Monday, March 12, 2012

Peter Dubé on The Heart’s History

Here’s the latest advance review of The Heart’s History, by the brilliant Peter Dubé, author of Subtle Bodies and Hovering World. This one really touches my heart:

In The Heart’s History Lewis DeSimone gives us a profoundly moving story about reaching out and pulling back, about intimacy and mystery, written in shapely and nuanced prose. Even better, it also reminds us of important truths about life, gay and otherwise: that time changes everything, that love changes shape, and that friendship can change a world, if we let it. That makes it a book to read closely, with tenderness … and repeatedly.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

New Story in "Chelsea Station"

I am thrilled to announce that my story "Natural Selection" is included in issue 2 of Chelsea Station, now available.

"Natural Selection" is one of my favorite stories, and I've been working on it for quite some time. Chelsea Station's wonderful editor, Jameson Currier, 0ffered excellent ideas for shaping the final version, and I hope you all like the result. It's a fun piece about friendship, love, and envy. If you've ever had a friendship marked by power struggles and the alpha-dog strut, you'll know exactly what I mean. Enjoy!!


Monday, March 05, 2012

Jeff Mann on The Heart’s History

From the talented Jeff Mann (author of Fog: A Novel of Desire and Reprisal and Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War), who knows a thing or two about love stories, here’s the latest advance review of The Heart’s History:

"Lewis DeSimone’s beautiful novel captures the many facets of contemporary gay life, from sharp humor, long-lasting friendships, and the urban club scene to the insecurities of aging, the uncertainties of romance, and the agonies of a loved one’s loss. It also illuminates a difficult and inescapable truth: we mortals are all elusive mysteries, all in the end unknowable, but that mystery is the very fuel of love."