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Erotic Avenue: Mark I. Chester's 'Street Sex Photos'
For anyone who misses having sex in a back alley, parking lot, or atop a bulldozer, the new hardcover book of photos by veteran photographer Mark I. Chester makes a perfect gift for Folsom time.
Larry Townsend: Celebrating the Man Behind 'The Leatherman's Handbook'
Being Folsom Week, we dive into the early roots of leather culture with the bio of Larry Townsend, author of an S&M how-to book, that's a festive romp.
Review: 'Quertext' Delves into Queer German Writings Past and Present
The anthology brings into focus "representations of contemporary queer life and explorations of a queer past."
Rarely Seen Tennessee Williams Story Set in Post-WWII Italy
Honored worldwide as a playwright, Tennessee Williams also wrote dozens of short stories. A rarely seen piece, "The Summer Woman," set in Italy, appears this week in the fall issue of the literary quarterly The Strand Magazine.
Shapeshifter: Bisexual Surrealist Poet Alice Paalen Rahon Unmasked in New Compilation
Alice Paalen Rahon, a Surrealist poet and painter, has been largely overlooked, but her works reemerge in "Shapeshifter," a new compilation of her poetry.
'Alec' - William di Canzio's New View on Forster's 'Maurice'
William di Canzio's gay adaptation of E.M. Forster's landmark novel "Maurice" was inspired by the classic love story of upper-class stockbroker Maurice Hall, this time from the perspective of his love, working-class gameskeeper Alec Scudder.
LGBTQ Fall & Winter Books
Here's an enticing preview of exciting upcoming Fall/Winter 2021 LGBTQ books standing tall on bookstore shelves or online platforms in the coming months.
Padma Lakshmi Cooks Up a Children's Book with a Message
"It's a hugely autobiographical book," says Lakshmi. "I am not a children's author. I don't have experience writing for this audience beyond just making up stories at bedtime for my own child. So I needed to write about something I knew."
Review: Louise Fitzhugh's Truth and Lies: 'Harriet the Spy' Author's Revelatory Biography
In a thoroughly researched and utterly fascinating biography, Leslie Brody shares intimate details of the Louise Fitzhugh's fabulous and troubled life.
Children's Book Challenges Homophobic Russian Law
A children's book that stood up to Hungary's anti-LGTBQ+ laws is now challenging Russia's longstanding "no homo promo" law as well.
Review: Mary Trump is Back With Revealing 'The Reckoning'
In her new book, Mary Trump makes a chilling case for how we will continue to be susceptible to the kind of fascism her uncle represents unless we stop to examine how and why we got to this point as a nation.
Review: 'Afterparties' Articulates the Hopes and Fears of Asian-Americans
With humor, pathos and tragedy, So articulates the hopes, fears and existential realities of Asian-Americans face living in America, haunted by events of the past.
Greek Love in the Ranks: The Sacred Band's 300 Lover-Warriors
Classics scholar James Romm has produced a study with the pace of a summer movie. The subject: A mass grave of Theban soldiers carefully and deliberately buried in pairs. Make that couples.
Sealed with a Kiss: Leslie Cohen Discusses Lesbian Bars and Becoming 'Art'
The historic art world, opening a historic women's bar, and more events are included in "The Audacity of a Kiss: Love, Art and Liberation," Leslie Cohen's honest and fascinating memoir.
Goals: Megan Rapinoe Launches 'The Call In' Book Club
Megan Rapinoe is such a fan of #MeToo pioneer Tarana Burke that the soccer star chose Burke's upcoming memoir, "Unbound," for her new book club before she had even read it.
Goals: Megan Rapinoe Launches 'The Call In' Book Club
Megan Rapinoe is such a fan of #MeToo pioneer Tarana Burke that the soccer star chose Burke's upcoming memoir, "Unbound," for her new book club before she had even read it.
Review: 'Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir' A Guide Through Genre Darkness and into Light
Eddie Muller's writing style is fedora-fine, perfectly nuanced and factual to the utmost degree.
Hungary Adds New Restrictions on Sale of LGBTQ+-Themed Books
Hungary's government on Friday ordered booksellers to place children's books that depict homosexuality in "closed packaging," the latest move in an escalating campaign that rights groups have decried as an assault on the LGBTQ+ community.
Review: 'Marilyn & Me' a Visual Dive Into Iconic Memories
Just as Marilyn Monroe intended, she knocked Elizabeth Taylor off the cover of almost every fashion and entertainment publication around the world.
Literary Loss: Anthony Veasna So's 'Afterparties: Stories'
Published after his death, Anthony Veasna So's story collection includes characters haunted by memories of genocide, especially the older parents, aunties, and uncles who experienced trauma before escaping Cambodia.