Daniel Allen Cox

I’m thrilled to announce the blurbs for my new novel Krakow Melt, forthcoming this October from Arsenal Pulp Press, and recently profiled in Publishers Weekly: http://bit.ly/cFLNf3

Here are comments from super-fabulous celebrity Village Voice columnist Michael Musto, legendary New Narrative author Kevin Killian, award-winning enfant terrible Scott Heim, queer CanLit powerhouse Zoe Whittall and iconic gender outlaw and sexual anarchist Patrick Califia!  

“Strange, provocative, and daring: all adjectives that fit Daniel Allen Cox’s work. In Krakow Melt, the writer gets stranger, more provocative, and more daring. Best of all, he’s given us a novel that’s both thrilling and fun to read.”

—Scott Heim, author of Mysterious Skin and We Disappear

“Dying Popes and gays with matches—two of my favorite subjects. Daniel Allen Cox reminds us that queers and their allies from Krakow to California won’t stand for institutions getting between them and an orgasm. I say burn it all down, especially if it has stained glass. And buy this book!”

—Michael Musto, Village Voice columnist, author of Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back

“I’ve been a fan of Daniel Allen Cox’s writing for some time, and in Krakow Melt the wit, punch and sexual heat of Shuck return, revved up even more. As we read we slip into a free zone of writing, almost as if the boundaries of the page had themselves slipped away and we were free to wander through Eastern Europe like natives, with the haunted and nomadic gaze of those on whom history has given up. Cox brings us a story of struggle, defeat, liberation and love that I will never forget.”

—Kevin Killian, author of Spreadeagle

“Krakow Melt is Syd Barrett crossed with the Polish queer nation, a rollicking and heart-pounding urban jump through some grim realities and fine prose stylings.”

—Zoe Whittall, author of Bottle Rocket Hearts and Holding Still For As Long As Possible

“Krakow Melt goes beyond gay fiction into the realm of queer narrative. After a glut of “feel-good” books about twinks and their summer crushes, it’s a relief to sit down with a book that has a larger agenda. Its tragic vignettes about homophobia in Eastern Europe, and the sly and rage-fueled humor that such oppression provokes are beautifully written; stamped upon the reader’s memory. The description of a gay pride march ought to be prescribed reading for anybody who thinks activism is passe. Let your sense of foreboding guide you through Krakow Melt until you smell gasoline and realize you are gripping your own box of matches.”

 —Patrick Califia, author of Public Sex and Macho Sluts

Thank you, Kevin, Michael, Scott, Patrick and Zoe! You rawk.