About the Book: Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to
Yesterday
LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning
translator Frank Wynne.
Since the dawn of literature, queer people have turned to writing to document
their existence: to share great triumphs and deep despairs; to praise the
virtues of their lover, extol their loneliness and proclaim their lust; to tell
of their peculiarities and mundanities. For almost as long, they have been
censored and bowdlerised, persecuted and relegated to the margins. No longer.
Alive in these pages, readers will hear Homers Achilles beat his chest in grief
for the