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Basic Bitchen: Joey Skladany’s new cookbook offers uncomplicated dishes and drinks served with a heaping side of humor

June 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Tom Reardon, July 2020 issue. We’ve probably all heard the term, ‘basic bitch.’ Some of us may have even struggled with the existential question, “Am I a basic [...]

Between The Covers

June 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, July 2020 Issue. The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris by Marc Petitjean, translated by Adriana Hunter c.2020, Other Press $25.00 / $34.00 Canada | 208 [...]

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May 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, May 2020 Issue. Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane by Karen R. Jonesc.2020, Yale University Press $28.00 / higher in Canada 303 pages You can [...]

Gay Rights pioneer Morris Kight gets his story told in Mary Ann Cherry’s new book

May 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Ashley Naftule “Gay or straight, shy or shining, European or Asian or African, smart or dim, funny or dull, loyal or traitor — there will never be another person quite [...]

New Release: This Rock ‘N’ Roll Dream

May 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Tom Reardon Tommie Vaughn is a person of many trades, as the saying goes. Author, singer, songwriter, mother of two, wife, bandmate … It’s hard to pigeonhole this [...]

Brando is laid bare in William J. Mann’s new book

May 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

By David-Elijah Nahmod William J. Mann’s superb biography of Marlon Brando focuses on the details. In The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando, Mann gets into the [...]

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April 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, May 2020 Issue. Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health edited by Adrian Shanker, foreword by Rachel L. Levine, MD, afterword by Kate Kendell [...]

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March 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, April 2020 Issue. It’s worth a try. Under the Rainbow by Celia Laskey c.2020, Riverhead Books $27.00 / higher in Canada 288 pages You never know [...]

Fabulous fables of fright: more vintage horror novel reviews

March 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Jason Kron We present to you these insightful critiques of some classic horror books, and we hope that you are inspired by these works to live your best life. The Rats By [...]

16th Annual Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference succeeds in sharing diverse voices despite record rains

February 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld There’s nothing like a good book on a rainy day. That said, outdoor literary fairs are more sensitive to weather. The sixteenth Desert [...]

Between The Covers

February 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, March 2020 Issue. Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman by Abby Chava Stein c.2019 | Seal Press | like in the other [...]

Fabulous fables of fright: five classic horror-themed books reviewed

January 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Jason Kron There’s something magical about horror novels written from around 1960 until around 1990. At their worst, these books often still make for the kind of fun [...]

Best Books of 2019

January 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, February 2020 Issue. Like the saying goes: so many books, so little time.Here are the can’t-miss, shouldn’t-skip books of 2019. Fiction If the [...]

What to read? Check out these November reviews

November 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

By Jason Kron This Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else | By Jon Savage | April 2019, Faber and Faber, 160 Pages If you’ve read as many music biographies and seen [...]

Showtime’s The L Word is back

November 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

By Megan Wadding, photos by Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/SHOWTIME December 2019 Issue. Lesbians rejoice! Showtime’s groundbreaking series, The L Word, is back after a 10 year [...]