This new poetry anthology navigates the rocky waters of
teenage sexuality and confusion with insight, clarity, and
understanding. The poems were written by adults who keenly remember
the turmoil and excitement of their own adolescent sexual
explorations but now have the perspective and sense of self that come
with growing up. They employ concrete details — reaching across
car seats, the electric touch of fingertips — as well as more
ephemeral concepts, such as facing desire as powerful as a
thunderstorm.
Offering comfort, illumination, and acceptance,
the book reflects the nuances and complications of teenage sexuality,
and explores the confused joy of it, the bright desire, the shame and
isolation, the shock of sexual discovery, and the thrill — or
horror — of waking up to a new identity. The poems give teens
new insight and new language for dealing with gender issues as a
whole.
List of gay and lesbian teen books.
Books By Author: A-G H-M N-R S-Z
Books By Title: 1-C D-J K-R S-Z