The Black Marble Pool

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Leventhal, Stan

Mystery

Amethyst Pr

Mountain Climbing in Sheridan Square

Literature & Fiction

United States

Edward-William Pub Co

Skydiving on Christopher Street

Masquerade Books

A series of discrete episodes among friends provide snapshots of one gay man's life. There are parties, concerts, dinners with everyday life - and death - interwoven in the rich story-telling. An actress, a painter, a set designer, a writer - all sweating and surviving in Manhattan, all scoring their first successes. Part autobiography and part documentary, artfully written, it details the lives of these creative people. Young and professional, they know there is more to life than money. There is trust and the sort of love that trades in deeds of kindness.Leventhal's debut novel was welcomed warmly garnering a Lambda Literary Awards Finalist in 1988, this new edition features a 2020 foreword by Christopher Bram.

Literary

Requeered Tales

Stan Leventhal paints a picture of Christopher Street in the 80s and 90s. “The streets became ours again. When the fag-bashers began to get bold, to slither from their slimy lairs, the young gay guys and fledgling lesbians fought back. There was a new war to win, along with battles of fear, ignorance, and indifference… But now the streets belong to us again. We paid for it with our muscles, our brains, our bodily fluids. It has our names written all over it. Our blood fills the cracks in the pavement. It’s ours and we’re never going to give it up.”Against that backdrop, we see the pieces of an ordinary life. He’s an editor for a porn publishing house – it’s not glamorous, it’s just work. His relationship is on the verge of ending. He is visited by the ghosts of friends he has lost to AIDS. In the midst of the familiar days, he learns from his doctor that he too has AIDS.Leventhal’s final novel was produced in 1995. This new edition features a foreword by Paras Borgohain who is currently writing a screenplay for the novel.“A tender, honest novel about that moment between diagnosis and the decision to grow.” – Sarah Schulman, Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York“Leventhal's vision is clear and undaunted ... challenges us to see the world through new eyes.” – Michael Bronski, A Queer History of the United States

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