American Honor Killings:  Desire and Rage Among Men by David McConnell Akashic Books. 256 pages, $15.95 THE TITLE of this book refers to a type of murder that…More

AN AIRPLANE might seem a clichéd place to start a story, but that, and an anguished reflection, are where Judith Frank begins her second novel, All I Love and Know.

Spanning more than twenty years, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 depicts the lives of various characters that offer their perspectives on each other’s lives as well as the historical moment. 

AN ALARMING PASSAGE occurs on page 56 of David Greven’s Gender Protest and Same-Sex Desire in Antebellum American Literature.

The Glass Closet:  Why Coming Out Is Good Business by John Browne Harper Business.  240 pages, $27.99 JOHN BROWNE was the CEO of BP from 1995 to 2007.…More

IT WAS only one sentence in a lengthy obituary of America’s first female astronaut, but it momentarily overshadowed Sally Ride’s inspirational life. “Dr. Ride is remembered by her partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy,” it read, and you could practically hear readers gasp in surprise. Almost no one outside of her immediate family realized that Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space , was in a long-term relationship with another woman.

In Letter to Jimmy, Alain Mabanckou also considers Baldwin’s life as an expatriate. While in France he generally escaped the racism that dogged him in the U.S. To be sure, at first he was isolated from French society due to the language barrier, spending time instead with white Americans also visiting and living in France. Even abroad he was not exempt from prejudice.