The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse Author:Stephen Coote (Editor) The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse is a collection of poems by and about gay people, but has Stephen Coote put together a concise anthology or is this collection crass? — The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse as edited by Stephen Coote takes the reader from the depths of classical Athens to the flourishing contemporary gay lite... more »rature scene in America, and in so doing creates an opportunity to view how attitudes about gay people and from gay people about the world around them, have changed and developed over time.« less