Category Archives: GLBT memoir and/or biography
“Under the Rainbow”– Growing Up Gay
Kantrowitz, Arnie. “Under the Rainbow: Growing Up Gay”. Morrow, 1977. An Early Treasure Amos Lassen “Under the Rainbow” is one of the first gay books I ever read and although it was written 30 years ago I found when rereading it last night that it still has a lot to say. Arnie Kantrowitz has always …
Two About Tennessee Williams– “Memoirs” and “Tennessee Williams, Homosexuality and Mid-Twentieth Century Drama”
TWO ABOUT TENNESEE WILLIAMS Paller, Michael. “Gentlemen Callers: Tennessee Williams, Homosexuality, and Mid-Twentieth Century Drama”. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Williams, Tennessee. “Memoirs”. New Directions reissue, 2006. Amos Lassen What a man Tennessee Williams was and what a mind had! We are not likely to see a man like him again. When I lived in New …
“Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson and My Life in Old Hollywood”– Remembering
Carlyle, John, “UNDER THE RAINBOW: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson & My Life in Old Hollywood”, Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2006. Remembering Amos Lassen “Under the Rainbow” is a book that is going to be met with a great deal of controversy and welcomed lovingly at the same time. I was very …
“Valentino: A Dream of Desire”– Was He or Wasn’t He (and do we really care)?
Bret, David. “Valentino: A Dream of Desire”, Carroll & Graf, 2007. Was He or Wasn’t He? (and do we really care?) Amos Lassen Valentino has been dead a very long time but his mystique lives boldly. Rumor has it that he was perhaps the most beautiful and most mysterious man ever to be in the …
“Secretly Inside”– Gay and the Holocaust, A Powerful Memoir
Warren, Hans. “Secretly Inside”, translated by S.J. Leinbach, University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. Powerful Amos Lassen There is not a great deal of literature about what happened to gays during the Holocaust. Hans Warren wrote this fictionalized account of what is was like to be both gay and Jewish during the darkest period of human …
“Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies”– Memoir and Memory
Horrigan, Patrick E, “Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies” University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. Memoir and Memory Amos Lassen Patrick Horrigan experimented by bringing his autobiography and cultural studies together in “Widescreen Dreams”. The result is a very successful and readable book. He uses his critical writings on film as a way to …
“A Wolf at the Table”– Let’s Talk About Dad
Burroughs, Augusten. “ A Wolf at the Table”, St. Martin’s, 2008. Let’s Talk about Dad Amos Lassen Augusten Burroughs has become a literary wonder. His books are bestsellers and he manages to attract a large readership. We have read about his dysfunctional childhood and laughed and cried with him and wondered how he has …
“About My Life and the Kept Woman”– What a Life!!
Rechy, John. “About My Life and the Kept Woman: A Memoir”, Grove Press, 2008. What a Life Story!!! Amos Lassen My generation knows John Rechy and for many of is his “City of Night” was a very, very important book. Rechy was a hustler who became a bestselling author and he wrote what many …
“All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C”– Rally ‘Round the Pole Boys
Seymour, Craig. “All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.”, Atria Books, 2008. Rally ‘Round the Pole, Boys Amos Lassen I love this book. “All I Could Bare” is a fun read and it also has a great deal to say about gay society. When I first heard …
“Butterfly Boy: Memoirs of a Chicano Mariposa”– Angry, Passionate and Ironic
Gonzalez, Rigoberto. “Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa”, University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. Angry, Passionate And Ironic Amos Lassen I have finally gotten around to reading Rigoberto Gonzalez’s “Butterfly Boy”. It is one of the most moving books I have ever read. We follow a young Chicano as he matures into accepting himself as …
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