Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States

The Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States is a two‐volume reference source covering an impressive selection of authors. Entries consist of biographical profiles of individual authors as well as several additional entries covering the history of LGBTQ literature, various genres and forms within this tradition, and articles on queer pedagogy. The primary organization is alphabetical by author or entry name. This arrangement works well since the vast majority of the entries are about individual authors and I suspect that most users will be looking for author profiles when they use this source.

In practice, the focus on...