Vol. IX No. 5 · September
17, 2009 YESTERDAY/TODAY/AND ?
Tony Kushner has called CHRISTOPHER BRAM "one of the best novelists writing in the world today." Bram certainly has a distinguished career. He is the author of nine novels, including THE NOTORIOUS DR. AUGUST, LIVES OF THE CIRCUS ANIMALS and EXILES IN AMERICA. His fifth novel, GODS AND MONSTERS, was made into an Academy ward winning movie. His new title is MAPPING THE TERRITORY: SELECTED NONFICTION. Bram has been writing essays for over thirty years. Included here are his meditations on coming out in the 1970s in Virginia, the power of gay fiction, low-budget filmmaking with friends in New York, his heady experience of seeing GODS AND MONSTERS being made into a major movie release, and why he and his partner have no intention of getting married. MAPPING THE TERRITORY is a hardcover from Alyson Books, $23.95 |
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 THE
JUDY GRAHN READER contains work from every phase of Grahn's career,
including poems from all of her major poetry collections--"The Common
Woman," "A Woman is Talking to Death," and the previously unpublished
"Mental." Also included are a number of her groundbreaking essays--"Writing
from a House of Women," and the newly-revised "Ground Zero: The Rise
of Lesbian Feminism.Her play, "The Queen of Swords," as well as selections from her fiction are part of this comprehensive volume. The introduction is by Lisa Maria Hogeland THE JUDY GRAHN READER is a trade paperback by Aunt Lute, $19.95 |
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 JAMES
T. SEARS has written much about gay life in the American south.
His latest is EDWIN AND JOHN.Set in the years of World War Two and the post-war period, Sears uses diaries, letters and poems to craft a narrative history of two gay men growing up in the south in the early and mid-20th Century. John Ziegler and Edwin Peacock had a relationship that lasted for nearly fifty years. They both came from conservative backgrounds, shared service during the war and settled together in Charleston, South Carolina, where they opened a bookstore. They became friends with some of the prominent literary figures in the south through their store. EDWIN AND JOHN: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH is a trade paperback from Routledge. There are photos throughout, notes and an index, $34.95
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 J.
RANDY TARABORRELLI's latest book is THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN
MONROE. Taraborelli has an extensive career chronicling celebrities.
Earlier titles include: ELIZABETH; WOMEN OF CAMELOT; SINATRA;
CALL HER MISS ROSS and MICHAEL JACKSON as well
as others.Taraborrelli tells Norma Jean Baker's story from her point
of view and the women so important in her life--her mother, her foster
mother and her legal guardian. He tells the heartbreaking story of a
world-famous movie star secretly dealing with her mother's severe paranoid
schizophrenia and
Previously unpublished photos are included as are medical files and personal correspondence. There is also a comprehensive filmography and an index. THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE is a hardcover from Grand Central Publishing, $26.99 |
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 First
published in 1997, DOES YOUR MAMA KNOW? AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK LESBIAN
COMING OUT STORIES was out of print for several years. Now back
in a second edition, it has been updated with seventeen new stories.
LISA C. MOORE is the editor. Moore is also the founder of RedBone
Press which is the imprint for this title.These coming out stories are funny, passionate, angry and joyous and they reflect the complex emotions that accompany a black lesbian's coming out. These narratives are told in poetry, interviews and essays. Contributors include: Donna Allegra, Becky Birtha, Cheryle Clarke, Jewelle Gomez, Michelle Sewell, Shay Youngblood and dozens of others. DOES YOUR MAMA KNOW? is a trade paperback, $19.95 |
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 SIDE
BY SIDE: THE JOURNAL OF A SMALL TOWN BOY is an erotic graphic novel
about two small town boys. After sampling the joys of town life and
each other, and once out of school, they head to the city and discover
a whole new menu of pleasures.The artist is MIOKI; the book is amusing, sexy and is laced with wit. SIDE BY SIDE is a trade paperback from Bruno Gmünder, $26.99 |
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  PLAYING
HARD TO GET is a photo collection by CORBIN FISHER. The theme is young
men in sporting situations with a little sex play on the side.PLAYING HARD TO GET is hard cover from Bruno Gmünder, $53.99
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 GAY
AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: WRITINGS FROM WHITMAN TO SEDARIS was edited
by DAVID BERGMAN.Bergman draws on excerpts from letters, journals, oral histories, memoirs and autobiographies to provide examples of the best life writing from the last century and a half. These writings give voice to every generation of gay writers since the nineteenth century, including a diverse array of American men of African, European, Jewish, Asian and Latino heritage. Texts included are from: Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Henry James, Alexander Berkman, Claude Hartland, Earl Lind, Glenway Wescott, Lincoln Kirstein, Samuel Steward, Paul Goodman, Tobias Schneebaum, Ned Rorem, Edward Field, Minette, Samuel Delany and many others. GAY AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY is a trade paperback from the University of Wisconsin Press, $29.95 |
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 SO
FEY: QUEER FAIRY FICTION, edited by STEVE BERMAN,
was first published by the Haworth Press. Haworth was then sold and
the new owners didn't want the gay and lesbian lists--which were extensive--and
a number of titles from the Haworth list have found new publishers.Berman's anthology brings together acclaimed fantasy writers with some of the brightest names in speculative and LGBT fiction to create tales that are moving and magical. Contributors include: Sarah Monette, Richard Bowes, Holly Black, Delia Sherman, Melissa Scott and others. SO FEY: QUEER FAIRY FICTION is a trade paperback from Lethe Press, $18.00 |
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 NICK
BURD's first novel is THE VAST FIELDS OF ORDINARY.We start with Dade Hamilton. He's finishing up his summer vacation, just before starting college. He has a low-level job at a food market. His "boyfriend" won't acknowledge him, probably because the "boyfriend" is also dating one of the most popular girls in school. His parents are on the verge of breaking up. Add to the mix the shock when his small Iowa town has to deal with the disappearance of a nine-year-old. Enter the mysterious Alex Kincaid, a charming misfit with all the wrong friends. Alex brings some new energy to what Dade regards as dreary topography. But things get intense and relationships have consequences; Dade finds this out and the events that transpire will change his life forever. THE VAST FIELDS OF ORDINARY is a hardcover from Dial, $16.99
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he
exposes the shocking scope of Marilyn's own mental deterioration and
her desperate attempts to help herself and her mother. (The mother,
Gladys, lived for 22 years after Marilyn's death.)
