Deal

Three of five prior collections recognized by Lambda Literary

Celebrates and spans Mann's thirty year career by compiling one of the most influential multiracial LGBTQ+ poet's essential works for the first time in one volume

21 New poems, 67 Selected poems (~24% poems are new)

Poetry parallels the Covid-19 and AIDS pandemics in a timely, responsive, and educational social commentary

Regional appeal to Mann's childhood Floria and adult San Francisco, particularly in a time of Florida's ?Don't Say Gay? Bill

Exemplary contemporary poet of formal craft, rhyme, and meter

Potential audiences: readers of LGBTQ+ literature, BIPOC voices, and/or activism poetry; fans of American history and politics; readers from Florida or San Francisco, poets and educators invested in traditional and experimental poetic forms