Introduction Difficult Queers, Queer Difficulties 1. Bohemians of the Vegetable World Alison Syme 2. The Consequences of Dating Don Leon Charles Upchurch 3. The Song of Songs for Difficult Queers: Simeon Solomon, Neil Bartlett, and A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep Duc Dau 4. Ingres's Line Kevin Kopelson 5. "I Am a Photographer, Not a Lesbian": Berenice Abbott's Visibility Tirza True Latimer 6. Naked Politics: The Art of Eros 1955-1975 Jonathan Katz 7. The Blatant Image , Lesbian Identity, and Visual Pleasure Margo Hobbs 8.

For/Against Homoeroticism: Posing Difficulty for the Habitual Decoders of Desire Nicholas de Villiers 9. Ladies Almanack showing their Satire and Irony; Sorrow and Sentimentality; Ridiculousness in Relation to Sexual Identity; as well as reflections on Alison Bechdel's Fun Home --Or, Notes not on Camp Christopher Reed 10. Now and (N)ever: Robert Gober's Beeswax Time Machines Jongwoo Jeremy Kim 11. Hip Openers: On the Visuals of Gendering Athleticism Erica Rand 12. The Perils and Pleasures of Drinking in Will Self and Herman Melville Carina Pasquesi roticism: Posing Difficulty for the Habitual Decoders of Desire Nicholas de Villiers 9. Ladies Almanack showing their Satire and Irony; Sorrow and Sentimentality; Ridiculousness in Relation to Sexual Identity; as well as reflections on Alison Bechdel's Fun Home --Or, Notes not on Camp Christopher Reed 10. Now and (N)ever: Robert Gober's Beeswax Time Machines Jongwoo Jeremy Kim 11. Hip Openers: On the Visuals of Gendering Athleticism Erica Rand 12.

The Perils and Pleasures of Drinking in Will Self and Herman Melville Carina Pasquesi.