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Michael Klein, ‘When I Was A Twin’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell September 3, 2015 Leave a Comment

When I Was a Twin Michael Klein

Michael Klein’s fourth collection of poems begins with a news report for the dead. “There’s a lot more death since you died,” he writes. “People live … [Read more...] about Michael Klein, ‘When I Was A Twin’: Book Review

Topics: Music, towleroad More Posts About: Book Review, Books, Garth Greenwell, Michael Klein, New York, New York City, Poetry

Ryan Berg, ‘No House To Call My Home: Love, Family, And Other Transgressions’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell August 26, 2015 Leave a Comment

Ryan Berg No House to Call My Home

Ryan Berg begins this account of LGBTQ teens in New York City’s troubled foster care system with statistics that are at once shocking and painfully … [Read more...] about Ryan Berg, ‘No House To Call My Home: Love, Family, And Other Transgressions’: Book Review

Topics: Sex Work, World More Posts About: AIDS/HIV, Book Review, Books, Garth Greenwell, homeless youth, LGBT Homelessness, New York City, Ryan Berg

Vivian Gornick’s ‘The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell June 26, 2015

Vivian Gornick

There’s an astonishing moment about halfway through Vivian Gornick’s moving, trenchant new book about life in New York. Rushing onto the subway at … [Read more...] about Vivian Gornick’s ‘The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir’: Book Review

Topics: History, Travel More Posts About: Book Review, Books, Garth Greenwell, New York, New York City, Review, Vivian Gornick

Bob Morris Reads from His New Memoir ‘Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents’

Andy Towle June 4, 2015

This week's TowleREAD comes from author Bob Morris from his new memoir Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents. Morris tells … [Read more...] about Bob Morris Reads from His New Memoir ‘Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents’

Topics: Deaths, Living More Posts About: Bob Morris, Book Review, Books, Tornado, TowleREAD

David Crabb’s ‘Bad Kid: A Memoir’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell May 26, 2015

BY GARTH GREENWELL I stayed up all night reading this hilarious memoir of growing up gay in the early 1990s, which is as addictive as the … [Read more...] about David Crabb’s ‘Bad Kid: A Memoir’: Book Review

Topics: Coming Out, News, Space More Posts About: Book Review, Books, bullying, comedy, David Crabb, Garth Greenwell, News, Review, Texas, Texas

Mark Merlis’ ‘JD’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell May 13, 2015

BY GARTH GREENWELL At the beginning of Mark Merlis’ engrossing, ambitious new novel, we meet Martha, a 75-year-old illustrator. For decades she has … [Read more...] about Mark Merlis’ ‘JD’: Book Review

Topics: Society, Space More Posts About: Book Review, Books, Garth Greenwell, gay parents, Mark Merlis, New York, New York, Review

Helen Humphreys’ ‘The Evening Chorus’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell February 7, 2015

BY GARTH GREENWELL In the Lambda Award-winning Humphreys’ luminous new book, the Second World War serves as a grand backdrop for the intimate dramas … [Read more...] about Helen Humphreys’ ‘The Evening Chorus’: Book Review

Topics: Uncategorized More Posts About: Book Review, Books, Garth Greenwell, Great Britain, Helen Humphreys, London, London


Kim Fu’s ‘For Today I Am A Boy’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell January 8, 2015

BY GARTH GREENWELL Early in this uncommonly moving debut novel—the last book I read in 2014, and one of the best—the young narrator, Peter Huang, goes … [Read more...] about Kim Fu’s ‘For Today I Am A Boy’: Book Review

Topics: Theater, towleroad, Trans Rights, World More Posts About: Book Review, Books, Canada, Canada, Garth Greenwell, immigration, Kim Fu, Montréal, Transgender

Joyce Brabner’s ‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, And Dealers Plotted Against The Plague’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell December 6, 2014

BY GARTH GREENWELL Joyce Brabner’s nonfiction graphic novel recounts the early years of the AIDS crisis as experienced by a tight-knit circle of “gay … [Read more...] about Joyce Brabner’s ‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, And Dealers Plotted Against The Plague’: Book Review

Topics: Music, towleroad More Posts About: AIDS/HIV, Book Review, Books, Garth Greenwell, marijuana, New York, New York

Shelly Oria’s ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell November 22, 2014

BY GARTH GREENWELL Disorientation afflicts nearly all of the characters in Shelly Oria’s nimble and disarmingly moving debut collection of stories. … [Read more...] about Shelly Oria’s ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0’: Book Review

Topics: Sex Work, World More Posts About: Book Review, Books, Garth Greenwell, Israel, Israel, New York, New York

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