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Kevin Killian

    Kevin Killian was an American poet, author, and playwright, recognized for his contributions primarily to LGBT literature. He is also a highly respected editor. His editorial work on a notable collection of poetry earned significant acclaim. Furthermore, his novel received an award for best gay erotic fiction. Killian also co-founded an influential San Francisco-based performance group dedicated to poetry and theater.

    Impossible Princess
    • Impossible Princess

      • 164 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      “Whatever his subject matter, Killian maintains full authority—offering up a homoerotic interpretation of Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find and a brilliant imagined history of Hank Williams. Here, under the author’s careful control and easygoing charisma, everything seems up for grabs, and almost anything seems possible.”—Time Out New York Impossible Princess is the third collection of gay short fiction by PEN Award–winning San Francisco–based author Kevin Killian. A member of the “new narrative” circle including Dennis Cooper and Kathy Acker, Killian is a master short story writer, crafting campy and edgy tales that explore the humor and darkness of desire. A former director of Small Press Traffic and a co-editor of Mirage/Periodical, Killian co-wrote Jack Spicer’s biography, Poet Be Like God, and co-edited three Spicer books, including My Vocabulary Did This To Me: Collected Poems. His latest book, Action Kylie, is a collection of poems devoted to Kylie Minogue.

      Impossible Princess2009
      4.3