We think we know them. We’ve seen Picasso’s strangely flattering portrait of Gertrude Stein (painted from memory.) And the famous Man Ray photograph of Gertrude
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If you haven’t read it yet, now is the time to read Armistead Maupin’s latest novel, Michael Tolliver Lives. It is arguably Mr. Maupin’s best novel and it is now available in paperback.
It’s okay to get excited about
Did you know that Thomas Mann’s daughter was married to W.H. Auden? When asked why he agreed to the marriage, Auden replied: “What else are buggers for?” In fact, Auden met Ericka Mann the day he married her. He did
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The quest for quality queer literature is a challenging one. These are tough times. Fewer and fewer queer titles are being published. We’ve seen some of our most-beloved queer bookstores close–victims of increasing urban real estate prices and competition from
The state of queer fiction is miserable. Fewer and fewer queer titles are being published. And those that are published don’t sell, because they aren’t very good. It is not the intention of this blog to dwell on the negative.
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