Chris Shirley's Playing by the Book

Ten years in the making, Chris Shirley's debut novel out today Playing By The Book [and Kindle] has already been named by the Advocate as one of this summer's ten great lgbt reads:

"Jake Powell is a 17-year-old high school newspaper editor and the son of a preacher man at home in Alabama, but when he lands a spot at Columbia University's prestigious summer journalism program, his New York City dreams become real. What New York does for Jake, of course, is to bring all his feelings to the surface, including his burgeoning attraction to a handsome classmate. In his first novel, Shirley — president of the Lambda Literary Foundation— offers up a optimistic but not overly romanticized look at youth, becoming oneself, and the discomfort and joy that comes from finding out who you want to be in the world, whether your parents like it or not." 

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[Steve Berman]

KABAM!