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Alarcon, Francis X. Body in Flames = Cuerpe en Llamas.
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1990.
Mexican-American author with a dual language book of his writings
and poetry.
Arenas, Reinaldo. Before Night Falls. Viking, 1993.
This is a memoir of his life in Cuba and as an exile in the US.
It is a very candid account of his sexuality and of Castro's dictatorship.
Arenas has written numerous novels in Spanish (translated to English)
based on his experiences in Cuba, a few of which are listed below:
---. The Assault. Trans. from Spanish by Andrew Hurley. New
York: Viking, 1994.
---. The Color of Summer: Or, The New Garden of Earthly Delights.
Trans. from Spanish by Andrew Hurley. New York: Viking, 2000.
This is Arenas last book before his death.
---. Singing from the Well. Trans. From Spanish by Andrew
Hurley. New York: Viking, 1987. Spanish edition, Celestino Antes
Del Alba.
This is a coming of age novel.
Calva, Jose Rafael. El Jinete Azul. Mexico City: Editorial
Katun, 1985.
This may be nonfiction, but Calva is known to write about gay men.
---. Utopia Gay. Mexico City: Ed. Oasis, 1983.
Novel about a gay marriage.
Campo, Rafael. Diva. Durham, NC: Duke University Press,
1999.
---. The Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New World. Houston:
Arte Publico Press, 1994.
---. What the Body Told. Durham: Duke University Press, 1996.
Campo is a Cuban gay medical doctor and poet. These are collections
of his poetry, but are not his only works.
Foster, David William, Chicano/Latino Homoerotic Identities.
Taylor & Francis, Inc. 1999.
Collection of essays on Chicano/Latino homoerotic identities.
Garcia-Lorca, Federico. A Poet in New York. Ed. by Christopher
Mauerer; trans. from Spanish by Greg Simon & Steven F.White.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988.
A collection of poetry from a gay poet.
Guerra, Erasmo, ed. Latin Lovers: True Stories of Latin Men
in Love. Painted Leaf Press. 1999.
An anthology of stories of love with gay authors such as Reinaldo
Arenas.
Lancaster, Roger. Life is Hard: Machismo, Danger, and the Intimacy
of Power in Nicaragua. Berkeley: 1992.
A look at the sexual relationships between men in Nicaragua, specifically
in regards to machismo.
Leyland, Winston, Ed. Now the Volcano: An Anthology of Latin
American Gay Literature. Trans. by Erskine Lane, Franklin D.
Blanton, Simon Karlinsky. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1979.
Manrique, Jaime. Virgins, Guerrillas and Locas: Gay Latinos
Writing About Love. Cleis Press. 1999.
---. Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction (New Gay Latino Fiction).
Painted Leaf Press. 1999.
Two separate anthologies of stories of gay Latinos.
Mayer, Oliver. Blade To The Heat. New York: Dramatists Play
Service, 1996.
A play about gay boxers.
Murray, Stephen O. Latin American Male Homosexualities.
University of New Mexico Press. 1995.
An anthropological look at Latin American gay men. An anthology.
Pinera, Virgilio. Cold tales. Translated from Spanish by
Mark Schafer, revised by Thomas Christensen. Hygiene, Colo.: Eridanos
Press, 1988.
A collection of stories about his life and sexuality, as a gay man.
Has published several other books as well.
Pinero, Joseph. Short Eyes: A Play. New York: Hill &
Wang, 1975.
A play depicting prison life among a group of black and Puerto Rican
prisoners.
Torres, Daniel. Moriras si da una primavera: una novelita azul.
Coral Gables: Iberian Studies Institute, Univ. of Miami, 1993.
A novel about the coming out story of a Puerto Rican gay man during
the AIDS crisis.
Velasquez, Gloria. Tommy Stands Alone. Houston: Pinata Books/Arte
Publico Press, 1995.
This is the novel of a Mexican American high school student who
struggles with his sexual identity and family.
Villanueva, Alma Luz. Naked Ladies. Tempe, Ariz: Bilingual
Press, 1994.
The story of a woman and her struggles in life, including her husband’s
gay lover contracting AIDS.
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