Sonic Life: A Memoir – Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore reveals his bands avant-garde collision of art and sound, poetry and punk

posted Thursday, November 16, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Sonic Life is a passionate memoir tracing the author Thurston Moore’s life and art, from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, Sonic Youth, and thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder.  Moore moved to Manhattan’s East Village in 1978 with a yearning for […]

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David Bowie Rainbow Man: 1967-1980 includes exclusive interviews and images

posted Monday, November 13, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

David Bowie Rainbowman tells the story of the legendary musician with the help of those intimately involved with the creation of his music. It’s one of the most authoritative works on the creation of Bowie’s music ever published. With a focus on Bowie’s 1967-1980 albums, the book draws on over 150 interviews with the musicians, […]

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The Adventures of a Recovering Sex Addict – book and short film explores the complexities of human connections

posted Sunday, November 12, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books, Sex & Sexuality

Acclaimed author and filmmaker, L.A. Wade returns with her latest book, The Adventures of a Recovering Sex Addict Vol. 2: Friends with Benefits but Mostly Liabilities, which will be accompanied by a short film, Thirsty AF: The Adventures of a Recovering Sex Addict.  The Adventures of a Recovering Sex Addict Vol. 2: Friends with Benefits […]

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Pieces of My Self: Fragments of an Autobiography by Keith Garebian

posted Friday, November 10, 2023

by: Jeffrey Round in Author by Author

In Pieces of My Self, subtitled Fragments of an Autobiography, author Keith Garebian grapples movingly and intelligently with issues of identity, theatre, cancel culture, Shakespeare (a great love), poetry, his fellow thespians (quite a number of them, both large and not-so-large in stature), his long-unresolved issues with his father (a man he couldn’t help wanting […]

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Boy With The Bullhorn – Memoir and History of ACT UP New York

posted Thursday, November 9, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Boy With The Bullhorn is coming-of-age memoir of life on the front lines of the AIDS crisis with ACT UP New York. From the moment Ron Goldberg stumbled into his first ACT UP meeting in June 1987, the AIDS activist organization became his life. For the next eight years, he chaired committees, planned protests, led […]

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Madonna: A Rebel Life – a must read biography

posted Wednesday, November 8, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

In Madonna: A Rebel Life, biographer Mary Gabriel captures the dramatic life and achievements of one of the greatest artists of our time. The novel deftly tracing Madonna’s story from her Michigan roots to her rise to super-stardom. Madonna generated nothing short of an explosion with her arrival on the music scene in the early […]

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Surviving The Closet: Learning to Live After Coming Out Later in Life

posted Tuesday, November 7, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Surviving The Closet: Learning to Live After Coming Out Later in Life, is a memoir by Jo(anne) DeLuzio.  As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Jo came out much later in life,  after 20+ years of marriage to a man—to a wide array of different points of view from others who also came out later. The […]

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The Body in the Back Garden – gay Toronto investigative journalist returns to his Vancouver Island hometown under usual circumstances

posted Thursday, November 2, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

In this queer cozy series, Luke Tremblay is about to discover that Crescent Cove has more than its fair share of secrets…and some might be deadlier than others. Crescent Cove is a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, and the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay ever wanted to see again. He used to spend […]

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Disorderly Men – three strangers form a bond when arrested during a police raid in pre-Stonewall NYC

posted Wednesday, November 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Disorderly Men tells the story of three gay men in pre-Stonewall New York City who find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village bar. Roger Moorhouse is a Wall Street banker and Westchester family man with a preciously guarded secret. As the shouting begins and flashlights blaze in his face, the […]

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ROAR – trans woman returns to her rural hometown after her mother’s death

posted Wednesday, November 1, 2023

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

ROAR is a novel inspired by the original screenplay for Shelley Thompson’s award-winning feature film Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor, about a young trans woman who returns to her family farm in the wake of her mother’s death. The MacInnes family is grieving. The loss of Miranda has devastated her husband, John Andrew, her […]

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