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“Bi Perspectives on Kinsey” is “eccentric, excellent”bi

Kinsey Retrospective called “eccentric, excellent”

In a San Francisco Examiner article, “Best bisexual books of 2008: non-fiction,” from the completely unBIased Sheela Lambert:

4. Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey

Edited by Ron Jackson Suresha, Taylor & Francis

Front cover of "Bisexual Perspectives on ... Kinsey"
Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C Kinsey, front cover

Eccentric, yet excellent, anthology looks back at the influence of Kinsey on the understanding of bisexuality and his influence on the contributing authors. Besides the more academic chapters, there is Mike Szymanski’s investigation into the Kinsey movie’s portrayal of bisexuality with director & actor interviews; an interview with T.C. Boyle author of Inner Circle, a novel based on the life of Kinsey and his inner circle of colleagues; editor Ron Suresha’s pilgrimage to Kinsey’s Bloomington with photos of the Kinsey Institute, Kinsey’s home and his gravesite; and a short story that follows a single copy of the Kinsey Report as it interconnects lives in different time periods from the report’s release to present day. Editor Ron Suresha is a true member of the bi community and has edited several bi anthologies including Bi Men & Bi Guys.

My gratitute to Ms Lambert for her kind review, which you can read  in full here: http://snurl.com/orypq . The special hardbound library edition is available for pre-order on Amazon.

Published by Ron Suresha

Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.