Edward Field’s Magical Movie Moments
NOWADAYS, when so many poets write about popular culture, it seems inconceivable that there was a time when they did not. But there was such a time. Up until…More
Browsing: July-August 2014
July-August 2014
Blog Posts
Lou Reed (1942–2013) Under Ground
HE WAS the “Johnny Cash of New York rock,” said Mick Jagger. He was “pop’s truly great poker face,” said Bono. He was Lou Reed, co-founder of the avant-garde…More
RIP Fred Phelps (1929–2014)
SO, Fred Phelps is dead. But how to acknowledge the death of someone who was so notorious for the way in which he celebrated the deaths of gay people,…More
BTW
Planet of the Gay Apes The paranoid style of American politics is such that it’s a safe bet that eventually every conspiracy theory that can be conceived will be conceived—and…More
Readers’ Thoughts
Readers thoughts
MoreWhy Russia’s Anti-Gay Backlash Will Backfire
MOST READERS of this magazine are fully aware of what’s going on now in Russia, and far be it from me to preach to the choir. That the law…More
Homologous Tales of the Near East
The Homoerotics of Orientalism by Joseph Allen Boone Columbia University Press 520 pages, $50. ONCE EVERY DECADE or so, a book appears that revolutionizes the field of GLBT…More
More Adventures of a Gay Roué
CLAUDE FREDERICKS made the final entry in his lifelong journal on December 26, 2012, two weeks before his death. He died at his beloved homestead in Pawlet, Vermont, with…More
Cuban Agonistes
A PAIR of itinerant fishermen on a makeshift raft snag what looks like a drowned man floating face-down in the Bay of Havana. As they unhook the rotting corpse,…More
Ruling in India Not the Last Word
“NO GOING BACK!” The message was clear after the Supreme Court of India’s decision to recriminalize homosexuality by reversing the judgment of the Delhi High Court that decriminalized adult…More