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The Hard Way

1 review
Michael Lassell

Richard Kasak Book, 1994

A must read for anyone traveling through life the hard way.
Michael Lassel's book "The Hard Way" is a combination of poignant ruminations and poems on the joys and anguishes of life. His writing style is conversational and soul bearing. The reader is drawn into the book as if it were written by a best friend. Included verse is striking in the images and feelings it provokes. Lassel speaks the unedited language of living life as a gay man.

Happily Ever After: Erotic Fairy Tales For Men
Michael Ford

Richard Kasak Book, 1996

A hefty volume of bedtime stories Mother Goose never thought to write down. Adapting some of childhood's most beloved tales for the adult gay reader, the contributors to Happily Ever After dig up the subtext of these hitherto "innocent" diversions adding some surprises of their own along the way. Bad boys such as Bruce Benderson, Michael Lassell, Lev Raphael, Samuel Delany, Guy Baldwin, Joseph Bean take you down the less-traveled roads ...

Hustling: A Gentleman's Guide to the Fine Art of Homosexual Prostitution

1 review
John Preston

Richard Kasak Book, 1994

A MUST READ IF YOU CONSIDER HUSTLING
A few years ago I considered hustling as a way to free myself of corporate slavery. I also knew I had the imagination to go with the physical that is needed for this profession. I never did end up hustling and largely because after reading this book I could weigh the pros and cons of such a decision. I reread it every so often and fantasize of what my life as a hustler would have been ...

The Best of Skin Two: The World's Top Fetish Publication

Richard Kasak Book, 1993

Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales For Women

3 reviews

Richard Kasak Book, 1996

Outstanding and original stories
I bought this anthology to read the story "The Changling' by Lee Lynch (terrific, very original story). and got a very well written anthology by a host of authors, my favorites were from - Dorothy Allison Laura Antoniou Pat Califia Heather Lewis Linda Smukler Cecilia Tan Not to be missed - this is Keeper

Jessie's Song and Other Stories

1 review
Chea Villanueva

Richard Kasak Book, 1995

Gay or straight,
(just FYI, I'm the latter) this is not only a good, interest-holding collection of linked stories, but an inexplicably and highly erotic read. Villanueva's gritty style only adds to the effectiveness.

The Silver Jubilee Edition Commemorating the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of The Leatherman's Handbook

2 reviews
Larry Townsend

A Richard Kasak Book, 1997

When There Was Only One
Back in the seventies, it was still a very risky proposition to attempt a gay publication of any sort. But in the California Seventies, books like "Song Of The Loon" (from the sixties) and eventually the likes of "Tales of The City" began breaking down the barriers, allowing homosexual men to be presented not as crazy or unstable, but as regular people in love. Larry Townsend went even farther ...

Looking for Mr. Preston

1 review

Richard Kasak Book, 1995

Good book for people who think erotica is also literature
A great look at how this extraordinary porn writer influenced his peers, through their own words. The book includes fiction, essays, and true stories that brought me to tears, laughter, and a warm feeling between my legs. A good book for the person who understands that erotica is a literary form

A Movement of Eros: 25 Years of Lesbian Erotic

1 review

Richard Kasak Book, 1996

Premium Writing
This collection of stories from 13 writers starts off with the superb Tee Corinne so you know you are in for a great read. Authors include favorites Robbie Sommers, Linda Smuckler, Pat Califia, Artemis OakGrove, Leslie Feinberg and Laura Antoniou. An excellent introduction by Heather Findlay and short biographies of the authors are included. 35 years after some of the stories were ...

The Real Thing

1 review
William Carney

Richard Kasak Book, 1995

Great leather literature
Carney's "The Real Thing" is a short but effective look at the mindset of a (rather fanatical) gay leatherman in the 1970s (roughly). The entire book is composed of letters from an unnamed leatherman to his nephew, who has demonstrated an interest in the leather lifestyle. The nephew's letters are never shown, but are described by reference and inference. The writing style of the letters is ...

My Life As a Pornographer & Other Indecent Acts

4 reviews
John Preston

Richard Kasak Book, 1993

Collection of Preston's essays is a Must
Who knows if this collection will ever see the light of day again but I do know that from time to time some of the 15 essays, an interview with Preston and an set of 4 interviews by Preston, will be printed in more current works about BDSM, pornography, and writing. For Preston pornography seems to be anything that includes sexuality where one of the goals is sexual arousal; a definition you may ...

Ask Larry
Larry Townsend

Richard Kasak Book, 1995

Rain

2 reviews
Guillermo Bosch

Richard Kasak Book, 1995

an extraordinarily erotic tale
This one is worth the couple bucks. Desire and desperation in a post-apocalyptic setting. Wish this author would sit down and write about ten others.

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