About Taylor Siluwe Books
My favorite quote about writing is from Ernest Hemingway: "Write hard and clear about what hurts." That's what intrigues me - the pain and internal struggle between what we want and what we actually allow ourselves to do. I write the things people think, but are too scared to act on. Because we all have inner Devils, and sometimes they come out and dance ... whether we like it or not." Taylor Siluwé Writing and directing a ninth-grade production titled Land of the Mandinka (an African Romeo & Juliet) gave Taylor Siluwé a burning passion to write. After studying creative writing at New York University, his first erotically charged short story, "A Taste for Cherries" appeared in the anthology, Tough Guys (Black Books). His work has since appeared in the anthologies, Law of Desire (Alyson Publications), and Best Gay Erotica 2008 (Cleis Press). Victor Hoff (who writes for Huffington Post, Men Of Color blog, et al) sums up Taylor Siluwé's 2009 offering - the darkly provocative short-story collection DANCING WITH THE DEVIL - with these words: "Taylor Siluwé journeys into some of the most hellish scenarios one would expect to find love and yet, as the writer more than capably shows, love, like weeds through brick, sprouts in many of the most unlikely places." Ka-os--Theory, London - put it this way: "...Siluwé's work is something different, a revelation, a bit special." The Jersey City native and amateur shutterbug spends his time writing and taking pretty pictures for Out IN Jersey magazine (most distributed regional for the LGBT community), and sounding off on his website, SGLcafé.com which shines a much needed light on Same Gender Love. Taylor is currently in the process of bringing DANCING WITH THE DEVIL to life.
