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posted Monday, July 3, 2023
Finally, after a decade of work, countless interviews and immersing deep into the culture, John Robb‘s definitive book is a journey deep into The Art Of Darkness. The first in-depth book on Goth is a deepdive into the enduring culture and the social, historical and political backdrop that created the space for the art of […]
posted Wednesday, June 28, 2023
More than fifty years after the publication of the first Dave Brandstetter book, Fadeout, and nearly twenty years after its author’s death, Joseph Hansen’s celebrated mystery series is being republished in an affordable format by Penguin Random House. This is great news, as the books had become hard to find or just got too expensive […]
posted Saturday, June 24, 2023
Megan Hutton is a free spirited senior. Born in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, she roamed for first three years with bears, moose, and deer. Gradually Megan integrated into a world void of wildlife, and at an early age she began to store her feelings in poetry and stories in a box under […]
posted Saturday, June 24, 2023
The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town is the first critical history of one of the most legendary and influential bands in American popular music. Locating The B-52s in the intellectual climate of their hometown of Athens, GA and following the band from New York’s downtown scene in the early 1980s to their […]
posted Thursday, June 22, 2023
The Humble Lover is a wildly hilarious and irreverent novel about a rich older man who falls in love with a young ballerino. Aldwych West, an eighty-year-old modern-day aristocrat living alone in his Manhattan townhouse, is used to having what he wants. And when he sets eyes on August Dupond, a strong, stunningly beautiful soloist […]
posted Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Reading Jim Nason’s latest poetry collection, Self-Portrait Embracing a Fabulous Beast, is like taking a masterclass in poetics. The economy and precision of words show effortlessly what makes a poem works. The subjects are noteworthy as well, ranging from ephemeral emotions through carnal sex to portraits of artists whose work is embedded in our cultural […]
posted Tuesday, June 20, 2023
In Pageboy, The Oscar-nominated Elliot Page finally gets to share his truth. The book gives readers a look into Elliot Page’s journey from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Hollywood. The memoir delves into Page’s relationship with his body, his experiences as one of the most famous trans people in the world, and also covers mental health, […]
posted Wednesday, June 14, 2023
In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people—including, for years, the author—what they knew of O’Connor stopped there. Allyson McCabe believes it’s time to reassess our old judgments about Sinéad O’Connor and […]
posted Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Dreaming Home is a novel in stories, set between Dallas, San Francisco, and Fort Lauderdale. It’s a queer coming-of-age, and coming-to-terms exploration, that follows the after-effects of betrayal and poignantly explores the ways we search for home. Following six characters across forty years, the novel recounts the fragmentation of a family. Kyle runs from his […]
posted Tuesday, May 30, 2023
The Male Gazed is as much a coming of age book as a coming out book. Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the service of helping us reframe how we talk about (desiring) men. Manuel Betancourt has long lustfully coveted masculinity—in part because he so lacked it. As […]
