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Tim Murphy's 'Speech Team'

Tim Murphy's 'Speech Team'

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Aug 8, 2023

If you have loved gay writer Tim Murphy's books since his breathtaking 2016 breakthrough novel "Christadora" and its 2019 follow-up "Correspondents," then you will be happy to know that his fourth novel, "Speech Team" is being released in August.

Nearer my god(s): LGBTQ-inclusive spirituality books, part 2

Nearer my god(s): LGBTQ-inclusive spirituality books, part 2

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Aug 8, 2023

Part 2 of our spiritual books survey includes Jewish Buddhist, Native American, yoga and Wiccan traditions that provide inclusive spaces where people don't have to choose between essential parts of their identity.

Christian Cooper's 'Better Living Through Birding'

Christian Cooper's 'Better Living Through Birding'

  • by Jim Piechota
  • Aug 1, 2023

Christian Cooper's engrossing memoir chronicles his life as the first openly gay writer and editor at Marvel Comics, his fascination for birds, and his life before and after the now-famous Central Park "Karen" incident.

Gotta have faith: LGBTQ-inclusive spirituality books, part 1

Gotta have faith: LGBTQ-inclusive spirituality books, part 1

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Aug 1, 2023

Several recent books on faith, mostly written by queer believers, strive to supply succor and strength to those who have remained in the institutional church.

Eliot Duncan's 'Ponyboy' — trans-male autofiction

Eliot Duncan's 'Ponyboy' — trans-male autofiction

  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Aug 1, 2023

Author Eliot Duncan provides his stories in three sections, called "negatives," presented in reverse order. For all its surface and latent sensationalism, Duncan's story is quite ordinary by present-day standards.

'Daddy Lover God' — Don Shewey's sensual sexual memoir

'Daddy Lover God' — Don Shewey's sensual sexual memoir

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Jul 18, 2023

Don Shewey's book "Daddy Lover God" bills itself as a memoir and instruction manual, but it primarily chronicles Shewey's psycho-sexual-spiritual adventures.

Manning up: New translations of Thomas Mann

Manning up: New translations of Thomas Mann

  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Jul 18, 2023

Damian Searls's just-published translations of Thomas Mann's "New Selected Stories," fleet but sure-footed, come as a relief, a long-overdue exhalation.

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Jul 11, 2023

A Castro neighborhood bookstore is doing its part to fight homophobic and transphobic book bans by sending boxes of books with LGBTQ themes to organizations in conservative areas.

'Hi Honey, I'm Homo!' — new book traces the history of queers on sitcoms

'Hi Honey, I'm Homo!' — new book traces the history of queers on sitcoms

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Jul 11, 2023

One might not think of "Bewitched" when talking about queer characters on sitcoms, yet that's exactly what Matt Baume does in his new book "Hi Honey, I'm Homo! Sitcoms, Specials and the Queering of American Culture."

Boze Hadleigh's 'Game Show Confidential'

Boze Hadleigh's 'Game Show Confidential'

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Jul 11, 2023

In his latest book, "Game Show Confidential: The Story of An American Obsession," prolific author Boze Hadleigh doesn't play around, pulling back the sparkly curtain to dare to reveal truths some would never consider about game shows.

Cidny Bullens: Meet the trans 'cosmic rock star'

Cidny Bullens: Meet the trans 'cosmic rock star'

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Jul 4, 2023

Cidny Bullens' story is truly one of a kind, beginning with being a backing vocalist for Sir Elton John and continuing through their 2012 transition at the age of 61 as a musician, and now the author of a revealing memoir.

Samantha Irby: 'Quietly Hostile' author on jokes, pandemic dogs and Dave Matthews

Samantha Irby: 'Quietly Hostile' author on jokes, pandemic dogs and Dave Matthews

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Jul 4, 2023

The best part about reading a book by Lammy Award-winning queer humor essayist Samantha Irby, including her new one, "Quietly Hostile," is the way she makes you laugh out loud.

The wild ride of Jinwoo Chong's 'Flux'

The wild ride of Jinwoo Chong's 'Flux'

  • by Laura Moreno
  • Jul 4, 2023

Jinwoo Chong's new futuristic debut novel is like no other book you've ever read. Written in the tech thriller genre, it is a masterful example of what just may be the literature of the future.

Alice Winn's 'In Memoriam' - The soldiers' tale

Alice Winn's 'In Memoriam' - The soldiers' tale

  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Jul 4, 2023

With her debut novel, "In Memoriam," screenwriter Alice Winn joins the ranks of the finest war writers this side of Homer and Heller.