Sex-Charge

by Perry Brass, Joe Ziolkowski (Photographer)

Erotic, tender, scorching, funny, mystical, angry, wise... these peoms are the distillation of a community in crisis and an identity in formation. Illustrated with photographs by Joe Ziolkowski.[gay men][poetry]

Genres: Poetry

73 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Perry Brass has published 23 books, including poetry, novels, short fiction, science fiction, and advice books (How to Survive Your Own Gay Life; The Manly Art of Seduction; The Manly Pursuit of Desire and Love). A member of the New York Gay Liberation Front, he has been involved with lgbtq rights since 1969, shortly after the Stonewall Uprising, co-editing Come Out!, GLF’s groundbreaking newspaper. In 1972, with two friends, he co-founded the Gay Men’s Health Project Clinic, the first clinic specifically for gay men on the East Coast, still thriving as the Callen-Lorde Community Health Service. His sexually frank novels are visionary: they include Albert or the Book of Man, 1995, which prefigured the rise of a White Christian Party that would control America, curbing reproductive, gay, and women’s rights; The Harvest, 1997, about the wholesale use of “harvested” human organs; The Substance of God, a Spiritual Thriller, 2004, about the rise of a powerful religious fundamentalist network of business interests; and Carnal Sacraments, 2007, about a mega-corporation (Amazon?) that would rule the world. His latest book is A Real Life, “Like Mark Twain with Drag Queens,/b>,” a memoir. He can be reached through his website, http://www.perrybrass.com or on Facebook.

Reviews

[TA Inskeep · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are a few real standouts here (“Walt Whitman in 1989”), but too many easy - laughs? - at unfortunate people (whom the narrator doesn’t find sexy), and some *really* unfortunate choices of words, especially about trans women and POC. An interesting time capsule, but I really can’t recommend it. (2.5 stars, really.)