Stan Leventhal

Stan Leventhal
Born 1951
Died January 15, 1995
Nationality American
Period 1980sā€“1990s
Genre LGBT literature
Notable works Mountain Climbing in Sheridan Square, Fault Lines, Black Marble Pool

Stan Leventhal (1951 ā€“ January 15, 1995) was an American writer and magazine editor. Primarily known as the editor in chief of Heat Publications, a publisher of gay erotic magazines including Mandate, Torso and Inches,[1] he also wrote and published several works of LGBT literature in the 1980s and 1990s.[2] He published three novels and two short story collections during his lifetime; two additional novels were published following his death of AIDS in 1995.

In addition he founded Amethyst Press, a now-defunct publishing company which specialized in LGBT books,[2] including his own books and titles by Dennis Cooper, Bo Huston, Steve Abbott, Kevin Killian, Patrick Moore and Mark Ameen.[2]

He garnered three Lambda Literary Award nominations, in 1989 for Mountain Climbing in Sheridan Square, in 1990 for Fault Lines and in 1991 for Black Marble Pool.

Works

Novels

Short stories

References

  1. ā†‘ Lawrence Schimel, The Drag Queen of Elfland. Circlet Press, 1997. ISBN 9781885865175.
  2. 1 2 3 Sarah Schulman, "Through the Looking Glass" in Edmund White, ed., Loss Within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS. University of Wisconsin Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-299-17074-5.


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