Now, finally, the Oscar contender has made it to theaters nationwide.

Its unnamed narrator comes of age in the intolerant and stifling 1950s, trying to accept his sexuality.

Bite Hardby Justin Chin

Poet and performance artist Justin Chin compiles a vibrant debut collection withBite Hard.

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It was recently adapted into a Tony-winning Broadway musical.

But tragedy strikes when one brilliant teacher, a gay man grappling with self-loathing, faces a reckoning.

A Boy’s Own Story - paperback (2/24/09)by Edmund White

Penguin Books

Bite-hard

Manic D Press, Inc

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Kensington

Fun Homeby Alison Bechdel

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY

The Heart’s Invisible Furiesby John Boyne

Hogarth

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Valancourt Books

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Penguin Classics

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University Of Minnesota Press

Other Voices, Other Rooms

Vintage

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WW Norton