Review

30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor by Karen Gedney, MD DRG Consulting LLC Reviewed by John Francis Leonard It’s 1987 and in this gripping, true-life...

Stonewall Strong: Gay Men’s Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health, and a Strong Community by John-Manuel Androite Rowman & Littfield Reviewed by Hank Trout Stonewall Strong is in...

Owls Don't Have to Mean Death by Chip Livingston Tincture/Lethe Press Reviewed by Hank Trout Chip Livingston’s lyrical, heart-wrenching new novel, Owls Don’t Have to Mean Death, introduces...

Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America by Nathaniel Frank The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Reviewed by Hank Trout Nathaniel Frank’s thoroughly researched...

1985 Written & directed by Yen Tan MuseLessMime Productions/Cranium Entertainment Reviewed by John Francis Leonard 1985 is a film about secrets—the secrets we think we’re hiding, but are...

Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening : How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and Open Heart Carol Wall Amy Einhorn Books/G.P. Putnam’s Sons Reviewed...

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...

I'll Never Write My Memoirs Grace Jones, with Paul Morley Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster Reviewed by Chael Needle Grace Jones likes doing jigsaw puzzles, as we learn in...

Until My Heart Stops by Jameson Currier Chelsea Station Editions Reviewed by Hank Trout In Until My Heart Stops, his collection of more than fifty “intimate writings” culled...

Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Schulman Arsenal Pulp Press Reviewed by John Francis Leonard In her new non-fiction...