“As someone who grew up gay in the 1970s, I cannot express what it would have meant to me to have a book like this, a book with a gay protagonist who is so true, real and vulnerable a plot that gives readers a transporting, exceptionally sexy romance and an ending that offers genuine hope. His editor, Arthur Levine, echoes those sentiments. It was in high school that I needed to read about relationships between boys.” I searched out books like John Rechy’s ‘City of Night’ and Gore Vidal’s ‘The City and the Pillar’ in my 20s, and they were amazing. Then I read James Baldwin and was swept away by it. “The Mary Renault books that I read were a big help. “A book like this one would have made life much easier when I was a teenager,” he says. With it, Grimsley has written the kind of book that might have eased his fraught coming-of-age as a gay man from the rural South. No spoilers, but suffice it to say “Dove” has a happy ending, for a change. One function of creating your own world in a novel is that you can save yourself. If you do not agree, click on the "Exit" button below and exit the Website.“It’s written for the YA market, but I hope older readers of all backgrounds will respond to the storytelling and recognize those heady feelings of first love,” Grimsley says in a phone interview from his home in Goldsboro, North Carolina. I acknowledge that my use of the Website is governed by the Website’s Terms of Service Agreement and the Website’s Privacy Policy, which I have carefully reviewed and accepted, and I am legally bound by the Terms of Service Agreement.īy clicking "I Agree - Enter," you state that all the above is true, that you want to enter the Website, and that you will abide by the Terms of Service Agreement and the Privacy Policy. By logging on and viewing any part of the Website, I will not hold the owners of the Website or its employees responsible for any materials located on the Website. I understand and will abide by the standards and laws of my community. I will leave the Website immediately if I am in anyway offended by the sexual nature of any material. I do not find images of nude adults, adults engaged in sexual acts, or other sexual material to be offensive or objectionable. I am voluntarily choosing to access the Website because I want to view, read, or hear the various materials which are available. I will not allow any persons under 18-years old to have access to any of the materials contained within this Website. I am an adult, at least 18-years old, and I have the legal right to possess adult material in my community. By using our site you agree to our use of cookies.īy clicking "I Agree" below, you are making the following statements: Visiting this Website if you are under 18-years old may be prohibited by federal, state, or local laws.Īdditionally, our website uses cookies to make your browsing experience better. The materials that are available on the Website may include graphic visual depictions and descriptions of nudity and sexual activity and must not be accessed by anyone who is younger than 18-years old. This Website is for use solely by responsible adults over 18-years old (or the age of consent in the jurisdiction from which it is being accessed). Please carefully read the following before entering MENATPLAY (the “Website”).