An American Library Association Over the Rainbow Books selection, Emanuel Xavier's If Jesus Were Gay pulls no punches and is brutally frank about his views on sexuality, politics, and religion. Yet as deeply personal as these poems are, they are universal enough to move any reader. Both sacred and profane, it is a compelling and confessional collection from a daring and ambitious voice in contemporary poetry.

EMANUEL XAVIER is author of the novel, Christ Like, and the poetry collections, Pier Queen, Americano, Nefarious, Radiance and editor of the anthologies Me No Habla With Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry and Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry. He is an Equality Forum LGBTQ History Month Icon and has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and an International Latino Book Award.