Review

The Angel of History by Rabih Alameddine Atlantic Grove Press Reviewed by John Francis Leonard We are all haunted by our pasts to some degree, carry our sins...

Pose Created by Ryan Muphy, Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals FX Reviewed by John Francis Leonard It’s 1990 in NYC. Madonna’s hit single “Vogue” is ruling the...

Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the '70s and '80s by Brad Gooch HarperCollins Reviewed by Alina Oswald There’s always a song, a poem, or...

The Journalist of Castro Street: The Life of Randy Shilts by Andrew E. Stoner University of Illinois Press Reviewed by Alina Oswald The moment I noticed Andrew E....

The Writer as Witness Novelist Julia Glass Talks to Mark Olmsted About AIDS, Loss & the Consolation of Words Julia Glass rose to literary prominence in...

Based on a True Story by Jameson Currier Chelsea Station Editions Reviewed by T.J. Banks The phrase “loving someone to death” is an inherently disturbing one. There’s something...

The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression and Then Some, 1976–1988 by Martin Duberman Duke University Press Reviewed by Hank Trout Martin Duberman , a genuine giant among...

Black LGBT Health in the United States Edited by Lourdes Dolores Follins & Jonathan Mathias Lassiter Lexington Books Reviewed by C. Todd White The title of Black LGBT...

Pathbreaker Writer & Long-Term Survivor Randy Boyd Revisits His Journey So Far in a New Collection by Chael Needle Photographed Exclusively for A&U by Sean Black Jalandhar Nayak,...

Lust and Wonder: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs St. Martin's Press Reviewed by John Francis Leonard We all are looking for someone to love and to love us...