What Mattered Most – Ty Herndon, country music’s first openly gay male singer, reveals his struggles with addiction and mental health

posted Thursday, August 13, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

What Mattered Most is an intimate, often hilarious, but always sincere memoir from country legend Ty Herndon on his struggles with addiction, mental health, his career, relationships, and being the first openly gay male country superstar. Ty Herndon may be most known for his beautiful country songs, but behind the music Herndon’s own life could […]

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Bless This Hot Mess – 90s era comedy set within a small Canadian town, where faith meets gay pop at a struggling radio station

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Bless This Hot Mess is a hilarious, campy, musical and moving book that provokes you to ponder: If I steal a few hearts, can I still get into Heaven? When a failing radio station’s morning show starts stealing, sampling and remixing ‘90s pop songs in a Hail Mary attempt at attracting an audience, virtuous virgin […]

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Almost Grown: A New York Memoir – how a hyperactive kid from Queens made his dreams come true, and the hustlers, sweethearts, misfits, and lifelong friends he met along the way

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Almost Grown: A New York Memoir is a coming-of-age story exploring native New Yorker Jesse Malin’s boundless creativity and triumph over daunting challenges, both physical and emotional. It’s a raw, honest, and often funny account of how a hyperactive kid from Queens made his dreams come true—and the hustlers, sweethearts, misfits, and lifelong friends he met […]

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John of John – down on his luck man returns to his hometown to discover nothing has changed but himself

posted Saturday, August 1, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

John of John tells the story of John-Calum Macleod, who is out of money and with little to show for his art school education. He decides to take the ferry back home to the island of Harris to find that little has changed except for himself. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal […]

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Famesick – Lena Dunham’s memoir reflects on her life since “Girls”, and whether she chose the right career path

posted Thursday, July 30, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Famesick is a rowdy, frank, and moving reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, from the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls, and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl. Lena Dunham asks whether pursuing her creative ambitions has been worth the pain. For the last decade, as she’s spent countless […]

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Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock

posted Thursday, July 30, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock commemorates the 50th anniversary of the iconic NYC new-wave/art-rock band. Acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York City, and showing how a group of art students […]

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“Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000” chronicles the artists who redefined gender, defied tradition, and dared to challenge sexual norms

posted Monday, July 20, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Mighty Real is the definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life From the underground dancefloors of the Seventies to the global charts of the Nineties, LGBTQ artists and audiences shaped music’s sound, style, and spirit. In Mighty Real, veteran journalist Barry Walters chronicles its LGBTQ history […]

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No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene

posted Friday, July 17, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene is an intimate insider’s account of New York’s most radical cultural revolution and the women who obliterated every barrier in their path. In 1975 a young queer singer from Cleveland meets Nan Goldin and joins her in New York’s bombed-out […]

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The Land and Its People – David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend

posted Sunday, July 12, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Land and Its People is a collection of short essays from David Sedaris, reflecting on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to […]

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The News from Dublin – short stories that detail the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love

posted Tuesday, June 30, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The News From Dublin is a collection of short stories transports readers across continents and eras, many never-before-published, that detail the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love. In “The Journey to Galway,” a mother who has learned of the death of her son, a fighter pilot in WWII, travels to Galway to inform his wife […]

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