Wayne Goodman: 4 books

In 1906, Mikhail Kuzmin published "Wings," the first book in Russian to discuss same-sex  relationships in a positive light. With "Vanya Says, ‘Go!,’" Wayne Goodman retells the story from the perspective of the young man at the heart of the tale. The original work contained...

Joseph Asten, a handsome, 23-year-old farmer living in the Allegheny River Valley shortly after the Civil War, secretly longed for intimacy and love with other men. He devised a misguided plan to marry a woman who knew of his “dual nature” then his life took some unexpected, fateful turns. Bayard...

Based on the first English-language Gay Novel, "Live and Learn" by Gothic author Francis Lathom, "Fortune's Lot" is a retelling that brings the historically-significant but nearly-lost work back into the public eye. Originally written as part of Lathom's series of Gothic romances,...

Tsar Alexander II had done his best to modernize the Russian motherland. Dissidents made attempts on his life despite all the advances. Two young men meet on an auspicious day at the St. Petersburg Palace in 1880. Over time they develop a relationship that persists through the tumultuous times around...