How ‘It Gets Better’ Is Making It Better
ONE of the most uplifting responses to the wave of gay teen suicides that occurred in the fall of 2010 was the ‘it Gets Better’ campaign launched by columnist Dan Savage.
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September-October 2011
Blog Posts
Men under Arms with Bonaparte
THE FIRST THING I liked about this book was its interpretative honesty. It is a work of solid historiography and level-headed literary analysis.
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Letters to the Editor
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Writing Strange
NEAR THE END of this brilliant study, Kevin Ohi draws a comparison that is surprisingly down-to-earth in a book that expresses complex ideas in the highly technical language of contemporary literary criticism and queer studies.
MoreMichael Hattersley, GLR Stalwart and Dear Friend
I WRITE in two capacities: first, as someone who counted Michael Hattersley among my very closest of friends, and second, as the editor of this magazine, to which Michael was a frequent contributor over a fifteen-year period. …
MoreHuman Subjects Bare All
GAY MEN have larger penises on average than do straight men … This is just one of numerous findings brought to light by co-authors Ogi Ogas, a computational neuroscientist, and Sai Gaddam …
MoreDoric Wilson and Lanford Wilson of Caffe Cino Fame
BY A SAD COINCIDENCE, two prominent pioneers of gay theatre who shared the same surname died within weeks of each other. Lanford Wilson died on March 24 at age 73 at his home in Sag Harbor, Long Island …
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Short reviews
Reviews of Great Speeches on Gay Rights, Over the Rainbow: Queer Children’s and Young Adult Literature, and Shades of Love.
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Deadly Sins in Venice
“THOUGH THERE ARE some disagreeable things in Venice,” Henry James once wrote, “there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.” In the rank and twisted world of The Venetian Boy, however, author Michael Willhoite populates this coming-of-age novel set in the 1970’s entirely with unsavory characters, both visitors to the City of Canals and residents alike.
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