Two Augusts In a Row In a Row

by Shelley Marlow

Two Augusts In A Row In A Row, Shelley Marlow's new novel and the seventh book in Publication Studio's Fellow Travelers Series, is a love letter between generations of queer persons. Set in New York City in 2001, we follow Phillip—a gender subversive drag king in search of grace and magic—through rich, sad, humorous language that is singularly Shelley Marlow's.


Kevin Killian writes, "I've been dying for something first rate and innovative and have found this in Marlow's writing. Her hero, Phillip/Philomena...is the most enchanting and elusive central character in a novel since Cassandra in Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle. While many have compared Marlow to the late Jane Bowles, I would agree if only there was a loving and empathetic Jane Bowles, and now there is and here is her book.

Genres: Queer, LGBT, Lesbian, Fiction

343 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2015

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was quiet, sad, and brilliant.

[Pelumi]

best read while waking up in spring or to a new lover

[Justine Morrow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect. Beautiful. Absolutely human in all the best and worst ways.

[Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found in the LGBT Center, NY

[Andromache · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is now my favorite book.

[Michael Montgomery · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing is good and I enjoyed the novel's pacing. Some struggle with the phrasing especially towards the end when there were some typos and punctuation missteps. Pleadant sluce of life fiction.