{"product_id":"a-beard-paradox-paperback-1","title":"A Beard Paradox - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Schimel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Schimel's eroticism infuses a whole life, from mechanical fucking, to the night air, to a tan line. The stories conjure a world in a sentence. If Hemingway wrote erotica. Personal and sublime.\" - Susie Bright\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its fifth printing in Spain, the bestselling Spanish-language collection of homoerotic microfiction by Lawrence Schimel \u003cem\u003eA Beard Paradox\u003c\/em\u003e has also been published in Slovenian translation. Select stories from the book have been published in Sandra Kingery's English translation in periodicals such as \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBarcelona Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHawai'i Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eR?o Grande Review\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as numerous anthologies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, the entire volume is available to English readers for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLawrence Schimel\u003c\/strong\u003e is a bilingual (Spanish\/English) author and anthologist, who has published over 130 books in various genres. He has won the Lambda Literary Award twice and has been a finalist 13 other times in numerous categories. In addition to his writing, he is a prolific literary translator, into English and Spanish. He has translated over 160 books in many different genres by writers such as George Takei, Danez Smith, Trifonia Melibea Obono, and Maggie Nelson. He served two terms as the co-chair of the Publishing Triangle and co-programmed the OutWrite queer literary conference in the 90s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has also won the Gaylactic Spectrum Award and been a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award, the Eisner Award, among other honors. Some of his other queer titles include the children's books \u003cem\u003eEarly One Morning\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBedtime, Not Playtime!, \u003c\/em\u003e the short story collections \u003cem\u003eThe Drag Queen of Elfland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTwo Boys in Love\u003c\/em\u003e, the graphic novel \u003cem\u003eVacation in Ibiza\u003c\/em\u003e, and the anthologies \u003cem\u003eFirst Person Queer\u003c\/em\u003e (with Richard Labont?), \u003cem\u003eSwitch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica\u003c\/em\u003e (with Carol Queen), \u003cem\u003eKosher Meat\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing has been translated into over 60 languages, including Luxembourgish, Maltese, Faroese, and Xhosa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe divides his time between his native New York and Madrid, Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSandra Kingery\u003c\/strong\u003e, the W. Gibbs McKenney Chair in International Studies and Professor of Spanish at Lycoming College, has translated nearly 30 books. Her translations with students include X?nath Caraza's \u003cem\u003eRed Teardrop\u003c\/em\u003e (with Aaron Willsea, 2023 International Latino Book Awards Gold Medal for Best Fiction Book Translation - Spanish to English) and Rub?n Varona's \u003cem\u003eDust from the Mountain Range\u003c\/em\u003e (forthcoming, Medio Siglo Press). Kingery's translation of Pablo Rem?n's \u003cem\u003eThe Treatment\u003c\/em\u003e was staged at Lycoming College in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258448167161,"sku":"9781608643059","price":24.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/iCD1zq1QWc9781608643059_53f7b2ce-169a-4bc2-bc34-a2c907bb8379.webp?v=1768760206","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-beard-paradox-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}