Manic D Press Inc imprint: 40 books

A searing punk memoir by an American original rebelling against conformity, complacency, and conservatism with his iconic band, MDC. From the time Dave Dictor was young, he knew he was a little different than the all-American kids around him. Radicalized politically while in high school, inspired...

Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry documents the first ten years of this cultural phenomenon with details on slam history and rules, hosting your own slam, winning strategies, tips for memorization, crafting group pieces, and other informative essays, as well as 100 of the best slam-winning poems ever.

Edgy and ironic, Clint Catalyst exposes the underside of all his many subjects - gay relationships, backwater adolescence, and spiraling addiction. Whether he's writing about a chance sexual encounter at a Goth club called Lilith ("Some New Kind of Kick") or revealing the inner thoughts...

“Like most pornography, I found Fast Forward to be a relentless and indecent assault on the traditional family values that Americans find most sacred. Makes a great stocking stuffer."—Amy Sedaris With dreams of becoming a highly respected screenwriter, Eric Spitznagel moves to Los...

"Breedlove has talent coming out of her ears.”—Dodie Bellamy, San Francisco Chronicle "Uninhibited humor lends tender insight and perspective to a gender politics debate that often takes place in a fiercely contentious atmosphere.”—Billy Tania, The San Francisco Bay Times "...Offers...

The first collection by award-winning performance artist/poet Justin Chin. In Bite Hard, Chin explores his identity as an Asian, a gay man, an artist, and a lover. He rails against both his own life experiences and society's limitations and stereotypes with scathing humor, bare-bones honesty, and...

Whether Jeffrey McDaniel is denouncing insomnia ("4,000 A.M."), exploring family tragedy ("Ghost Townhouse"), or celebrating love and lust ("The Biology of Numbers"), his writing is original and provocative. A noted poet, McDaniel has appeared on ABC’s Nightline and...

Appropriate for shelving with LGBT, Womens Studies, and Literature Features short fiction as well as poetry It features politics and current events (e.g., the Iraq War; Hurricane Katrina; etc.) By the author of the award-winning Final Girl (Village Voice Best Books, Publishing...

Larry-bob Roberts is well-known throughout the US as a well-respected gay cultural activist. This books contains humor and non-fiction, both categories which continue to have strong sales in the marketplace. Contains essays about current events including Gay Marriage, Environmentalism, Religion, Gender Identity, and other timely topics.

a stellar line-up of well-known contributors a perfect introduction for readers unfamiliar with Chin's work an instant classic of LGBT literature an essential work of Asian-American literature

Francesca Lia Block is an acclaimed bestselling author with a loyal fan base who buy everything she writes.

Morty Diamond's previous anthology about transgender experiences From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond has sold more than 4,000 copies since publication. Morty Diamond's previous anthology about transgender experiences From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation,...

An intensely personal collection of poems, the reader will feel as if she's peering at secret writings that are meant for the eyes of the lover alone but somehow transcend the personal to touch everyone who has ever experienced this kind of consuming, wrenching love. Block's precise focus on everyday...

In her first full-length collection of poems, Win depicts a colorful world imbued with unexpected paradoxes: nature is both comforting and savagely unnerving; love is permanent and fleeting; the accuracy and flaws of memory abound. Her experiences with illness and recovery intertwine with her identity...