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Brief reviews of the books: The CBGB Conspiracy; Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950; Maryville; and Caravaggio: 1571-1610; and the film, Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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Brief Reviews of the books It’s Not the End of the World, Bangkok after Dark: Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies, A Most Infamous Young Swindler: The Short Tragic Life of Thomas Langrel Harris, Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color, Twist, and television series ,Monster: The Ed Gein Story,
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Short reviews of The Paris Express, The Art Spy, Memoir of a Reluctant Giant, Julian’s Debut, The Portable Feminist Reader, and Love in the Lav
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Brieft reviews of PATRICIA NELL WARREN: A Front Runner’s Life and Works, WHAT IS QUEER FOOD? How We Served a Revolution, RACHEL CARSON AND THE POWER OF QUEER LOVE, TOO GOOD TO GET MARRIED: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen, and DAYS RUNNING: A Novel.
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Art Briefs
It’s high time we had a CD devoted entirely to piano music by gay and lesbian composers—and not played by just any pianist, but by the internationally renowned David Kadouch. Born in Nice in 1985, Kadouch has been praised for his elegance, insight, emotional power, and eloquence as a performer—all of which are on display here.
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Reviews of the books Red Hot + Blue, by John Garrison, The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983-1994 by Thomas Mallon, and Nonbinary Jane Austen; and the movie, Clean Slate
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Brief reviews of GOOD PICTURES ARE A STRONG WEAPON: Laura Gilpin, Queerness, and Navajo
Sovereignty by Louise Siddons, and THE SUMMER BETWEEN: A Novel by Robert Raasch.
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Reviews of Song of Myself by Arnie Kantrowitz, Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino, and Invasion of the Daffodils by Dino Enrique Piacentini
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Short reviews of BLOOD LOSS: A Love Story of AIDS, Activism, and Art by Keiko Lane and LONG LIVE QUEER NIGHTLIFE: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution by Amin Ghazian.
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Short reviews of the books Exit Wounds by Lewis DeSimone, Bad Seed by Gabriel Carle, The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing by Adam Moss, Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco, and Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring; and of the exhibit American Apollo at the Des Moines Metro Opera Festival and Blank Performing Arts Center in Indianola, IA.
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