Kevin Killian
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Description
Kevin Killian was an American poet, author, editor, and playwright primarily of LGBT literature. Source
Books
Impossible Princess
Impossible Princess is the third collection of gay short fiction by PEN Award–winning San Francisco–based author Kevin Killian. A member of the “new narrative” circle including Dennis Cooper and Kathy Acker, Killian is a master short story writer, crafting campy and edgy tales that explore the humor and darkness of desire.
Little men
Kevin Killian, the author of Shy and Bedrooms Have Windows, is injected with sodium pentathol and forced to reveal his most intimate secrets to a skeptical audience. In Los Angeles, the ghost of Natalie Wood appears to a dying fan. An Irish transvestite hires a bellhop for a marriage of convenience. In San Francisco a drunken father (Kevin Killian) takes his Gen X son (Josh Cherin) to the premiere of Jurassic Park. On Long Island a group of Franciscan brothers stage a beauty contest for incoming freshmen - the judgment of Paris. In Steinbeck country an autograph dealer forges mementos of Audrey Hepburn while seducing a muscle-bound ex-con in orange undershorts. On Halloween the boys from Hitchcock's Rope throw their own party in the haunted house of Usher. To steal the love of his sister's scientist husband, a San Francisco weakling turns to steroids. In 60's Manchester, David Smith falls under the spell of a strange married couple, who read him Sade, and make him murder the one boy who really loves him...