"Homocore Anthology" (2026)











n.p.: Sensitive Research / World Power Systems (book, anthology), 2026.
11" x 8.5" x 0.75", n.p., softcover, no ISBN.

Homocore Anthology: Issues #1 through #7, September 1988 through Spring 1991, an anthology of the seven issues of Homocore magazine released between 1988 and 1991, as edited by Tom Jennings and published by Sensitive Research / World Power Systems (n.p., US) in 2026. 

Issue #1 (released September 1988) features Ruby Ray’s (uncredited in #1) photograph of William S. Burroughs on the cover, which also appears on the book's cover. The credit to Ruby Ray appears on issue #2's editorial page.

Issue #6 (released May 1990) contains a reading list by Tom Jennings (and Ray Reich) on page 29 in which William S. Burroughs is discussed.

In issue #7 (released Winter/Spring 1991), an interview with William S. Burroughs by Deke Motif Nihilson is on pages 24-25, accompanied by an uncredited photo by Charles Gatewood and a photocollage from RE/Search, issues 4-5, 1982.

Contents: 

  • Introduction:
    • "About this Anthology"
    • "People without Whom Homocore Would Not Have Been Made"
    • "About Letters"
    • "About MaximumRockNRoll (MRR)"
    • "How Homocore Was Made"
    • "Money"
  • "Issue #1 (September 1988)":
    • [Ruby Ray]: cover photograph
    • editorial
    • Tom Jennings: "What the Fuck Is Homocore?"
    • letters
    • n.p.: "Zines You Should Get"
    • Bill Broen: "Fuck Closets"
    • n.p.: "1000 protesters disrupt Miss California pageant"
    • "Lawrence Livermore: "Why Punks, Hippies, and Queers Should All Go Fuck Themselves"
    • n.p.: "MDC Does the Pope"
    • photocollages
    • n.p.: "Dear John (for Richard)"
    • Ray O'Loughlin: "Epithets from Cable Car Provoke One Citizen to Act"
    • Winston Smith: "Mona Mohawk"
    • n.p.: "Band Interview: NOBODY"
    • music listings
    • n.p.: "Candy's {unnamed} comix strip" 
  • "Issue #2 (December 1988)":
    • editorial
    • "Tom Jennings: "Rude Noises from the Editor/Censor"
    • letters
    • n.p.: "Zines You Should Get"
    • n.p.: "George Bush in San Francisco" (photoseries)
    • Kevin Fitzsimmons: "Americana" (poetry)
    • Lawrence Livermore: "Nickel and Diming It Through Junkie Summer"
    • music listings
    • n.p.: "A Survey Soliciting Ideas and Opinions for a Successful Anarchist 1989 Festival/Conference in San Francisco"
    • Linc Torrey: "Alternative Fantasy #1" (poetry)
    • Ray Reich: "Homopunk"
    • Mickey Wheatley: letter to the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc.
    • n.p.: "Candy's comic"
    • n.p.: "In the Dead of Night"
  • "Issue #3 (February 1989)":
    • Tom Jennings: "Rude Noises from the Editor/Censor"
    • n.p.: "Last Minute Bullshit Page"
    • letters
    • n.p.: photoseries
    • Lawrence Livermore: "Nickel and Diming It Through Junkie Summer – Part 2"
    • Henry Bowers: "Reliquary" (prose)
    • Matt Groening: "Life in Hell" (comic)
    • n.p.: photocollage
    • Mikey: "Interview with Boysville USA"
    • Ray Reich: "What a Drag"
    • Gibby: "Section 28 – Legalized Homophobia"
    • n.p.: "Zines You Should Get"
  • "Issue #4 (June 1989)":
    • Tom Jennings: "Rude Noises from the Editor/Censor"
    • letters
    • Piraro: "Bizarro" (comic)
    • n.p.: "Zines You Should Get"
    • n.p.: "Homocore Show at the Deaf Club"(photoseries)
    • music listings
    • Rich Loranger: "Reflections on the Homo Ball" (poetry)
    • Ray Reich: "White Night" 
    • n.p.: "Homocore Show on April 23rd" (photoseries)
    • Gibby: "Interview with The Apostles" (interview)
    • Lawrence Livermore: "Nickel and Diming It Through Junkie Summer – Part 3" 
    • n.p.: "2nd Homocore Show at the Women's Building" (photoseries)
    • Opium Weevil: "Parable of the Dessert Topping (a 5-part story)"
    • n.p.: photocollages
    • Ace Backwards: "Twisted Image"
  • "Issue #5 (December 1989)":
    • Tom Jennings: "Rude Noises from the Editor/Censor"
    • letters
    • Jess Grant: "I Survived the Anarchist Convention"
    • n.p.: "Zines You Should Get"
    • Deke Nihilson: "An Evening with Robert Anton Wilson"
    • Donna Dresch: "Hand, Hand, Finger, Thumb"
    • Neal Wach: "Last Night I Saw Desireé [sic] Dance and I Knew What I Had Come For" 
    • Adrienne Lauby: "At Rehearsal"
    • Amy Keen: "High schoolers take drug test"
    • n.p.: "S. F. Gay Freedom Day Parade" (photoseries)
    • Flesh: "A Remembrance of the Alley Club, Missoula Montana"
    • Lawrence Livermore: "Nickel and Diming It Through Junkie Summer, part 4"
    • TAB: "Mary Don't Slam" (comic)
    • music listings
    • classifieds
    • Daniel Nicolleta: photographs
  • "Issue #6 (May 1990)":
    • Tom Jennings: "Rude Noises from the Editor/Censor"
    • letters
    • Travis Doane: "This Is Art!" (comic)
    • n.p.: zine reviews
    • Lawrence Livermore: "Fag Bashing '66"
    • Tom Jennings: "If Santa Claus Can Do It, We Can Do It Also..."
    • Jeremy: A Genderfuck Story"
    • Hakim Bey: "Resolution for the 90's: BOYCOTT COP CULTURE!!!"
    • n.p.: "Why I Hate Leftists"
    • Ray Reich: "Community (Th)Rift Store"
    • Tom Jennings and Ray Reich: "Reading List"
    • classified ads
  • "Issue #7 (Winter/Spring 1991)":
    • Tom Jennings: "Rude Noises from the Editor/Censor"
    • letters
    • Deke Motif Nihilson: "Interview with William S. Burroughs"
    • Lesbian & Gay Freedom Movement, London: statement
    • G. B. Jones and Bruce LaBruce: "Don't Be Gay, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Fuck Punk up the Ass"
    • n.p.: "Zines, Music, all thet stuff" (reviews)
    • Joey Cain: "Home of the Drag Queen's Trout Farm: An Interview with Queer Squatters in Berlin"
    • Ray Reich: "Orgone Liberation"
    • Lao Tzu Zu Zu: "Report on Zu Zu's Petals Art Gang"
    • Act-up!: "Boycott Marlboro!"
    • Remix Von Popstitute: "The Popstitutes"
    • n.p.: "The Popstitutes" (photoseries)
    • Steve Abbott: "Dig Our Heroes Out of the Trash" 
    • n.p.: "Hippie Histomap"
    • Richard Loranger: "Night Club Rant"
    • n.p.: "Similar to Those Seen on TV" (photoseries)
    • classified ads
    • Alison Bechdel: "Dykes to Watch Out For" (comic)

Comments

Popular Posts