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Forthcoming book announcement: Donkey Tales of Mullah Nasruddin

Forthcoming from Bear Bones Books …
April Fools’ Day
April 1st, 2023

Donkey Tales of Mullah Nasruddin

Adventures & antics of the famed folk hero’s hairy ass

Collected & retold by Ron J. Suresha

A little grey donkey named Karakacan was the faithful companion of the folk character Mullah Nasruddin and made its appearance in many of his most famous stories.

Known as Nasreddin Hoca in Turkey, where he is revered as a national hero, the eight-centuries old “wise fool” Nasruddin is the subject of thousands of folk tales and bawdy jokes from across the Middle and Far East.

Taken from authentic sources, many stories have been told of the Mullah’s long, abiding relationship with his beloved donkey.

Their enterprises and exploits, for better and worse, are by turns inspirational, sentimental, satirical, silly, and shocking — but always hilarious and entertaining.

Collected into three sections: Nice, Naughty, and Nasty, there is something in this book for everyone to enjoy. Mature readers only.

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.