American Studies (Paperback)
Mark Merlis's novels include American Studies, about a closeted literature professor in the McCarthy era; An Arrow's Flight, a riff on the Philoctetes myth, set simultaneously in the ancient and modern worlds; and Man About Town, a tale about politics and growing older set in Washington, DC. His most recent novel, JD, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in spring Merlis's. This ambitious and intelligent first novel by a D. Merlis has been trying unsuccessfully to finish and publish a first novel for many years, finally reaching his goal at 44, and this product of that struggle betrays its troubled origins only in its occasional verbosity.
American Studies
This ambitious and intelligent first novel by a D.C.-based gay writer focuses on the bad old days before Stonewall and one victim of the dual McCarthyisms of red-hunting and gay-baiting. Merlis has been trying unsuccessfully to finish and publish a first novel for many years, finally reaching his goal at 44, and this product of that struggle betrays its troubled origins only in its occasional. To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes. To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search. Amazon.com
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Ferro-Grumley Award for Distinction in Gay Writing Infused with desire, betrayal, and healing, Mark Merils writes with dark humor of gay life in this century. Meet Reeve who thinks his life is over: his career is at an end and his landlord is evicting him because he made too much noise when a hustler beat him up. Nestled in the heart of West Seattle, Brent Archer has built a life and a career as dynamic and vibrant as the region he calls home. This epiphany led him to switch his focus to international studies with a minor in history, an academic path that would later influence his storytelling. 
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Books About Queer History and LGBTQ+ Rights
Sixty-two-year-old Reeve lies in a hospital bed the result of a vicious beating. As he convalesces, he constructs a history for the reader, not just of the lives of himself and his mentor, Tom Slater, but of fifty years of America and the gay experience. Called an intelligent, compassionate and moving novel by Dale Peck, this first novel by Mark Merlis is back in print to illuminate a world. .
AMERICAN STUDIES
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