Among the Leaves: Queer Male Poets on the Midwestern Experience

Marc Notes: ; In Among the Leaves, 18 queer male poets share stories what it means to live in the Midwest. We learn what it's like for them to play football and come up short. We feel their lingering effects of bullying. We experience the undeniable power of seasons affecting their moods as they ache for a meaningful connection. We learn what it means to celebrate in spite of the odds against them. But more than anything, we discover anew through their poems the redemptive power of love and renewal among the leaves growing and falling.--Publisher's Web site.. Contributor Bio:  Luczak, Raymond Raymond Luczak is the author or editor of more than ten books, including ROAD WORK AHEAD (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011), MUTE (A Midsummer Night's Press, 2010), Assembly Required: Notes from a Deaf Gay Life (RID Press, 2009), Eyes of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader (Handtype Press, 2007), and When I Am Dead: The Writings of George M. Teegarden (Gallaudet University Press, 2007). His novel Men with Their Hands won first place in the Project: QueerLit 2006 Contest. A playwright and filmmaker, he lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.