All the Young Men: Review
All the Young Men
A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South
Ruth Coker Burks
with Kevin Carr O'Leary
Grove Atlantic
Reviewed by Hank Trout
In...
Finding Tulsa: Review
Finding Tulsa
by Jim Provenzano
Palm Drive Publishing
Reviewed by John Francis Leonard
It’s not easy writing a novel in the first person and relying on the...
Prayer Ribbons: Review
Prayer Ribbons, from Provincetown to Orlando
Directed by Lise Balk King
Reviewed by Hank Trout
The Compact, a community-based organization in Provincetown, Massachusetts, that has nurtured the...
He Lands in Palm Springs: Review
He Lands in Palm Springs
by John Shekleton
Mo Keijuk Press
Reviewed by Raymond Luczak
Considering the book’s premise of Father Joe Tierney, a defrocked Catholic priest living...
Howard: Review
Howard
Directed by Don Hahn
Disney+
Reviewed by Bruce Ward
The AIDS epidemic of the 1980s/1990s robbed the world of too many talented artists from all creative fields,...
The Other Passover: Review
The Other Passover
by Joseph F. Delgado
Ediciones El Laberinto/USA Distributor: Amazon.com
Reviewed by Hank Trout
The setting is now, the present. A mysterious disease nearly blankets the...
The Prettiest Star: Review
The Prettiest Star
by Carter Sickels
Hub City Press
Lambda Literary Award-winning author Carter Sickels pulls no punches in this unsparing and deeply felt novel that turns...
Drawing on Walls: Review
Drawing on Walls:
A Story of Keith Haring
Written by Matthew Burgess
Illustrated by Josh Cochran
Enchanted Lion Books
Reviewed by Hank Trout
Drawing on Walls: A Story of...
Maid Service: Review
Maid Service
by John Whittier Treat
JMS Books
Reviewed by Chael Needle
In the mid-eighties, 1985 or 1986, but perhaps slightly earlier, my brother Doug’s friend Glenn traveled...
Me by Elton John: Review
Me
by Elton John
Henry Holt and Company
Reviewed by Hank Trout
The scene is Ryan White’s funeral in 1990. After performing “Skyline Pigeon” at the service, Elton...
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