"A Great Gay Book is a gorgeously designed collection of art, essays, short fiction, poetry, interviews, profiles, and photography from the archives of the beloved queer magazine Hello Mr., as well as new material from many of today's biggest LGBTQ+ creatives. In these pages, the magazine's founder, Ryan Fitzgibbon, has curated the most evergreen written and visual content from the publication's archives, and showcases work from a class of contributors--the result is a vibrant compendium of celebrated and emerging queer voices."--

Hello again / Ryan Fitzgibbon -- On writing a great, gay book / Hanya Yanagihara, Garth Greenwell -- SLUTBOYS / Ben French -- Snob Queer / Jeremy Atherton Lin -- Navot and his kind : portraits, penises, and peyes / Michele Fossi -- Star beings / Aleander Chee -- On the move: a life : Brian Anderson / Samuel Bradley -- Who conquers who, or surprisingly good airplane food / Tommy Pico -- Shut up after you're thirty : Charles Rogers in search of John Waters's approval / Charles Rogers -- Sanctuary / Jen Silverman -- Blurry soles / Mathew Rodriguez -- Anal fisting : a case study of the mental and rectal elasticity of the human male / Sam Finkelstein -- Forgiveness / Christopher Soto -- Recording / Khalid El Khatib -- Back to start : the "Lady" bunny / Martin Belk -- FAG SCHOOL #6 1/2 / Brontez Purnell -- All these cats have AIDS / Jason Villemex -- Fire island / Robert Andy Coombs -- Kehinde Wiley in 3D: an artist's quest to unflatten Black America / Antwaun Sargent -- House of the sleeping beaus / John Better Armella -- Good dick is a myth / Mack Rogers -- History of my blood / Mason Pippenger -- Notebook fragements / Ocean Vuong -- Camp / Michael Huey We meet again: Familiar Faces of Hello Mr. / Ernesto Macias -- Nic Dorward -- Ed Droste -- Dan Donigan -- Saeed Jones -- Mike Hadreas -- Parson James -- Stephen Galloway -- Brian Anderson -- John Early -- Tunde Olaniran -- Olly Alexander -- He opened up somewhere along the eastern shore / Jason Hanasik -- A compendium of loss / Thom James Carter -- Javier Muñoz: Hamilton's new Hamilton / Scott Bixby -- Close encounter / Noah Michelson -- Clear constellations: mapping the cultural pinpoints of critic Wesley Morris / J Wortham -- Falling prey / Fran Tirado -- Jello Boy / Galvin Gimpelevich -- What's left of Marcus Leatherdale? / Martin Belk -- On watching MormonBoyz porn as an gay ex-mormon / Craig Mangum -- Queering space / Davy Pittoors -- 1st Samuel, 1st love / Kitsch Harris -- How to unerase yourself with Garrard Conley / Scott Bixby -- Learning I'm susceptible to cults / Andrew Ketcham -- Maggie and Olivia, or: Flickering in and out of many things / Erin Riley -- Cryin' these cocksucking tears: remembering my friend, Patrick Haggerty / Andrew Sa -- Nature poem / Tommy Pico -- Chani Nicholas is in your house / Alexander Chee -- Violets / Steve Orlando, Derek Charm -- Just be cool / Matthew Harris -- Selected poems from the Walt Whitman Reader: an English-to-English translation / Paul Legault -- Mother, the son, and the holy spirit / Dany Salvatierra -- Screen test / Daniel Shea -- Saying hello to new queer voices / Colby Anderson, Yesmin Villarreal -- How to talk to strangers / Bryan Washington -- Perfect imbalance of Raul Lopez / Ernesto Macias -- Wound / Riley Yaxley -- We know the weight is human / Tate Justus