tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:38 +0000http://www.gaybookblog.net/noreply@blogger.com (test)Blogger1345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-4434803065914169886Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 +00002008-05-12T02:00:38.340-07:00<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal>By <b><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Bios/Stan_Persky" title="Bio page for Stan Persky">Stan Persky</a><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Some things I take personally. This is one of them. That's because I write books. So, whenever people burn books -- whether it's the ancient library of Alexandria, Egypt going up in flames nearly two millennia in the past, or the 2003 torching of the National Library in Baghdad just five years ago, at the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- I take offence. And it's personal. When the temperature reaches Fahrenheit 451, the degree at which paper burns, books like mine were and are reduced to ashes.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>That flame-scorched history is why I was in Berlin's August Bebel Platz on Sat., May 10. It's the site where, 75 years ago on that date in 1933, the most notorious book burning of the 20th century was ignited by the then recently-installed Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler. Less than four months after Hitler became chancellor of Germany, Nazi students throughout the country were egged on by Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels to purge the nation's libraries of all thought of which the government didn't approve.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>The biggest of the nationwide bonfires took place in Berlin. Thousands of mostly young Nazis made their way up east Berlin's famous showcase boulevard, Unter den Linden, on an evening in early May and assembled in the cobblestone plaza across the street from what is today's Humboldt University and next door to the 17th century state opera house. A huge bonfire was lit and as many as 20,000 volumes were hurled into the flames. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>More of <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Books/2008/05/12/Burningbooks/">The Urge to Burn Books</a><br> TheTyee.ca,&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080512090038080512090000"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080512090038080512090000?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080512090038080512090000" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080512090038080512090000&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Furge-to-burn-books.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/urge-to-burn-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-9021676531424142546Mon, 12 May 2008 05:06:00 +00002008-05-11T22:58:47.090-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/dandy-underworld-782451.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/dandy-underworld-782447.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061461253?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0061461253" id="static_preview" name="evtst|a|0061461253" style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Dandy in the Underworld: An Unauthorized Autobiography  </span></a></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; ">by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Sebastian%20Horsley" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: underline; ">Sebastian Horsley</a> </span><br /><div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal">Sexual suspects don't easily penetrate the clenched sphincter of US Customs. Professional bad boy Sebastian Horsley was denied entry recently for what the border cops called "moral turpitude," citing his arrests in the UK for drug possession and prostitution. The incident got the queerish Brit dandy a feature article in the Sunday New York Times. Just who is this velveteened, top-hatted, ultra-indecorous almost-fag? You don't know? Well, neither does he.<br /><br />I was soon totting up the flood of aphorisms in this memoir and trying to recall who had said them already. "All art aspires towards the condition of music," is a paraphrase of Walter Pater. "It is not necessary to have relatives in Hull to be unhappy," is Groucho Marx shifted to Yorkshire. Oscar Wilde and Quentin Crisp make frequent pseudo-appearances. On the other hand, to say "self-destruction... is the quickest way to gain control over your own destiny" seems to be genuine Horsley.<br /><br />Raised in a "soaring, rambling" manor house in the north of England, young Bash (a family nickname) made his mark early. At age five he crapped himself in school and was sent home "dripping with excrement." The trauma didn't deter him from peeking at the scatological William S Burroughs in his father's library. A dialogue on butt-licking from Naked Lunch ("Aw shucks, now it ain't dirty") set him trembling with desire. "I knew I was approaching the spot where the treasure lay buried."<br /><br />At 18 daddy's trust fund kicked in. After a jaunt to Paris where he launched a narcotic habit, Horsley moved to Edinburgh and became friends with imprisoned Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle, a convicted murderer whose specialty was gouging out eyes. We learn that Boyle "invented the dirty protest," covering himself in his own poo to deter prison guards.<br /><br />Bash seemed to be falling in with the wrong crowd. A mitigating factor was his roommate and best friend, Steve. In their Edinburgh flat one night, Steve came out to him — and Horsley began to wonder if gay life "was the way to enlightenment."  See <a href="javascript:StoryUrl('http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx','1',4689,2)">Book review: Dandy in the Underworld</a><o:p></o:p></p><p><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=booksatprodisgay&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0061461253&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080512050703080512050600"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080512050703080512050600?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080512050703080512050600" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080512050703080512050600&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Fbook-review-dandy-in-underworld.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/book-review-dandy-in-underworld.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-8797649487670695056Sun, 11 May 2008 20:22:00 +00002008-05-11T13:22:00.758-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/out-traveler-706066.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/out-traveler-706063.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><p> </p><a name="evtst|a|1593500734" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593500734?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=1593500734" id="static_preview">The Out Traveler: Hawaii (Out Traveler)</a><br />by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Matthew%20Link">Matthew Link</a><br /><p>New! The <i>Out Traveler</i> volumes strive to inspire sophisticated travelers by showcasing thoughtful and transformative travel experiences that set the standard of gay travel. These new and information-packed books emphasize the long-overlooked but incredibly powerful cultural and historical traditions of the LGBT community throughout the world.</p><p>Hawaii travel expert and former Big Island resident, author Matthew Link gives you the insider information on one of the world's top LGBT travel destinations. From the hula's great gay teachers to the openly gay beaches, Link reveals the queer history that you never get. Hand-picked, in-the-know listings for gay and non-gay lodging, dining, and activities portray the spirit of each varied isle. Included are maps, illustrations, gay-friendly ratings, and travel tips.</p><p>Travel writer <b>Matthew Link</b> is the editorial director of <i>The Out Traveler</i>, and has written for <i>Newsweek</i>, <i>TIME Asia</i>, <i>Forbes</i>, <i>Men's Health</i>, <i>Real Simple</i>, and MSNBC.com.</p> <br /> <b>About the Author</b><br />Matthew Link is the Editorial Director of The Out Traveler magazine, a journalist, and has lived on the big island of Hawaii. 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King also discusses the potential health consequences of having unprotected sex, as African American women represent an alarming 64 percent of new HIV infections. Volatile yet vital<i>, On the Down Low </i>is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.<br />“A survey by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found that nearly a quarter of black HIV-positive men who had sex with men consider themselves heterosexual.”<br />—<i>Essence</i></p><ul><li><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/076791399X/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">See all Editorial Reviews</a></b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=J.%20L.%20King"></a> </li></ul><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=booksatprodisgay&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=076791399X&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+books" rel="tag">gay books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/lesbiuan+books" rel="tag">lesbian books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+men" rel="tag"> gay men</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080511082322080511082200"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080511082322080511082200?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080511082322080511082200" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080511082322080511082200&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Fon-down-low-journey-into-lives-of.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/on-down-low-journey-into-lives-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-5108004141686041117Sun, 11 May 2008 07:29:00 +00002008-05-11T00:29:00.929-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/secret-keeping-741914.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/secret-keeping-741907.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><a name="evtst|a|1419682369" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419682369?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=1419682369" id="static_preview">The Secret Keeping, Special Edition</a></span><p> by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Francine%20Saint%20Marie">Francine Saint Marie</a><br /></p><p><br /></p>THE SECRET KEEPING: Dr. Helaine Kristenson is the leading authority in the field of psychosexual relations and the bestselling author of the how-to bible, "Keeping Mr. Right." Professionally, she deals with secrets of the heart every day. Privately, she even has a few of her own to keep her busy. What's so Top Secret? Her seven-year relationship with notorious super-model Sharon Chambers--a once very hot union that lately has become something less than perfect. Wandering unwittingly into the middle of their tangled web is disillusioned investment strategist, Lydia Beaumont, a sleeping beauty who's just about to wake up. Add to the resulting fray a dozen lawyers, a handful of corporate executives, and a gaggle of overzealous reporters, and you've got one highly public love triangle. And the more private a woman is, the more exposed she becomes. THE SECRET KEEPING is a high-stakes, fast-paced modern romance, where the moral of the story is that money can indeed buy you love...if it's invested wisely. Nominated for the 2006 LAMBDA Literary Award for a debut novel. Nominated for the 2006 LAMBDA Literary Award for fiction. Finalist for the 2007 Goldie Award for best dramatic fiction. Semi-finalist for the 2007 Independent Publishers Award and an IPPY Award recipient of an honorable mention.<br /><br /> <b>From the Publisher</b><br /><p> THE SECRET KEEPING was a finalist for a 2007 Goldie Award for best dramatic fiction; a semi-finalist for a 2007 Independent publishers Award, and a 2007 IPPY Award recipient of an Honorable Mention. 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Eskridge Jr.<o:p></o:p></h3> <h3>Viking; 514 pages; $32.95<o:p></o:p></h3> <p>Just because someone constructs an analogy, it doesn't mean they've unearthed a similarity. For instance, in 1972 Edward Davis, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, claimed that &quot;ostentatious merchandizing of the concept of homosexuality is a clear and present danger to the youth of our community. It's one thing to be a leper. It's another thing to be spreading the disease.&quot; <o:p></o:p></p> <p>This argument - let's call it the contagion thesis - is a time-honored American habit of thought. Hypotheses such as Davis' have been naturalized as legitimate reactions to homosexual intimacy for so long that they have slipped into the historical record. Moreover, until recently, the hysteria about homosexual &quot;contagion&quot; persisted as a component of legal precedent.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>This is just one of the lessons taught by William N. Eskridge Jr.'s &quot;Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003.&quot; As Eskridge details in this exhaustive - sometimes exhausting - volume, when regulating homosexual desire, our courts have often endorsed the most anxious logic of American society's moral panic.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Although sodomy has been cause for theological and legal regulation for centuries, modern America sodomy laws came into their own, if you will, only in the 19th century. From around 1820 to 1860, the majority of states replaced their sodomy laws, which were classified more often than not as capital offenses, with statutes outlawing the &quot;crime against nature.&quot; These laws ostensibly outlawed sex for pleasure's sake, sex with no procreative function - in effect, gay sexual behavior. What emerges from the dense thicket of legal argument dramatized by Eskridge is the United States' painful liberalization, a creeping expansion, then contraction, of sexual regulation. <o:p></o:p></p> <p>California's story is as representative as any. In 1903, after establishing its &quot;infamous crime against nature&quot; law in 1850, California passed a frequently updated law that criminalized &quot;any act that outrages public decency,&quot; which pretty much meant being gay; in 1909, sterilization of convicted sodomites was legalized; in 1915, the state, like many during this period, expanded the definition of sodomy to include fellatio and cunnilingus; and, in 1941, California expanded its law to allow the castration of &quot;sex perverts.&quot; In most cases, of course, only homosexuals met the operative definition of &quot;pervert.&quot; In 1975, after having demoted oral and anal sex to mere misdemeanors more than 20 years earlier, California finally decriminalized consensual sodomy and oral sex.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>Eskridge knows that the connective tissue for this history resides in the bodies and spirits of persecuted gay people, and he sprinkles vignettes throughout his book to dramatize the suffering caused by consensual-sodomy laws. Although he lacks the narrative skill of a first-class cultural historian, he provides details of those indicted for sodomy, the litigators on both sides of the court battles and the judges, giving us a rare, intimate glimpse into the workings of the law.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>&quot;Dishonorable Passions&quot; is best in its discussion of post-Stonewall litigation, especially the 17 years between Bowers vs. Hardwick and Lawrence vs. Texas, when the gay community experienced its own truncated journey from Dred Scott to the 14th Amendment.<o:p></o:p></p> <p>The discussion of Bowers provides particular interest. Decided at the height of the confusion and fear provoked by the AIDS crisis, Bowers, a narrowly tailored tract that relied on homophobic &quot;common knowledge,&quot; such as the contagion thesis, lent a late 20th century constitutional imprimatur to the unequal treatment of sexual minorities. Although Bowers was met with immediate outrage, the decision remained binding for 17 years, until Lawrence. Lawrence, like Bowers before it, stemmed from an ethically and legally dubious home search by police. Lawrence negated the earlier decision, affirming the constitutional protection of sexual privacy, and thus eliminating the criminal distinction between private acts of heterosexuals and homosexuals.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/09/RV5L10C3ID.DTL">Eskridge surveys history of US sodomy laws</a><br> San Francisco Chronicle,&nbsp; USA<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080511051443080511051400"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080511051443080511051400?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080511051443080511051400" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080511051443080511051400&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Feskridge-surveys-history-of-us-sodomy.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/eskridge-surveys-history-of-us-sodomy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-5115075609954932753Sat, 10 May 2008 18:26:00 +00002008-05-10T11:26:02.809-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/lesbian-pulp-701110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/lesbian-pulp-701104.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><p> </p><span style="font-size:180%;"><a name="evtst|a|1573442100" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1573442100?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=1573442100" id="static_preview">Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Sexually Intrepid World of Lesbian Paperback Novels 1950-1965</a></span><br />by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Katherine%20V.%20Forrest">Katherine V. Forrest</a><br /><br /><b>San Francisco Chronicle</b><br />"[Katherine V. Forrest] has reclaimed a treasury of lesbian history in a bold and credible way." <br /><br /> <b>New York Post</b><br />"These writers deserve a place of pride alongside their pulp contemporaries." <br /><br /> <b>The Advocate</b><br />"Reaches beyond the sleazy covers…to demonstrate these dime novels'…role in bringing solace and solidarity to postwar lesbians."<br /><br /> <b>Product Description</b><br /><div>Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring between the covers of the cheaply produced lesbian pulp paperbacks of the post–World War II era. In 1950, publisher Fawcett Books founded its Gold Medal imprint, inaugurating the reign of lesbian pulp fiction. These were the books that small-town lesbians and prurient men bought by the millions — cheap, easy to find in drugstores, and immediately recognizable by their lurid covers: often a hard-looking brunette standing over a scantily clad blonde, or a man gazing in tormented lust at a lovely, unobtainable lesbian. For women leading straight lives, here was confirmation that they were not alone and that darkly glamorous, "gay" places like Greenwich Village existed. Some — especially those written by lesbians — offered sympathetic and realistic depictions of "life in the shadows," while others (no less fun to read now) were smutty, sensational tales of innocent girls led astray. In the overheated prose typical of the genre, this collection documents the emergence of a lesbian subculture in postwar America. </div> <br /><br /> <b>About the Author</b><br />Katherine V. Forrest is the author of 15 novels, including Hancock Park, Curious Wine, and Daughters of a Coral Dawn. 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Kompes</a><p>If you're looking for a gay-friendly place to call home but can't decide among the urban hustle of New York, the laidback seaside of Key West, or the open, daily life of Minneapolis, this book is for you! Travelers, Urban Pioneers, gay families and those searching for a new hometown now have an easy-to-read book that profiles 50 of America's gay-friendliest cities. </p><p>Most guidebooks reduce coverage of the local gay community to lists – lists of bars, lists of dance clubs, lists of hotels, lists of resources. 50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to Live surveys each location from a "local’s point of view". It features cities that are fun places to live, work, and visit because they encourage and nurture diversity. Each location is described in detail, with special attention paid to information the gay community most wants to know, including: </p><p>Gay-positive local politics and policies. A dynamic gay community with well-sponsored activities and events. Fun nightlife in local clubs, bars and music. Cultural and recreational opportunities. Positive gay health and outreach programs. </p><p>Life is more than facts and figures, so you won't find a lot of confusing charts and rankings in these gay-friendly profiles. Each contains a vivid description, an overview of the gay community, and practical daily-life information on climate, housing costs, taxes, the local business environment, and much more. Interviews with local gay residents, community leaders, business owners, and cultural leaders create an intimate description of each location. You'll also find helpful phone numbers and websites to make exploring and planning your vacation or relocation easier. Rounding out the book are tips and national resources that will assist in making your own life and city more gay friendly. The book also includes an easy-to-use, interactive CD containing a wealth of information to make your search that much easier—and a lot more fun! </p><p>Gregory A. 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It is no secret that gays exist in every occupation in society and hip-hop is no exception. <br /><br />So why hasn't a major hip-hop artist come out? There's obvious reasons that the majority of people whether gay or straight would understand, one being we live in an extremely homophobic society, although progress is being made.<br /><br />For many gay mainstream hip-hop artists coming out is not an option, however, living on the down low is.<br /><br />"Hiding In Hip-Hop" uncovers a hidden and well-known unspoken secret. Deep within the confines of Hip-Hop is a prominent gay sub-culture. 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One is that of a college student from an affluent suburban family; the other is one of sleepless nights and racing thoughts that can only be quieted by alcohol and drugs. Soon after Johnny falls in love with a young medical student named Robert, he suffers a psychotic breakdown and begins life with bipolar affective disorder. Believing that he is unable to care for himself and that his only hope for survival lies with Robert, he abandons Texas for a new life with his mentor in Boston. But Johnny learns that Robert may be unwilling to sacrifice a life of respectability for love, even if it means losing his troubled but alluring protégé. Returning home, Johnny is struggling to understand his existence through writing when he meets Matt, a precocious working class boy about to enter college. 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Romance, and Eternal Love</a></p><p>by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Craig%20Nelson">Craig Nelson</a><br /></p><p><a name="evtst|a|0440506891" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440506891?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0440506891" id="static_preview"></a></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">One reader wrote: </span>"Bold, forthcoming, and honest manual written for any gay man learning how to navigate in confusing and dangerous waters of our contemporary straight society and not-so-well developed gay environment.<p>This book provides creative tips to forming an appropriate attitude to gay life, gives some ideas on how to set your mating / dating expectations, encourages a reader to be wizz of small but very meaningfull things/ ideas/ plans.</p><p>This book also discusses such important issues as man's trouble (addictions, abuses, illness), various paths on a road of gay life-style, eternal gay problems such as rejection and humiliation and how to be yourself, love yourself, enjoy yourself, and be happy where and who you are.</p><p>Inspiring, refreshing, boldly and affirmativly vocalized, excellent gift idea to any gay man.</p><div> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">Warning: Explicit Language"</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><b>Average Customer Review</b> </div> <div style="margin-left: -5px; white-space: nowrap;"> <img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-4-5._V47081564_.gif" align="absbottom" border="0" height="12" width="64" />(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0440506891/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_summary?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=1&amp;sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending">21 customer reviews</a>)<br /><br />What more can we say?<br /></div><p><a name="evtst|a|0440506891" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440506891?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0440506891" id="static_preview"></a></p><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=booksatprodisgay&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0440506891&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+books" rel="tag">gay books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/lesbiuan+books" rel="tag">lesbian books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+men" rel="tag"> gay men</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080510005048080510004900"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080510005048080510004900?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080510005048080510004900" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080510005048080510004900&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Ffinding-true-love-in-man-eat-man-world.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/finding-true-love-in-man-eat-man-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-5264155835635449283Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:00 +00002008-05-09T04:00:43.466-07:00<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal>NEW YORK&#8211;A children's story about a family of penguins with two fathers once again tops the list of library books the American public objects to the most.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i>And Tango Makes Three</i>, released in 2005 and co-written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, was the most &quot;challenged&quot; book in U.S. public schools and libraries for the second straight year, according to the American Library Association.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&quot;The complaints are that young children will believe that homosexuality is a lifestyle that is acceptable. The people complaining, of course, don't agree with that,&quot; Judith Krug, director of the association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, said in an interview yesterday.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>The ALA defines a &quot;challenge&quot; as a &quot;formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness.&quot;<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Other books on the top 10 list include Maya Angelou's memoir <i>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</i>, in which the author writes of being raped as a young girl; Mark Twain's <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i>, long attacked for alleged racism; and Philip Pullman's <i>The Golden Compass</i>, an anti-religious work in which a former nun says: &quot;The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake.&quot;<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Books/article/422331">Americans can't stand to read about <b>gay</b> penguins</a><br> Toronto Star,&nbsp; Canada&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080509110043080509110000"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080509110043080509110000?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080509110043080509110000" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080509110043080509110000&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Famericans-cant-stand-to-read-about-gay.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/americans-cant-stand-to-read-about-gay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-5186666808970132716Fri, 09 May 2008 04:59:00 +00002008-05-08T21:59:01.249-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/boyfriend-101-787432.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/boyfriend-101-787421.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a name="evtst|a|0812992199" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812992199?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0812992199" id="static_preview">Boyfriend 101: A Gay Guy's Guide to Dating, Romance, and Finding True Love</a><br />by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Jim%20Sullivan">Jim Sullivan</a><div><br /><div class="content"> <b>From Publishers Weekly: </b>Professional counselor Sullivan supplements his breezy advice with anecdotes from his clients to coach gay readers looking for Mr. Right. As the "101" title implies, this is a beginner's guide with Sullivan starting at the ground level ("What is a date?"). His baby-steps approach covers potential opening lines for small talk with strangers; a three-page list of qualities to help narrow the focus of what your Mr. Right needs to possess; and locations for running into eligible men. Sullivan's banal scripted "one-minute encounters" should encourage even the most tongue-tied that it doesn't take clever observations to open a conversation. Some of Sullivan's advice seems so rudimentary that it seems designed for shut-ins rather than someone new to gay dating. One of the things not to say on a first date is "My father was a drunk," while Sullivan says men like to hear "Your butt is awesome," "I'm so proud of you" and "You make fabulous coffee." Sullivan's advice is more constructive when dealing with relationships: dating someone with a different HIV status; integrating your "inner teenager"; working through internalized homophobia; and suggested communication strategies for couples. The book ends with a useful resource guide that lists online matchmaking services, gay organization links and reference directories Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. <br /><br /> <b>Review: </b>“For those of us who are dating-impaired, is the perfect guidebook. Filled with practical, easy-to-follow suggestions, this book will set even the most reluctant and skeptical of daters on the road to success.” —Michael Thomas Ford, author of <b>It’s Not Mean If It’s True</b> and <b>The Little Book of Neuroses</b> <br /><br /><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/orange-arrow._V42752349_.gif" class="icon" border="0" height="9" width="10" /><b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0812992199/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">See all Editorial Reviews</a> </b> </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=booksatprodisgay&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0812992199&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+books" rel="tag">gay books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/lesbiuan+books" rel="tag">lesbian books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+men" rel="tag"> gay men</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080507220101080509045900"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080507220101080509045900?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080507220101080509045900" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080507220101080509045900&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Fboyfriend-101-gay-guys-guide-to-dating.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/boyfriend-101-gay-guys-guide-to-dating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-4946542853672421575Fri, 09 May 2008 01:15:00 +00002008-05-08T18:15:01.466-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/yiddish-703601.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/yiddish-703597.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a name="evtst|a|0007149832" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0007149832?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0007149832" id="static_preview">The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel </a><br /><p>by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Michael%20Chabon">Michael Chabon</a><br /></p><b>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1000027801">Booklist: </a></b>*Starred Review* Like Haruki Murakami in <i>Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World</i> (1991), Chabon plays with the conventions of the Chandlerian private-eye novel, but that's only one ingredient in an epic-scale alternate-history saga of Jewish life since World War II. The premise draws on an obscure historical fact: FDR once proposed that Alaska, not Israel, become the homeland for Jews after the war. In Chabon's telling, that's exactly what happened, except, inevitably, it hasn't gone as planned: the U.S. government now has enacted a policy that will evict all Jews without proper papers from Sitka, the center of Jewish Alaska. In the midst of this nightmare, browbeaten police detective Meyer Landsman investigates the murder of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy who happens to be the disgraced son of Sitka's most powerful rabbi. No one wants this case solved, from Landsman's boss (his ex-wife, Bina) to the FBI, but our Yiddish Marlowe keeps digging, uncovering apocalypse in the making. Chabon manipulates his bulging plot masterfully, but what makes the novel soar is its humor and humanity. Even without grasping all the Yiddish wordplay that seasons the delectable prose, readers will fall headlong into the alternate universe of Chabon's Sitka, where black humor is a kind of antifreeze necessary to support life. And when Meyer, in the end, must "weigh the fates of the Jews, of the Arabs, of the whole unblessed and homeless planet" against a promise made to a grieving mother, it's clear that this parallel world smells a lot like home. Chabon's <i>Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay</i> ran the book-award table in 2000, and this one just may be its equal. <i>Bill Ott</i><ul><li><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0007149832/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books">See all Editorial Reviews</a></b></li></ul><p><br /></p><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=booksatprodisgay&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0007149832&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+books" rel="tag">gay books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/lesbiuan+books" rel="tag">lesbian books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+men" rel="tag"> gay men</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080508191959080509011500"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080508191959080509011500?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080508191959080509011500" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080508191959080509011500&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Fyiddish-policemens-union-novel.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/yiddish-policemens-union-novel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-8475480570450903753Thu, 08 May 2008 19:47:00 +00002008-05-08T12:49:11.653-07:00<div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal">The book awards season is in full swing, and the annual ceremonies for both the Nebula Awards honoring the best in science fiction and fantasy and the Triangle Awards for top gay and lesbian writing recently were held. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Triangle Awards</b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="http://www.publishingtriangle.org/" target="_blank">Publishing Triangle</a> also presented its annual prizes for the best in gay and lesbian writing. This year’s crop of winners are:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thom Gunn Poetry Award for Gay Poetry: </b>Steve Fellner, <i>Blind Date with Cavafy</i> (Marsh Hawk); and Daniel Hall, <i>Under Sleep</i> (Univ. of Chicago)<br /><b>The Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry:</b> Joan Larkin, <i>My Body</i> (Hanging Loose)<br /><b>The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction:</b> Janet Malcolm, <a href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/two-lives-gertrude-and-alice.html"><i>Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice </i></a>(Yale Univ.)<br /><b>The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction:</b> Michael Rowe, <a name="evtst|a|1897151012" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1897151012?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=1897151012" id="static_preview">Other Men's Sons</a> (Cormorant Books)<br /><b>The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction:</b> Myriam Gurba, author of <a href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/dahlia-season-stories-novella-future.html"><i>Dahlia Season</i></a> (Manic D Pr.)<br /><b>The Ferro-Grumley Awards for LGBT Fiction:</b> Peter Cameron, <a href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/04/someday-this-pain-will-be-useful-to-you.html"><i>Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You</i> </a>(Frances Foster Books/FSG); and Ali Leibegott, <i>The IHOP Papers</i> (Carroll &amp; Graf)<br /><b>The Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement:</b> <a href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/katherine-v-forrest-is-2008-recipient.html">Katherine V. Forrest</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6558324.html?desc=topstory">Nebula and Triangle Awards Presented</a><br />Library Journal, NY<o:p></o:p></p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080508045552080508194700"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080508045552080508194700?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080508045552080508194700" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080508045552080508194700&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Fnebula-and-triangle-awards-presented.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/nebula-and-triangle-awards-presented.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-4440325970491721054Thu, 08 May 2008 19:40:00 +00002008-05-08T12:45:26.064-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/two-lives-732679.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/two-lives-732676.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><p> </p><span style="font-style: italic;">The 2008 Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a name="evtst|a|0300125518" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300125518?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=booksatprodisgay&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0300125518" id="static_preview">Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice</a></span><br />by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Janet%20Malcolm">Janet Malcolm</a><br /><br /> <b>From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com</b><br />Reviewed by Meryle Secrest<p>Gertrude Stein wrote monstrously unreadable prose on the theory, in vogue circa 1905, that she could bypass her conscious mind and write directly from the subconscious. Her great love, Alice B. Toklas, was a cookbook author prone to instructions such as: "First, catch your goose." Both women might seem bound to a fading era, with little to offer modern audiences. Why, then, has a talented writer such as Janet Malcolm become passionately interested in them?</p><p>In Two Lives, Malcolm offers not so much a joint biography as a meditation on literature and morality, built around the disquieting fact that Stein and Toklas, both Jewish, remained in Europe throughout World War II without either hiding or being swept up in the Holocaust. ... Malcolm sees Stein as a 20th-century modernist innovator and gamely tries to follow the inner logic of her rhapsodically elliptical style; still she occasionally throws up her hands in despair at such works as The Making of Americans, an impenetrable 925 pages. In the end, the lovable Stein, with her blithe expectation that the reader will find her as endlessly fascinating as she does herself, loses out to her recessive and morose companion, who wrote with such authority about the things in life that really matter.</p><p>Speaking of her early discovery, with friends, of The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook, Malcolm writes, "Her de haut en bas footnote pointing out that 'a marinade is a bath of wine, herbs, oil, vegetables, vinegars and so on, in which fish or meat destined for particular dishes repose for specified periods and acquire virtue' filled us with ecstasy."</p><p>It is almost axiomatic nowadays that bad prose is enshrined between the covers of beautifully published books. Janet Malcolm's experience is the reverse, a consummate stylist let down by her publisher. A group of first-rate pictures has been destroyed by foggy and monochromatic reproductions on the same paper used for the text. The discrepancy seems to point up the myopia of some publishers and the need, in this day and age of cheap messaging, for a small perfect keepsake of a small, perfect book.</p><p>Copyright 2007, The Washington Post. 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Twenty-year-old Francesca is a recovering drunk who finds comfort in cutting herself and harbors fantasies of her beautiful AA sponsor, Maria; her former philosophy teacher, Irene; and a soap opera heroine. "I wanted everything: Irene's cheekbones, empathy, and wisdom... the sheer beauty and curves of Maria—and the impossibility of Hope from <i>Days of Our Lives</i>," she confesses. Having followed Irene to San Francisco, Francesca lands a job at the International House of Pancakes, dreams of becoming "the kind of waitress who can carry five plates on each arm and glide around the room doing a dance of pancakes" and works on her memoir about losing her virginity and never quite finding love. The Lambda Literary Award–winning Liebegott (for her book-length poem <i>The Beautifully Worthless</i>) offers strikingly lyrical moments in an otherwise frank narrative of a writer teetering between adolescence and adulthood. <i>(Feb. 13)</i><br />Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. <br /><br /> <b>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1000027801">Booklist</a></b><br />Despite coming-of-age issues heavily laced with substance abuse, depression and angst, not to mention self-mutilation, Liebegott's smart and funny debut boasts an easy charm sure to win her fans. Francesca, aka Goaty, 19, is a fledgling writer (and a virgin) who has followed Irene, her junior-college philosophy teacher, to San Francisco in hopes of building a committed lesbian relationship with her, despite Irene's live-in male and female lovers, Gustavo and Jenny. 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Other Men's Sons contains the best of his creative non-fiction written between 2000 and 2005. The journalism includes profiles of the coming-out story of Playgirl magazine's 30th anniversary centerfold, Scott Merritt; Philip Ing, creative director of the legendary MAC Cosmetics AIDS fundraiser, Fashion Cares; and exclusive interviews with diverse trailblazers, from openly gay horror superstar Clive Barker, to firebrand minister and gay rights activist The Reverend Brent Hawkes. The personal essays cover a range of subjects including the power of erotica, the beauty of men, the real reason for gay marriage, and the importance of the chosen family; these will resonate with many readers, gay and straight alike. The collection ends with a powerful autobiographical essay, "My Life As a Girl," which is a meditation on the author's unique childhood.<br /><br /> <b>About the Author</b><br />Michael Rowe was born in Ottawa and has lived in Beirut, Havana, Geneva, and Paris. 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Goth. Dykling. Desiree Garcia knows she's weird and a weirdo magnet. To extinguish her strangeness, her parents ship her to Saint Michael's Catholic High School, then to Mexico, but neurology can't be snuffed out so easily: Screwy brain chemistry holds the key to Desiree's madness. As fellow crazies sense a kinship with her, Desiree attracts a coterie of both wanted and unwanted admirers, including a pair of racist deathrock sisters, a pretty Hispanic girl who did time in California's most infamous mental asylum, and a transnational stalker with a pronounced limp. </p> <p>As high school graduation nears, Desiree's weirdness turns from charming to alarming. Plagued by increasingly bizarre thoughts and urges, Desiree convinces herself she's schizophrenic, despite assurance otherwise. In college, she finds Rae, an ex-carnie trannyboi, who becomes the June Carter to her Johnny Cash. With Rae's help, Desiree answers the riddle of her insanity and names her disease. </p> <p>Combining the spark of Michelle Tea, the comic angst of Augusten Burroughs, and the warmth of Sandra Cisneros, Mexican American author Myriam Gurba has created a territory all her own. <em>Dahlia Season</em> not only contains the title novella, but also several of Gurba's acclaimed stories. </p> <p> <b>Myriam Gurba</b> is a high school teacher who lives in Long Beach, California, home of Snoop Dogg and the Queen Mary. She graduated from UC Berkeley, and her writing has appeared in anthologies like <em>The Best American Erotica</em> (St. Martin's Press), <em>Bottom's Up</em> (Soft Skull Press), <em>Secrets and Confidences </em>(Seal Press), and <em>Tough Girls</em> (Black Books).</p><br /> <b>About the Author</b><br />Myriam Gurba's writing has appeared in many anthologies including Best American Erotica (St. Martin's), Bottom's Up (Soft Skull), Secrets and Confidences (Seal), and Tough Girls (Black Books). A graduate of UC Berkekley, Gurba is currently a high school teacher living in Long Beach, California, home of Snoop Dogg and the Queen Mary. </div> </div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong></strong> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dahlia-Season-stories-novella-Future/dp/1933149167/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1209438073&amp;sr=1-1"><em></em></a> </strong></span><br /><p><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=booksatprodisgay&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=1933149167&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> s<br /></p><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+books" rel="tag">gay books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/lesbiuan+books" rel="tag">lesbian books</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/gay+men" rel="tag"> gay men</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><p><map name="google_ad_map_080430232705080508182500"> <area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/080430232705080508182500?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/> <area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"/></map> <img usemap="#google_ad_map_080430232705080508182500" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-7210800211797925&amp;channel=0336315705&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=080430232705080508182500&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaybookblog.net%2F2008%2F05%2Fdahlia-season-stories-novella-future.html"/></p></div>http://www.gaybookblog.net/2008/05/dahlia-season-stories-novella-future.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (thomas c jackson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928397.post-2459309893459466686Thu, 08 May 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-05-08T12:33:15.981-07:00<span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/Katherine-V-Forrest-777861.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.gaybookblog.net/uploaded_images/Katherine-V-Forrest-777857.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><p style="font-family: times new roman;"> </p><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Author <b>Katherine V. Forrest</b> is the 2008 recipient of the Publishing Triangle's <b>Bill Whitehead</b> Award for Lifetime Achievement, named in honor of a legendary editor of the 1970s and 80s. Forrest has written 15 works of fiction, including her eight-volume Kate Delafield mystery series, and has worked for more two decades as a publisher; she was senior editor at Naiad Press for 10 years, and is currently supervising editor at Spinsters Ink.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >She is the internationally known author of 15 works of fiction including the lesbian classics <u>Curious Wine</u> and <u>Daughters of a Coral Dawn</u>, the first novel in her Lambda Literary Award-winning lesbian-feminist utopian trilogy. Her eight-volume Kate Delafield mystery series is a three-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award. Her novels are in translation worldwide, and her stories, articles and reviews have appeared in national and international publications. A recipient of the Lambda Literary Foundation's Pioneer Award, she was senior editor at Naiad Press for ten years (1984 -1994, and has edited or co-edited numerous anthologies. Currently she is supervising editor at Spinsters Ink, serves as president of the board of trustees of the Lambda Literary Foundation, and lives in Half Moon Bay, CA with her partner, Jo, and two female cats named Martie and Teddie.</span> <p style="line-height: 150%; margin-right: 35px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;font-family:times new roman;" align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >To learn more about this author see:<br /></span><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><h2 style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/1in10/99/11/KATHERINE_FORREST.html">Katherine V. Forrest talks about dyke detectives, the closet, and <i>Curious Wine</i></a></span></h2></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/People/interviews/72004/katherinevforrest.html">2004 </a><strong><a href="http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/People/interviews/72004/katherinevforrest.html">Interview with Katherine V. Forrest </a></strong></span></li><li><h2 style="font-weight: bold;" class="r"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_V._Forrest" class="l" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','res','5','AFQjCNFnC4zwtzIdxjMtZ-MpqaQ_FL405A','&sig2=v6FSdiHAIKdOCAGXCHKfpQ')">Wikipedia Article on Katherine V. 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