King of Shadows Adventure A groundbreaking work of LGBT

A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life

It tells us how men do love--a stunning insight into the desires that dwell within men's psyches

and their grandfather's invective

never will this cause their senses to remain forever reversed

The stories

King of Shadows Adventure A groundbreaking work of LGBTBased on the author's life as a gay man and a poet, King of Shadows is a collection of twenty one autobiographical essays that circle in and around San Francisco since the 1960s. The three longest pieces deal with Aaron Shurin's coming into poetry and gay identity via a high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, his deep relationships with poets Denise Levertov and Robert Duncan, and his personal history of venturing into San Francisco gay