Stan LeventhalStan Leventhal, author, editor, and publisher, lived in New York City in the 1980s through 1995 where he died of AIDS. He is fondly remembered as a generous, genuine and passionate advocate for social causes and other writers. He was nominated for a ambda Literary Award three times: for the debut novel Mountain Climbing in Sheridan Square, Faultlines and The Black Marble Pool. He published one other novel and three collections of short stories.He served as a judge for the annual Bill Whitehead Memorial Award and was a member of the Publishing Triangle Steering Committee. His short stories and reviews appeared in Outweek, The Advocate, The New York Native, Torso, Mandate, Exquisite Corpse, The James White Review and Gaylaxian Gayzette.In addition, his work appeared in the anthologies: Gay Life, Shadows of Love, The Stiffest of the Corpse, and Sword of the Rainbow. The author was actively involved in the fight for literacy. His message to his readers: "Literature is crucial to our lives; reading is fun." Read More Read Less