"A prodigiously researched tour through movies, TV, art, advertising, fashion, celebrity culture, pop psychology, social science, literature, medicine, and more . . . a readable treatment of what has sometimes become as academic and abstrusely theoretical object of study."—Laura Kipnis, The Village Voice Literary Supplement

"Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man, like much of Kasson's earlier work, makes an important scholarly contribution and has great potential for classroom use. He engages an important subject about which most readers know something and peels back layer upon layer of meaning to reveal a complex social world of individuals, dreams, anxieties, and action . . . The result is a fine cultural history of masculinity . . . by examining turn-of-the-century masculine ideals and images and by reflecting on the ways social and cultural change shaped men's attitudes toward their bodies, fired their imaginations, and inflamed deep-seated anxieties. Kasson's study is not merely about the ideal of manly strength, survival, and resistance—it is about the multivalent performance of identity."—Susan Curtis, Purdue University, Journal of American History

"The revelation that social pair-bonds do not necessarily imply exclusive mating relationships has spurred a revolution in how scientists think about mating systems. This book explores when and why social and sexual monogamy often do not coincide."—Paul W. Sherman, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University

"I read through this book saying again and again, 'How did I miss this?' 'How did I manage not to know about this?'—a sign that Michael Bronski has done a necessary job and done it well. Rarely is a book so educational also such a delight. By leaving the hallowed precincts of the 'literary,' Bronski lends a continuity heretofore lacking in many of our pictures of the development of gay fiction from World War II on."—Samuel R. Delany, author of Times Square Red, Times Square Blue and The Motion of Light in Water

Pulitzer Prize Finalist

"Mr. Greenberg brings his gymnastic verbal skills to bear on the subject of the all-American pastime . . . An enchanting and enchanted take on baseball . . . [It is] the story of Darren Lemming, a god among baseball players and the star of a team called the Empires, who sets off a complicated chain of ultimately tragic events when he publicly announces that he is gay. This allows Mr. Greenberg to consider . . . big, big subjects like sexual and racial prejudice, moral responsibility, public versus personal identities and the inability of people to ever truly know one another."—Ben Brantley, The New York Times

"An engaging and enlightening book. Luciano's analysis of the rise of modern male vanity makes a worthy contribution to gender and cultural history."—Howard P. Chudacoff, Brown University

"The Dependent Gene is a masterful analysis and a breath of fresh air in the stale atmosphere of current trends in behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology. A useful and engaging guide for the lay reader, the practicing scientist, and all who seek a more integrative approach to the endlessly fascinating process of development."—Robert Lickliter, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

"Breathtaking in its scope and originality, this book offers a radical reassessment of the moral character of contemporary gay male life. Imaginatively researched and forcefully argued, its optimistic conclusions are bound to provoke controversy and a vitally important debate about the state of Gay America. The Soul Beneath the Skin immediately establishes Nimmons as a major new voice in the culture."—George Chauncey, University of Chicago, author of Gay New York, 1890-1940

"In his new book, Fever, Tim Riley goes beyond his unique fusion of technical music knowledge and stunningly perceptive emotional exegisis of lyrics to a wider-angle social vision . . . Riley is at his very best."—Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Observer

"In The Crimson Letter Mr. Shand-Tucci builds on the work of other scholars to describe how gay Harvard men were exposed to a world of learning and artistic achievement. Gay faculty members mentored gay students, gays formed friendships, collaborated and became patrons of the arts . . . Mr. Shand-Tucci says there is an important untold story about the singular environment Harvard provided for gays and how it shaped their later contributions to American culture."—Dinitia Smith, The New York Times