 JUSTIN
SPRING's book titles include PAUL CADMUS: THE MALE NUDE
and FAIRFIELD PORTER: A LIFE IN ART. He is a writer who has
specialized in 20th Century American art and culture. He has also written
many monographs, catalogs and for museum publications.His latest
title, and a bit different from his previous publications, is SECRET
HISTORIAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMUEL STEWARD, PROFESSOR, TATTOO ARTIST,
AND SEXUAL RENEGADE.
Steward had a peripatetic career. Sexually active from an early age,
he kept notes--often vivid--about his sexual experiences, something
Alfred Kinsey found of use when they met. Steward was a friend of Gertrude
Stein and Alice Toklas--the letters were published in his book DEAR
SAMMY--as well as Thornton Wilder. Steward taught at the college
level for a time. Later, he turned to the art of tattooing, working
on Chicago's notorious South Street. In the 1960s, Steward started writing
homosexual literature under the name Phil Andros, titles which were
republished in the 1980s. Andros was only one of the names he wrote
under.
Spring's biography is detailed, generous and full of news. He got
ahold of Steward's diaries, journals and his sexual records. Spring's
account of Steward's libidinal adventures should have earned Steward
a Kennedy Center Award, if such existed in his time. Steward died in
1983.
 Justin
Spring reads from SECRET HISTORIAN and discuss the life of Samuel
Steward at
Calamus Bookstore
Friday, 8 October at 7 PM
SECRET HISTORIAN is a treasure, beautifully published
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It includes notes, a selected bibliography,
an index and black and white photographs. 478 pages.
SECRET HISTORIAN is a hardcover, $32.50
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Dermot Meagher
was a judge on the Boston Municipal Court for seventeen years. He was
appointed by Gov. Michael Dukakis and retired from the bench in 2006.
The Boston Municipal Court is the oldest trial court in Massachusetts
and can be a colorful and sometimes raucous venue. While on the bench,
Meagher would occasionally write about
his experiences. His meditations on his years as a judge are now published
in JUDGE SENTENCES: TALES FROM THE BENCH.
 Dermot
Meagher reads from JUDGE SENTENCES at
Calamus Bookstore
Friday, 15 October at 7 PM
JUDGE SENTENCES: TALES FROM THE BENCH,
published in hardcover by Northeastern University Press $26.00
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author IORY ALLISON has completed his Glamour Galore trilogy
with the publication of THE MERMAID AND THE SAILOR. The two previous
titles in this comedic series are THE FAMILY JEWELS and THE
NAUGHTY ASTRONAUTESS.
Iory Allison reads from THE MERMAID AND
THE SAILOR at
Calamus Bookstore
Friday, 22 October at 7 PM
THE MERMAID AND THE SAILOR is a trade paperback,
published by iUniverse, $19.95
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THALASSA: ONE WEEK IN A PROVINCETOWN DUNE SHACK is an account
of the author's August 2007 solitary one-week stay in one of
Provincetown's historic dune shacks with a discussion of the shacks'
history. Delightful photographs by the author and others.
THALASSA: ONE WEEK IN A PROVINCETOWN DUNE SHACK is a trade
paperback published by Haley's, $9.95
Allen Young
reads from THALASSA: ONE WEEK IN A PROVINCETOWN DUNE SHACK at
Calamus Bookstore
Friday, 29 October at 7 PM
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