With gusto and a sense of abandon he describes his own hunger for excitement, with scenes that are gloriously locked in the present moment." - The Guardian (UK) Atherton Lin writes as though he himself is a sign of the times. "An essential read in 2021." - Vogue, Best Books of the Year a rich tapestry of history, theory, and criticism." - Vanity Fair "A beautiful amble through the world of gay bars. Throughout there is a feeling of simultaneity, of queer lives and histories moving in parallel, of nightlife as a site of pleasure, play and resistance…How movingly he replicates it here, with his wide, strobing intellect, enlivening skepticism, rascally allure." - New York Times "The treatment of time in the book - the way the present is peeled back to reveal the past - is beautiful, and original. Gay Bar is a book that's beyond impressive, and Atherton Lin's writing is both extremely intelligent and refreshingly unpretentious." - NPR Each observation is sharp and phrased beautifully Atherton Lin wastes no words, and the ones he chooses are carefully considered. it's a difficult book to pin down, but that's what makes it so readable and so endlessly fascinating.
Brilliant, intelligent and witty, Gay Bar will intoxicate you until they do."- Winnipeg Free Press "With his incisive, kinetic prose, Atherton Lin fuses together memoir, travelogue and history lessons, turning a lifetime of bar hopping into a richly queer palimpsest… Right now, when most bars are closed, Atherton Lin is the friend you cannot wait to have sitting on the barstool next to you when they reopen. His examination of these spaces from all sides will make you think about them in brand new ways." - Associated Press
deep and vivid details bring his memories to life in a way that will make you feel like you are smack dab in the middle of those bars alongside him. It's an illuminating, sexy, vibrant examination of place and identity." - Buzzfeed "Jeremy Atherton Lin's intimate history of gay culture - from the 18th century to today - is electric, immersive, and impossible to look away from. "A beautiful, lyrical memoir…Atherton Lin has a five-octave, Mariah Carey-esque range for discussing gay sex." - New York Times Book Review "A vibrant and wistful report on a bygone era in gay culture." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The journey that emerges is a stylish and nuanced inquiry into the connection between place and identity-a tale of liberation, but one that invites us to go beyond the simplified Stonewall mythology and enter lesser-known battlefields in the struggle to carve out a territory. He charts police raids and riots, posing and passing out-and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever. In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, he time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s from chichi bars in the aftermath of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. In Gay Bar, the author embarks upon a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub, and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history.
But in urban centers around the world, they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: What was the gay bar? How have they shaped him? And could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? Strobing lights and dark rooms throbbing house and drag queens on counters first kisses, last call: the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression-whatever your scene, whoever you're seeking. Sign up for one, three or six month slots.Elegiac, randy, and sparkling with wry wit, Gay Bar is at once a serious critical inquiry, a love story and an epic night out to remember. You can also advertise your book/services on the right-hand sidebar of this blog. To view recent and past tours, check out the various Blog posts or search the Archives in the sidebar. Please use the menu tabs for information on our services, costs, and upcoming events. As a result, the various blog posts, which include the book cover, blurb, buy links, excerpt and author information (along with reviews, guest posts/interviews, if selected by the author) are seen by a wide-ranging audience – from social media and blog followers. As part of this, we (along with our bloggers and reviewers) share book and author information via a range of social media: Facebook pages and book groups, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Ello, and MeWe. We arrange and coordinate online book promotion tours. Gay Book Promotions offer a range of online book promotion services for authors of LGBTQ+ romance, fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels, including YA and NA. Hello and welcome to GAY BOOK PROMOTIONS.