s no legitimate place for a gay literature beyond “the occasional trashy gay novel.” Would you say the same about any other culture or subculture’s literature? Themes may be universal, but experiences are not.
Two “T”s, yet oddly enough it’s the exaggeratedly aspirate “h” and the prolonged, guttural “o” that distinguish it from single “T” “hot.”
Point taken, Y.A.M., but until it’s in the OED somewhere after “hawt” and “hella,” it’s not exactly standard. And even if it is a word, it’s a lousy description of anything written by Alan Hollinghurst.
no. they just don’t read enough christopher rice books.
Tell that to all the queers I ring up at Borders
….actually, they DO buy a lot of magazines…and “tasteful” erotica art books.
Gay men don’t read a lot of gay genre fiction because it is mostly terrifyingly bad.
thats an easy answer #2. there is plenty of good gay fiction to read. but why should we be expected to read just gay books? a universial theme is a universal theme.
personally, i like reading the occasional trashy gay novel. And when Alan Hollinghurst wins the booker, its double good. his novels are HOTT and well read.
m
In turn, that’s an easy answer #3. Neither Rice nor Aaron suggested anyone’s expected to read just gay books. But by saying “a universal theme is a universal theme,” you seem to imply that there’s no legitimate place for a gay literature beyond “the occasional trashy gay novel.” Would you say the same about any other culture or subculture’s literature? Themes may be universal, but experiences are not.
Hot has one T, even among gay people.
Speaking of culture and subculture, grandpa:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hott
Two “T”s, yet oddly enough it’s the exaggeratedly aspirate “h” and the prolonged, guttural “o” that distinguish it from single “T” “hot.”
Point taken, Y.A.M., but until it’s in the OED somewhere after “hawt” and “hella,” it’s not exactly standard. And even if it is a word, it’s a lousy description of anything written by Alan Hollinghurst.
no. they just don’t read enough christopher rice books.
which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.