Talking Fiction
When Murdoch’s characters speak, they speak volumes; and it takes very little–a few drinks, perhaps–to get them to drop profound thoughts into the most casual conversations.
You Must Remember This: 2010 Lambda Awards
Many critics have noted that 2009 seems to have been the Year of the Memoir. In the Lammies’ Gay Memoir/Biography category there are 20 entries; the Lesbian Memoir/Biography list totals 13.
Do You Have to Be Crazy?
Do you have to be crazy to be a writer? Here is Galway Kinnell’s answer to that question.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Carver
Gordon Lish cut Carver’s stories by as much as 78%. The list of text reductions looks like a Red Tag Clearance Sale in Literary Hell.
Wise Words for Writers: R. V. Cassill
“Writing is not merely a profession. It is a way of coming to terms with the world and with oneself.”
Art/Work – Creativity from the Cube
Art/Work – Creativity from the Cube is a program of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City. It encourages recognition of business employees’ contributions to the visual, literary, and performing arts. Over 100 companies representing 30,000 employees participate in this program. Each company or business selects employee works to be submitted to the competition; works [...]
Call for Reviewers
If you have a book review blog, or write for one, please contact me about receiving a free signed copy of A Report from Winter. At a time when mainstream publishing has become just another arm of mainstream media, bloggers and other independent reviewers have taken on the heroic task of helping good books rise [...]
Show Some Love to Giovanni’s Room
As you may know, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in NYC closed its doors earlier this year, after 40 years of service to the LGBT community. Now another venerable bookstore, Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia, is facing a financial crisis. The building needs repair, at a cost of $50,000. If you are purchasing A Report from [...]
Gay Wisdom
I Am Not a Man by Harold Norse
35 Cents and Suspect Thoughts
Information about the memoir 35 Cents by Matty Lee, published by Suspect Thoughts
A Report from Winter is a death-in-the-family story, a love story, and a meditation on the meaning of “winter”—as a season and as a metaphor for family relationships.