New in May: Alison Bechdel, Eric Sasson, Andy Cohen, and Kate Bornstein

Author: Edit Team

May 3, 2012

Spring is officially here and so are a plethora of new books! This May you can pick up new releases from Alison Bechdel, Andy Cohen, and Dirk Vanden.

Alison Bechdel follows up her acclaimed graphic novel Fun Home with another stirring examination of familial relationships. In Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Bechdel delves into her often complicated relationship with her mother:

Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. It’s a richly layered search that leads readers from the fascinating life and work of the iconic twentieth-century psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, to one explosively illuminating Dr. Seuss illustration, to Bechdel’s own (serially monogamous) adult love life. And, finally, back to Mother—to a truce, fragile and real-time, that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers

Beacon Press is releasing the long awaited new new memoir from author/icon Kate Bornstein. A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir is described as the ” […] true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today.”

Henry Holt and Co. is releasing Most Talkative, a new memoir from Bravo network mastermind Andy Cohen:

… Cohen tells tales of absurd network-news mishaps, hilarious encounters with the heroines of his youth, and the real stories behind the Real Housewives. Dishy, funny, and full of heart, Most Talkative provides a one-of-a-kind glimpse into the world of television, from a fan who grew up watching the screen and is now inside the TV, both making shows and hosting his own.

Also this month expect new releases from Eric Sasson, Rebecca S. Buck, and a new memoir from author Dirk Vanden.

As always, if we missed an author or book, or if you have a book coming out next month, please email us.

Fiction

The Complete Lockpick Pornography by Joey Comeau, ECW Press
The Fall by Ryan Quinn, AmazonEncore
Gulliver Takes Manhattan by Justin Luke Zirilli, AmazonEncore Editions
The Heart’s History by Lewis DeSimone, Lethe Press
In One Person by John Irving, Simon and Schuster
Lovers by Daniel Arsand, Europa Editions
Margins of Tolerance by Eric Sasson, Livingston Press
The Miles by Robert Lennon, Kensington Books
Three by Annemarie Monahan, PM Press
Running in Bed by Jeffrey Sharlach, Two Harbors Press
The Survival Methods and Mating Rituals of Men and Marine Mammals by Chris Kenry, Kensington Books

Nonfiction

Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination by Mark Rifkin, University Of Minnesota Press
From Sin to Amazing Grace: Discovering the Queer Christ by Patrick S. Cheng, Seabury Books
LGBT Youth in America’s Schools by Jason Cianciotto and Dr. Sean Cahill, University of Michigan Press
The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to their Younger Selves edited by Sarah Moon and James Lecesne, Arthur A. Levine Books
The Love of David and Jonathan by James Harding, Equinox Publishing
Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples by Rodger Streitmatter, Beacon Press
Rereading Heterosexuality: Feminism, Queer Theory, and Contemporary Fiction by Rachel Carroll, Edinburgh University Press
The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood by Carlos A. Ball, NYU Press
This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. by Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin Press
Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children by Rachel Pepper, Cleis Press
Sexual Politics in the Work of Tennessee Williams: Desire Over Protest by Dr Michael S. D. Hooper, Cambridge University Press

Mystery

Dark Wings Descending by Lesley Davis, Bold Strokes Books
The Locket and the Flintlock by Rebecca S. Buck, Bella Books
Tats Too: The Case of the Devil’s Diamond by Layce Gardner, Bella Books

LGBT Studies

Canadian Perspectives in Sexualities Studies Identities, Experiences, and the Contexts of Change by Diane Naugler, Oxford University Press
Intersections between Feminist and Queer Theory edited by Diane Richardson, Janice McLaughlin and Mark E. Casey, Palgrave Macmillan
Liberation Theology in Chicana/o Literature: Manifestations of Feminist and Gay Identities by Alma Rosa Alvarez , Routledge
Odd Couples: Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation by Anne Muraco, Duke University Press
Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church by Amanda Udis-Kessler, Routledge
Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement by Marc Stein, Routledge
Sexualities: Past Reflections, Future Directions edited by Sally Hines and Yvette Taylor, Palgrave Macmillan
Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies by Anne Enke, Temple University Press
Women’s History For Beginners by Dr. Bonnie J. Morris and illustrated by Phill Evans, For Beginners Press

Romance

The Cool Part Of His Pillow by Rodney Ross, Dreamspinner Press
The Fling by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Bold Strokes Books
Identity by Nat Burns, Bella Books
Mission of Desire by Terri Richards, Bold Strokes Books
Spring Tide by Robbi Mccoy, Bella Books, Ltd.

Erotica

All the Beauty of the Sun by Marion Husband, Accent Press Ltd
Calendar Boys by Logan Zachery, Bold Stokes Books

Speculative Fiction

Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction edited by Brit Mandelo, Lethe Press
Come Back: A Novel by Sky Gilbert, ECW Press
Dogfighters: Under the Hill, Part 2, by Alex Beercroft, Samhain
Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press
Slipstream by Micheal Offutt, Double Dragon Publishers
Sunfall by Nell Stark and Trinity Tam, Bold Strokes Books
A Touch of Sea edited by Steve Berman, Lethe Press