James Purdy’s World of Extremes
The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy Liveright (Norton). 752 pages, $35. YOU BEGIN to get at the problem of James Purdy by noting, as almost everyone writing…More
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The Lives and Times of Harry Chess
THE WORLD’S FIRST gay comic strip was arguably Harry Chess: That Man from A.U.N.T.I.E., which first appeared in the Philadelphia homophile publication Drum from 1965 to ’66. The strip…More
Vampires Are Us
VAMPIRES HAVE BEEN a part of popular culture in the West for several centuries. American vampire stories are rooted in the folklore of Eastern Europe, but similar creatures have…More
Drag Kings by Any Other Name
ONE OF THE EARLIEST literary depictions of gender bending can be found in Homer’s Odyssey, telling of the adventures of the mythical hero Odysseus, after the fall of Troy…More
Reflections on Swann’s Way at 100
A CENTURY has passed since the publication of Swann’s Way in 1913, the first seven volumes that comprise Marcel Proust’s magnum opus, In Search of Lost Time.
More‘There are a lot of lovely ghosts there.’
AT 74, director Jack O’Brien is a walking repository of theater history of the latter half of the 20th century, having worked with some of the brightest lights of the American stage …
MoreA Moment with May Sarton
IN APRIL 1984, when a call came asking if I would do a tribute speech to May Sarton (1912–1995) at the annual awards dinner of the Fund for Human Dignity, I hesitated. …
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Rainbow Over Sochi
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Joshua Sanchez: On Making the Movie Four
RELEASED last fall and now available in home video formats, Four is a gripping and insightful exploration of the lives of four characters who are grappling with their fears…More
Saudi Arabia: Shari’a Law Meets Reality
THE FOLLOWING is based upon my personal observations of Saudi Arabian society as an English language teacher over a four-year period. Throughout my time in Saudi I lived in…More