<DIV>In the last twenty years, gay literature has earned a place at the American and British literary tables, spawning its own constellation of important writers and winning a dedicated audience. No one, though, until Philip Gambone, has attempted to offer a collective portrait of our most important gay fiction writers. This selection of interviews attempts just that and is notable both for the depth of Gambone’s probing conversations and for the sheer range of important authors included.<BR><BR>Allen Barnett<BR>Christopher Bram<BR>Peter Cameron<BR>Bernard Cooper<BR>Dennis Cooper<BR>Michael Cunningham<BR>Brad Gooch<BR>Joseph Hansen<BR>Scott Heim<BR>Andrew Holleran<BR>Alan Hollinghurst<BR>Brian Keith Jackson<BR>Randall Kenan<BR>David Leavitt<BR>Michael Lowenthal<BR>Paul Monette<BR>Michael Nava<BR>David Plante<BR>John Preston<BR>Lev Raphael<BR>Edmund White<BR></DIV>