Michael Bronski's comprehensive introduction is an important bonus, a superb delineation of the historical and literary context. Arsenal Pulp is making an inestimable contribution in bringing Richard Amory's monumental novel back into print after these momentous decades, just in time to replace my tattered original edition that is still handy beside my bed after forty years. My friends have never understood why I drag them on canoe trips, dash naked into rivers and recite poetry to them at the drop of a hat. TWN, Song of the Loon #8211 the novel, not the skittish film version thereof #8211 changed my fantasy life forever. Gay & Lesbian Review, Arsenal Pulp and Little Sister's should be praised for bringing back Song of the Loon. Amory heralded the advent of a gay literary culture independent of heterosexual control or interference.

Xtra! Toronto, The reprint of the book, written by a former San Jose resident and teacher, is being hailed by historians as a reclamation of 'an integral part of gay pop culture history.', A charming, delightfully queer pastoral. Xtra! Toronto, This charming, delightfully queer pastoral comes to us care of the Little Sister's Classics. it belongs in every gay man's library., This charming, delightfully queer pastoral comes to us care of the Little Sister's Classics. Xtra! West, The Song of the Loon was originally published in 1966 and is remarkable not just for the success (there were two sequels and a movie) but for the fact that in a time when gay liberation was focussed primarily on sexual freedom, Song of the Loon is a frontier romance., Arsenal Pulp and Little Sister's should be praised for bringing back Song of the Loon.In its sweetly euphoric way, Loonannounced the Summer of Love, and envisioned elements that were to become typical of gay culture in its first flowering, liberation phase. â€”Wayves, Song of the Loonreminded me that while all books are books, some books are even more history. The Song of the Loon was originally published in 1966 and is remarkable not just for the success (there were two sequels and a movie) but for the fact that in a time when gay liberation was focussed primarily on sexual freedom, Song of the Loon is a frontier romance.

Song of the Loon by Richard Amory