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The Great Sarah’s Rival THE TITLE of this book is an exaggeration that grows out of another exaggeration that is this book’s thesis: that Sarah Bernhardt typified an “old school” of unnatural stage acting that consisted of moving from one stylized pose to the next, while Duse introduced a new, realistic style that actors have adopted ever since, hence “changing acting forever.” Bernhardt relied on lavish productions about bigger-than-life historical figures ...
A Star Is Reborn AS WHOOPI GOLDBERG said of Julia Roberts, “Julia Roberts was not always Julia Roberts.” Similarly, Carmen Miranda was not always Carmen Miranda, as revealed in The Air You Breathe, Frances de Pointes Peebles’ near-epic novel about the fruit-wearing singer and film star of the 1930s and ‘40s.
Coming of Age in Solitary Ever perceptive of unspoken truths, he notes when explaining how he came to his quiet faith that “the thirst for power leaves the spirit arid.” In these days of religious lava burning its way through our society and politics, it is a rare privilege, even for a nonbeliever, to read the work of a writer whose spiritual core has clearly been developed through a deep understanding of humanity. In No Ashes in the Fire, we follow this development along with Moore’s maturation as a gay man ...
Gender Warriors of Yore The Davis Museum at Wellesley College has recently acquired fourteen portraits from the “Butch Heroes” series. These inspiring and important works will serve to introduce museum attendees to the stories of butch lives that were previously ignored or erased.
Inscribing Henry James HENRY JAMES and Queer Filiationis sort of a sequel to Penn State professor Michael Anes-ko’s 2012 book, Monopolizing the Master, which is an account of how Henry James’ family tried to bowdlerize the Master’s letters after he died so that no one would think he might be homosexual.
Why Did Roger Casement Have to Die? Luminous Traitor is Martin Duberman’s attempt to shed light on an episode that is largely forgotten today, especially in the U.S. As a chronicler of the gay movement in such books as Stonewall (1994) and Cures: A Gay Man’s Odyssey(1991). In Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past(1989), he sought to excavate a gay and lesbian historical record that had often been lost, if not systematically erased.

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February 12, 2019

Ex-Gay Leader Erased

It seems that if we wait long enough, anyone who rises to prominence in the “ex-gay” movement will eventually be caught doing precisely the thing that he has renounced…More

February 6, 2019

What Does Transgenderism Have to Do With Patriotism?

Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 vote to allow a federal ban on transgender people serving in the military to proceed. The question I…More

February 4, 2019

Rent for the Millions

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January 30, 2019

Deep Learning

Scientists in Britain have created a machine that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to perform the perfect blow job. The development of “Autoblow” follows the publication of a paper titled…More

January 28, 2019

Intro to Part IV: Stonewall’s Legacy

This year marks The Gay & Lesbian Review’s 25th anniversary, and to commemorate this milestone we’ve published In Search of Stonewall, a collection of articles selected from our first 136 issues, since 1994. Starting…More

January 21, 2019

Intro to Part III: After Stonewall: Liberation and Libido

This year marks The Gay & Lesbian Review’s 25th anniversary, and to commemorate this milestone we’ve published In Search of Stonewall, a collection of articles selected from our first 136 issues, since 1994. Starting…More

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