Posts tagged with ‘LGBTQ Interest’
January 31, 2013
A VERY NEW YORK story about a charming, disaffected teenager and his parents and their partners. Sweet.
Grade: SOLID B
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
Unbridled Books
2012
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews
January 7, 2013
CHATTY BIOGRAPHY OF the late, great rock icon Freddie Mercury has an insider feel, if no profound depths.
Grade: SOLID B
MERCURY: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF FREDDIE MERCURY
Touchstone
2012
Tags: Biography, Freddie Mercury, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
December 23, 2012
A MOTHER/DAUGHTER relationship, fractured by addiction and depression, is healed by feminism and by coming out.
Grade: SOLID B
RIDING FURY HOME: A MEMOIR
Seal Press
2012
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Women's Issues
November 27, 2012
ALISON BECHDEL IS SIMPLY a national treasure! Her latest memoir in graphic novel form is thoughtful and wise.
Grade: A MINUS
ARE YOU MY MOTHER? A COMIC DRAMA
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Graphic Novels, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Women's Issues
November 6, 2012
LOVELY, SPARE PROSE tells the story of a gay Moroccan man wrestling with the ideas of Arab identity, culture.
Grade: B PLUS
AN ARAB MELANCHOLIA
Semiotext(e)/Smart Art
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Egypt, LGBTQ Interest, Middle East, Morocco, Novels
October 26, 2012
ENGAGING, CANDID MEMOIR of parenting as a gay dad from comic actor/screenwriter Dan Bucatinsky; tons of charm!
Grade: SOLID B
DOES THIS BABY MAKE ME LOOK STRAIGHT? CONFESSIONS OF A GAY DAD
Touchstone/Simon and Schuster
2012
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
August 23, 2012
QUIRKY, HIGHLY INFORMATIVE overview of laws about sexual behavior from Hammurabi to the trial of Oscar Wilde.
Grade: SOLID B
SEX AND PUNISHMENT: FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF JUDGING DESIRE
Counterpoint
2012
Tags: History, Legal History, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Sexuality, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
August 15, 2012
GRITTY, CANDID MEMOIR of a childhood in England’s Romany Gypsy community, facing prejudice, violence, abuse.
Grade: SOLID B
GYPSY BOY: MY LIFE IN THE SECRET WORLD OF THE ROMANY GYPSIES
St. Martin's Press
2012
Tags: England, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Roma, Romany, Solid B Reviews
August 6, 2012
INCISIVE, DEEPLY PERSONAL reflection on the impact of AIDS and gentrification on New York’s queer avant-garde.
Grade: B PLUS
THE GENTRIFICATION OF THE MIND: WITNESS TO A LOST IMAGINATION
University of California Press
2012
Tags: Art History, B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Literary History, New York City, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary
July 19, 2012
NOVELIST JEANETTE WINTERSON’S lyrical memoir testifies to her faith in love despite her grueling childhood.
Grade: SOLID A
WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU COULD BE NORMAL?
Grove Press
2012
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid A Reviews, Women's Issues