Actor James Franco Releases New Poetry Book STRAIGHT JAMES/GAY JAMES

Hansen Publishing Group announced today that it has released the newest chapbook of poetry by actor James Franco entitled STRAIGHT JAMES / GAY JAMES.

STRAIGHT JAMES / GAY JAMES explores the facets of James Franco's public and private personas. STRAIGHT JAMES / GAY JAMES is a poetic bildungsroman -- raw, candid, and uninhibited. James Franco writes about life as an actor and provokes questions about identity, sexuality, and gender. Other poems deal with family, Gucci, Lana Del Rey, James Dean, and Hollywood. His poetic style varies from the imagistic to the prosaic. The chapbook also contains an interview of "Gay James" conducted by "Straight James." Yes, Straight James asks the question: "Let's get substantial: are you gay or what?"

It is available in paperback ($12) from Amazon.com, B&N.com, Books-a-Million, Indie Bound, and other retailers and is also available as an ebook ($4.99) via Amazon.com, Apple iBooks, B&N Nook, and Google Play Books. Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and others distribute the paperback to the trade and libraries.

James Franco is an actor, director, writer, and visual artist. He is the author of two works of fiction, Palo Alto and Actors Anonymous, and two books that collage memoir, snapshots, poems, and artwork, A California Childhood and Hollywood Dreaming. His poetry has appeared in a chapbook, Strongest of the Litter, and the book, Directing Herbert White. His writing has also been published in Esquire, the Huffington Post, McSweeney's, N+1, Vanity Fair, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has received MFAs in fiction from Brooklyn College and Columbia, an MFA in film from New York University, an MFA in art from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College.

Hansen Publishing Group is an indie publisher specializing in poetry, fiction, drama, theater history, acting, film, and Tennessee Williams. Notable releases include the award winning novel The Whip, and award winning poetry collection Red Leather Gloves. Hansen Publishing Group was founded in 2006.