Gentlemen prefer Asians : tales of gay Indonesians and green card marriages

The author, a gay Indonesian who feels he is "not much of a looker," immigrates to the USA and is inundated with shirtless joggers, same-sex public displays of affection, and the constant drive to psychoanalyze. In this poignant, witty, flippant, and trenchant collection of personal essays the author recounts his and two friends' paths to cross-cultural gay marriage and adjusting to very new lives in the USA.**Yuska Lutfi Tuanakotta** came from Indonesia to San Francisco in 2011 to study dance and creative writing, has two MFAs in Writing, has presented work at AWP, and was a 2014 Lambda Literary Foundation Fellow.

Asian-Americans are the fastest growing ethnic segment of the LGBT population in the USA

Asian-Americans are getting more successful representation in books published, as evidenced in competing titles listed; but LGBT and Indonesian communities are still under-represented

Author is a Lambda Literary Writers Retreat Fellow, a highly competitive and widely broadcast award

Publication follows in wake of Supreme Court ruling that legalizes gay marriage, whose cross-cultural implications, and limitations, are documented humorously and poignantly in this book

Author is an artist, photographer, fashion designer, and professional belly dancer, with extensive networks and regular public appearances in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Book has literary style and sensibility that appeals to high-brow indie bookstores, journals, and review magazines The author, a gay Indonesian who feels he is "not much of a looker," immigrates to the USA and is inundated with shirtless joggers, same-sex public displays of affection, and the constant drive to psychoanalyze. In this poignant, witty, flippant, and trenchant collection of personal essays the author recounts his and two friends' paths to cross-cultural gay marriage and adjusting to very new lives in the USA. Yuska Lutfi Tuanakotta came from Indonesia to San Francisco in 2011 to study dance and creative writing, has two MFAs in Writing, has presented work at AWP, and was a 2014 Lambda Literary Foundation Fellow. Funny, observant, touching personal essays about three gay Indonesians finding new lives, including same-sex marriage, in the USA.