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March 11, 2019 0

A Podcast: Merrily He Strolled Along

David LaFontaine – a trained singer and pianist – decided to record a few of Stephen Sondheim’s songs for our readers. So, we rented time in a sound studio in North Cambridge, MA and produced this podcast.

February 12, 2018 0

Artist Profile: John-Manuel Andriote, author of Stonewall Strong

FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, John Manuel-Andriote has been a critical voice on hiv-aids in such periodicals as The Advocate and The Washington Post. In 1999, he published Victory Deferred:…More

October 30, 2017 0

Portrait Painter Juan Bastos on His Upcoming L.A. Show

JUAN BASTOS is a portrait painter whose career will soon be on view at a major retrospective of his work at the Denenberg Fine Arts Gallery in West…More

October 7, 2016 0

Editor, Richard Schneider on Healing Stigma

In this episode of Healing Stigma on Left of Str8 Radio, Richard Schneider, founder and editor-in-chief of The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, joins Kevin Hogan and Scott Fullerton for a lively,…More

July 15, 2016 0

Sarah Schulman on Her Latest Provocations

I first encountered Sarah Schulman in January 1997, when she was a speaker at “Literature in the Age of AIDS” in Key West. That was a world ago.…More

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February 12, 2018 Artist Profile: John-Manuel Andriote, author of Stonewall Strong Books
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‘My process is organic and instinctive.’

Ilana Rapp talks with Alan Ball – film writer, producer, and director. Ball’s latest film, which he both wrote and directed, is a comedy-drama called Uncle Frank. The film is about a gay professor living with his partner in New York City who returns to his roots in South Carolina, and it’s scattered with bits and pieces from Ball’s own biography. In the film, Frank’s partner is played by Peter Macdissi, Ball’s partner in real life.

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‘Classicism percolates through all time.’

Franco Mormando talks with ANDRÉ ACIMAN who is best known to LGBT readers as the author of Call Me By Your Name, the critically acclaimed, bestselling novel about the tormented burgeoning of same-sex love, which was turned into an Oscar-winning film in 2017. But he’s also the author of several other well-received novels, a collection of essays, and a memoir about his childhood in Alexandria, Egypt. The interview (abridged and edited here) was conducted last February.

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Writing & Relationships in Viral Times

Authors Michael Lowenthal and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discuss what’s on their minds.

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‘Change is made by coalitions.’

Matthew Hays talk with the author of Let the Record Show. PROVING HERSELF equally adept at fiction and nonfiction, Schulman has been a prolific writer of novels, plays, and books of political history. Her most recent book is an expansive history of the crucial years of ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), which is now regarded as one of the most important organizations in the annals of American activism.
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