![]() Little Sister’s Classics is a new series of books from Arsenal Pulp Press, reviving lost and out-of-print gay and lesbian classic books, both fiction and nonfiction. ![]() With an introduction by Michael Bronski, editor of Pulp Friction and author of The Pleasure Principle. ![]() Unique among pulp novels of the time, the gay characters in Song of the Loon are strong and romantically drawn, which has earned the book a place in the canon of gay American literature. The most popular erotic gay book of the 1960s and 1970s, Song of the Loon was the inspiration for two sequels, a 1970 film of the same name, at least one porn movie and a parody novel called Fruit of the Loon. Along his journey, he meets a number of characters who share with him stories, wisdom and homosexual encounters. Published well ahead of its time, in 1966 by Greenleaf Classics, Song of the Loon is a romantic novel that tells the story of Ephraim MacIver and his travels through the wilderness. a happy amalgam of James Fenimore Cooper, Jean Genet and Hudson’s Green Mansions.”-from the cover copy of the 1969 edition “More completely than any author before him, Richard Amory explores the tormented world of love for man by man. ![]()
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