So Many Ways to Sleep Badly etc.) and soft around the edges:

and soft around the edges: welcome to the hypermasculine world of Japanese gay manga

collecting hundreds of life stories in all fifty states from Americans who'd been through major life changes--from losing jobs to losing loved ones

Could his perfect first kiss still be out there--with the boy he never forgot

In a starred review

Umdie Vielfalt der Betrachtungsmöglichkeiten und Lösungsansätze deutlich zu machen

So Many Ways to Sleep Badly etc.) and soft around the edges:"Sycamore kicks mainstream literature in the teeth." The San Francisco Bay Guardian Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's exhilarating novel is about struggling to find hope in the ruins of everyday San Francisco battling roaches, Bikram Yoga, chronically bad sex, NPR, internet cruising, tweakers, the cops, $100 bills, chronic pain, the gay vote, vegan restaurants and incest, with the help of air raid sirens, herbal medicine, late night epiphanies, sea lions