BY GARTH GREENWELL I tend to cover my eyes at horror movies, if I can’t avoid them altogether; I hate violence of all kinds; Law & Order has about … [Read more...] about Gengoroh Tagame’s ‘The Passion Of Gengoroh Tagame: Master Of Gay Erotic Manga’: Book Review
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Jason K. Friedman’s ‘Fire Year’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL It’s not surprising that a collection centered on gay Jewish experience in the American South would be filled with outsiders. The … [Read more...] about Jason K. Friedman’s ‘Fire Year’: Book Review
David Levithan’s ‘Two Boys Kissing’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL A kiss is always a story. But the kiss at the heart of David Levithan’s ambitious, humane, extraordinarily moving new novel is … [Read more...] about David Levithan’s ‘Two Boys Kissing’: Book Review
Thomas Glave’s ‘Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL I was already deep into this essential collection of impassioned, incendiary essays when I read of the most recent instance of … [Read more...] about Thomas Glave’s ‘Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh’: Book Review
Duncan Fallowell’s ‘How To Disappear: A Memoir For Misfits’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL It’s hard to know how to describe this strange, appealing book, which recounts adventures—geographical, intellectual, … [Read more...] about Duncan Fallowell’s ‘How To Disappear: A Memoir For Misfits’: Book Review
Frank Bidart’s ‘Metaphysical Dog’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELLFor nearly half a century, Frank Bidart has been obsessed by a single theme.In this brilliantnew collection, he calls it “hunger for … [Read more...] about Frank Bidart’s ‘Metaphysical Dog’: Book Review
LGBT Pride and Protest: A First-Hand Report From Sofia, Bulgaria
BY GARTH GREENWELL Pride has always been a tense time in Sofia, Bulgaria, where I have lived for the last four years. In 2008, the year of the first … [Read more...] about LGBT Pride and Protest: A First-Hand Report From Sofia, Bulgaria
Alysia Abbott’s ‘Fairyland: A Memoir Of My Father’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Four months after her father died of AIDS-related causes in 1992, Alysia Abbott found the diaries he kept over the twenty years he … [Read more...] about Alysia Abbott’s ‘Fairyland: A Memoir Of My Father’: Book Review
Gerbrand Bakker’s ‘Ten White Geese’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL A woman living alone in an old, unfamiliar house; a sinister caretaker making unwanted advances; severe, largely unpeopled … [Read more...] about Gerbrand Bakker’s ‘Ten White Geese’: Book Review
Jonathan Kemp’s ‘London Triptych’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Prostitution, prison, and the police are recurring themes in Jonathan Kemp’s ambitious and intricate first novel. In each of the … [Read more...] about Jonathan Kemp’s ‘London Triptych’: Book Review