The Well-Tempered Life Story
In part, it is the life of a gay celebrity. Rorem came of age in the years after World War II. He was a gifted composer, … [and]
Now we have his Selected Letters. …
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January-February 2006
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Tim Kirkman: Storyteller of Human Complexity
Born in 1966, Kirkman gradated from North Carolina State and received an M.A. from the New School for Social Research in New York. He now spends his time between New York and Silverlake, a hip part of East Los Angeles. This in-person interview was conducted in LA last October.
MoreNew Orleans: Birthplace of Lesbian Romance?
This piece was first published in Boston’s Bay Windows, 10/6/05.
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MoreSame-Sex Domestic Violence: Is anyone listening?
… The problem is exacerbated by the current political climate, which treats gays and lesbians as a marginalized population. It is our hope that this piece will spark concern and promote action by gay and lesbian organizations and individuals to address this under-reported but widespread social ill that afflicts our community.
MoreUN Policy on Domestic Partners Thaws a Bit
Within the GLBT community, misunderstanding as to what the UN can reasonably be expected to accomplish is at least as pervasive as it is in other communities. …
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Mounting Mapplethorpe
ALTHOUGH PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Mapplethorpe has been dead for sixteen years, New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has a vested interest in keeping his images, and public interest in them, alive. The late photographer left a sizable legacy to the museum (there’s a gallery named for him), and since 1992 the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation has given the institution 200 of his photographs and objects, making the Guggenheim’s collection the largest museum holding of Mapplethorpe’s work.
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Mixing It Up
THE BIBLE for writing quality fiction advances the following three commandments: avoid clichés, develop a distinctive voice, and show rather than tell. Occasionally, there comes a novel that stands in direct opposition to these commandments and still manages to render a decent narrative. Frederick Smith’s debut title, Down for Whatever, is not such a novel.
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Short Reviews
Short reviews of Casa Susanna and Kings in Their Castles.
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