GLR May-June 2024

POEMS & DEPARTMENTS 5
GUEST OPINION—TheAnti-LGBT Tide Is Turning in Florida 5
CORRESPONDENCE 6
BTW 8
ART MEMO—The Curious Arc of Dirk Bogarde’s Star 19
ART MEMO—Why Lord Byron Still Matters 22
POEM — “Canned Goods” 27
ARTIST’S PROFILE—Gavin Geoffrey Dillard’s Beat Goes On 32
ARTIST’S PROFILE—Horrigan Leaves Matthiessen Behind 38
POEM — “Lagos Lagoon” 43
CULTURAL CALENDAR 46
POEM — “Cereal Dating” 48
ART MEMO—Monaca Majoli’s Homage to Blueboy 49
FEATURES 10
John Waters Went There 10
Queer Ghosts on Oscar Night 13
The Making of Longtime Companion 16
Spoiler Alert (Not Really) 20
On the Road to Hobohemia 24
The Silence of The Bell Jar 28
REVIEWS 31
Brad Gooch — Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring 31
Raymond-Jean Frontain, ed. — Conversations with Terrence McNally 34
Patrick Nathan — The Future Was Color: A Novel 35
Anne Eekhout — Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein: A Novel 36
Edward Cahill — Disorderly Men 37
Judith Butler — Who’s Afraid of Gender? 40
Soula Emmanuel — Wild Geese 41
Stephen McCauley — You Only Call When You’re in Trouble: A Novel 42
Debanuj Dasgupta, et al., eds. — Queer Then and Now 42
BRIEFS 44
Three Films: Fellow Travelers; Lie with Me; Nyad 47
Emerald Fennell, director — Saltburn 50

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