Acquired Tastes XLIII:
Gay Pulp Fiction, Part 204
Award Books
The imprint was published by Universal Publishing and Distributing Companies, a Macaulay Company which operated from an office at 235 East 45th Street, New York, NY.
Here are seven gay-oriented titles they published. If you know of any additional ones, please share via the comments section.
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The Ugly Club
Author: Tom Lockwood
Award Books
1966
A-174X
Description: "Where drifters from the city's lowest depths mixed with strays from its best families. Mona's Place A cluttered apartment in the Philadelphia Block that became an oasis of Bohemia in the midst of a shining city of glass and chrome and conformity. Where Dirk, the pusher, discovered he was prey to a strangely compelling love. Where Julian, who drifted aimlessly into The Ugly Club, found himself trapped in the vague corridors of a shadowy life. All the desperate ones went to Mona's - when society had pulled the welcome mats everywhere else."
Found copies of this one on-line for $25-35.
Available as a downloadable PDF or
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Butterfly Man
Author: Lew Levison
Award Books
1967
A241S
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A Sand Fortress
Author: John Coriolan
Award Books
1968
A363M
Seventh Summer
Author: Hadrian Keene
Award Books
1969
A474S
Found a copy on-line for $225.
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Hours
Author: Lon Albert
Award Books
1969
A507S
About Lon Albert:
Lon Albert was a psuedonym for Leo Joshua Skir, author of Boychick and other gay novels. He was also a contributor to The Ladder as Leo Ebreo (Leo the Jew). He was a Zionist in his youth and was also a friend of Allen Ginsberg. This is likely his first novel though Boychick was his first under his true name published in 1971.
Lon Albert was a psuedonym for Leo Joshua Skir, author of Boychick and other gay novels. He was also a contributor to The Ladder as Leo Ebreo (Leo the Jew). He was a Zionist in his youth and was also a friend of Allen Ginsberg. This is likely his first novel though Boychick was his first under his true name published in 1971.
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Author: James Colton
Award Books
1969
A541S
1969
Hansen was married to artist Jane Bancroft, a lesbian, from 1943 to her death in 1994. He said their relationship was that of "a gay man and a woman who happened to love each other." They were married for 51 years. Bancroft was an artist, scholar and teacher. She was an animal lover and rescued and sheltered strays. She died on September 9, 1994, following a stroke. Following her death, Joseph Hansen wrote the poem The Dark/The Diary (In memoriam: J.B.H., 1917-1994). The couple had one daughter, Barbara, who later transitioned and changed her name to Daniel James Hansen. According to a friend quoted in an obituary, Hansen also had two long-term male lovers. Hansen disliked the term "gay" and always described himself as "homosexual".
He died from heart failure in 2004 at his home in Laguna Beach, California.
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Noon And Night
Author: Hadrian Keene
Award Books
1969
A554X
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Next week: another vintage gay pulp fiction imprint.
Until then...
Thanks for reading!
Morning, Noon and Night - Suzi Lane
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2 comments:
Ohhh
I love this batch!!!!
I would love to read The Ugly Club and Gard.
Those authors seem quite legit to me. It's always interesting to read when somebody who is an established author writes outside the lines.
XOXO
Butterfly Man appears to be a twist telling on Madama Butterfly....
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