Narrative Downshift
THE NEW KID opens with Humphrey-named after the Casablanca actor, he explains-experiencing the dread of being “the new kid” in town and school.
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January-February 2008
Blog Posts
Prosody and Footfalls
THIS DEEPLY FELT, humorous, and extremely wise book is a remarkable achievement. In Honorable Bandit: A Walk Across Corsica, author Brian Bouldrey takes the reader on a queer journey across Corsica …
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Coming Out Invisible
… In Timothy James Beck’s new novel, When You Don’t See Me, Nick discovers that his invisibility can be both a curse and a blessing. …
More“Nature Abhors a Category”
An interview with the author of Evolution’s Rainbow
MorePathologizing Unsafe Sex
DAVID HALPERIN has a distinguished history of setting aside accepted ways of thinking about gay men’s issues and examining them anew with a clarity and rigor that produce valuable and sometimes surprising insights.
MoreBrief History of a Recurring Nightmare
Strange “cures” for an age-old “disease”
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Short Reviews
Reviews of Inside This House by Pam Crow and Chain of Fools : A Donald Strachey Mystery by Richard Stevenson.
MoreAttractive Numbers
Book review
MoreWhether It’s a ‘Choice’ or Not Is Irrelevant
Is homosexuality a choice or a biological imperative? The debate rages as science looks for an explanation, and many gay people applaud each new study that points to a biological cause. But it shouldn’t matter.
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How Stein and Toklas Waited Out the War
In Two Lives Malcolm, Malcolm makes good use of quotations from writers and historians, as well as books written by Stein and Toklas, particularly Wars I Have Seen and The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.
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