Daniel M. Jaffe
Works
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: MALE TALES OF LUST & LOVE
In this short story collection, American men—gay, straight, bi, trans—revel in wild romps, lose themselves in romances, discover unexpected friendships, and wrestle with shocking encounters while traveling/living abroad. These stories blend humor, suspense, and eroticism with compassion for the universal struggle not simply to endure but to overcome.
"Rich, complex, entertaining tales of strangers in strange lands." Kirkus Reviews (starred review). Kirkus selected FOREIGN AFFAIRS as one of the Best Indie Short Story Collections and Books of 2020.
"[B]old in subject matter…an insightful collection of finely crafted stories.” San Francisco Book Review.
“[S]urprising, refreshing, and thought-provoking…. Mr. Jaffe’s tales, both sexual and sexless, have broad appeal to readers occupying places up and down the Kinsey scale…. Kudos to Mr. Jaffe.” Rainbow Book Reviews
Yeled Tov
The Genealogy of Understanding
Jewish Gentle and Other Stories of Gay-Jewish Living
The Limits of Pleasure, a novel (reprint--originally published in 2001)
One-Foot Lover (fiction chapbook)
With Signs and Wonders: An International Anthology of Jewish Fabulist Fiction
Here Comes The Messiah! (translation)
Awards and Recognition
- One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Short Story Collections and Books of 2020--"Foreign Affairs"
- Finalist and Honorable Mention--Rainbow Award for "Yeled Tov" (2018-19)
- Fellowship--Norman Mailer Writers Colony Residency (2010)
- Finalist and Honorable Mention--Rainbow Award for "The Genealogy of Understanding" (2014)
- Finalist--American Fiction Prize, for "Mauricio Fabiano Weinstein," a short story (2009)
- Outstanding Instructor Award in Online Writing Education, UCLA Extension Writers’ Program (2006)
- First Place--John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts Literature Competition (2003)
- Finalist--ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award, for "The Limits of Pleasure," a novel (2002)
- Finalist--Unity Fest, NY, for "Bibi and Joe," a one-act play (2001)
- Finalist--Sierra Repertory Theatre’s competition, for "Private Matters," a two-act play (1996)
Press and Media Mentions
- Kirkus Reviews (Foreign Affairs: Male Tales of Lust & Love)
- Kirkus Reviews (Yeled Tov)
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
- Jewish Book Council (Jewish Gentle)
- Edge Boston (Jewish Gentle)
- Kirkus Reviews (With Signs and Wonders)
- Ha'aretz (With Signs and Wonders)
- Interpoezia (Here Comes the Messiah!)