Alyson Books

The Portable Queer: Homo History and The Portable Queer: Out of the Mouths of Queers (Oct., $9.95 each) by Erin McHugh offer, respectively, collections of short historical takes and quips and quotes from yesteryear to now.

Univ. of North Carolina Press

Gay Artists in Modern American Culture: An Imagined Conspiracy (Sept., $29.95) by Michael S. Sherry analyzes tension between America’s dependence on and fear of the cultural influences of gay artists.