{"id":85,"date":"2009-04-07T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T14:22:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-19T09:34:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T14:34:41","slug":"i_do_an_anthology_in_support_of_marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/i_do_an_anthology_in_support_of_marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"I Do!: An Anthology in Support of Marriage Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Do!: An Anthology in Support of Marriage Equality.<\/em> Kris Jacen, ed. Albion, NY: ManLoveRomance Press, 2009. paperback. 289 pp. $13.49. ISBN: 9781934531709.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Do!<\/em> is a new collection of twenty GLBT fantasy, historical fiction, and contemporary short stories. All proceeds from this book’s sale go to the Lambda Legal Fund’s <\/a>fight against Proposition 8<\/a> in California. The table of contents identifies both the sexual orientation of the story and its “heat rating,” a scale of explicit sexual content ranging from “sweet” to “spicy” to “scorching.”<\/p>\n

A number of stories in this anthology truly excel. Clare London<\/strong>‘s “Outed” is a brief, humorous story about a British family’s birthday party that goes awry when Rob is “outed” by his Auntie Queenie. Lisabet Sarai’s<\/strong> “Making Memory” is a touching story of a chance encounter between Nicole and Maggie (women haunted by memories and loss) and the moment of “summer,” intimacy, and comfort they share.<\/p>\n

Tracey Pennington’s<\/strong> “The Lindorm’s Twin” and Alex Becroft’s<\/strong> “Desire and Disguise” each have narrative and structural faults. “The Lindorm’s Twin” is an intriguing twist on the familiar tale of The Prince and the Pauper but fails to achieve its potential with its abrupt shifts and poor foundation. Beecroft’s “Desire and Disguise” is historical fiction, told through the perspective of a desperate straight man who unintentionally receives sexual release from a gay man in drag, or so it initially seems. This narrative perspective is cumbersome and difficult to follow but eventually offers unique insights into these types of encounters and what it means to be transgendered.<\/p>\n

This anthology offers everything from warm, thought-provoking stories to erotica. The result is a varied mixture of mostly quality work, and the TOC guide can direct readers toward their personal literary preferences. This anthology would make an excellent addition to any established GLBT fiction collection.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Jason D. Phillips<\/strong>
\nGovernment Documents & United Nations
\nReference Librarian
\nMitchell Memorial Library
\nMississippi State University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I Do!: An Anthology in Support of Marriage Equality. Kris Jacen, ed. Albion, NY: ManLoveRomance Press, 2009. paperback. 289 pp. $13.49. ISBN: 9781934531709. I Do! is a new collection of twenty GLBT fantasy, historical fiction, and contemporary short stories. All proceeds from this book’s sale go to the Lambda Legal Fund’s fight against Proposition 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}