Second Crossing

by N.A. Diaman

Jason Mellis, an aspiring young writer arriving in San Francisco in the fall of 1958, is drawn toward a North Beach literary circle at the end of the beat era. Already beginning to question the conventional values of society, he experiences a period of intense change and surprising self-discovery as he comes to terms with his emerging sexuality.

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

N. A. Diaman (known as Nikos Diaman born Nickolas Antony Diaman on 1 November 1936 in San Francisco) is a gay[1] American novelist and artist. He received a BA in 1958 from the University of Southern California with a major in humanities. In 2000, he launched a new career as a photo-based artist. His work is in private and corporate collections in Paris, Santa Fe, San Francisco and San Miguel de Allende.
He currently lives in San Francisco but travels regularly to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Athens, Greece as well as the Aegean islands of Ikaria and Samos, where his parents and grandparents were born.