BY GARTH GREENWELL On the first page of Tatamkhulu Afrika’s intense and passionate novel, the narrator, Tom Smith, receives a package from a man he … [Read more...] about Tatamkhulu Afrika’s ‘Bitter Eden’: Book Review
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Virginia School District to Hold Public Hearing on Parent’s Request To Pull ‘Two Boys Kissing’ from Library
A parent's request to remove David Levithan's novel Two Boys Kissing from a high school library has prompted a public hearing in a Virginia … [Read more...] about Virginia School District to Hold Public Hearing on Parent’s Request To Pull ‘Two Boys Kissing’ from Library
Rabih Alameddine’s ‘An Unnecessary Woman’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Aaliya Selah, the irreverent, vibrant, hilarious, and fiercely solitary narrator of Rabih Alameddine’s brilliant new novel, has … [Read more...] about Rabih Alameddine’s ‘An Unnecessary Woman’: Book Review
David Edison’s ‘The Waking Engine’: Book Review
BY CHRISTIAN WALTERS Death is not the end. Or, at least, not until you've died a lot. In the world of author David Edison's debut novel The … [Read more...] about David Edison’s ‘The Waking Engine’: Book Review
Edmund White’s ‘Inside A Pearl: My Years In Paris’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Reading Edmund White’s fascinating, vital new memoir, which covers the fifteen years he spent in France in the 1980s and 90s, feels … [Read more...] about Edmund White’s ‘Inside A Pearl: My Years In Paris’: Book Review
Randall Mann’s ‘Straight Razor’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL The elegant, savage poems of Randall Mann’s excellent third collection are filled with the unglamorous stuff of daily life, from a … [Read more...] about Randall Mann’s ‘Straight Razor’: Book Review
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Gay Men Make The Best Bosses
We all know that being gay is awesome and we're great at most anything we put our minds to, so it should come as no surprise that we make some of … [Read more...] about Gay Men Make The Best Bosses
Pastor Robert Jeffress: Obama Is Paving The Way For The Antichrist
Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress has written a new book about spiritually preparing for the end times and the second coming of Jesus entitled … [Read more...] about Pastor Robert Jeffress: Obama Is Paving The Way For The Antichrist
Final ‘Tales of the City’ Book, ‘Days Of Anna Madrigal,’ To Be Published Later This Month
It has been a long road, but Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the City is coming to an end on January 21st with the publication of the ninth … [Read more...] about Final ‘Tales of the City’ Book, ‘Days Of Anna Madrigal,’ To Be Published Later This Month