Category Archives: GLBT non-fiction
“Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature” edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Charles Finley and Brian Joseph Gilley— Queer Indigenous People
Driskill, Qwo-Li, Charles Finley and Brian Joseph Gilley (editors). “Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature”, University of Arizona Press, 2013. Queer Indigenous People Amos Lassen The reality that queer Indigenous people go through layered oppression both as a minority race and a sexual minority is explored in this edited collection. We …
“On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility” by Ernesto Martinez— Queer Writers and Artists of Color
Martinez, Ernesto. “On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility”, Stanford University Press, 2013. Queer Writers and Artists of Color Amos Lassen There has always been an issue of racism in the LGBT community even though we really do not want to admit it. Their writings are often misread and many times discounted. This book …
AUTHOR PAUL NOVELLO ROCKS BROADWAY!
AUTHOR PAUL NOVELLO ROCKS BROADWAY! New York, NY (PRBuzz.com) March 13, 2013 — Paul Novello, a New York City based therapist, life coach and author of the groundbreaking new book: Unshattered Dreams – An Inspirational Guide to a Happy and Successful Life after a Difficult Childhood, held an official book launch on March 7, 2013. …
“Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America” by Justin Chu— Faith, Politics and Sexuality in Christian America
Chu, Justin. “Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America”, HarperCollins, 2013. Faith, Politics and Sexuality in Christian America Amos Lassen Justin Chu brings us a book of two streams—it is a memoir and it an investigative analysis of the intersection of faith, politics and sexuality which is …
“L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir” by Annie Lanzillotto— Surviving Life, Italian Style
Lanzillotto, Annie. “L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir”, SUNY Press, 2013. Surviving Life, Italian Style Amos Lassen Annie Rachele Lanzillotto was a tomboy in the Bronx who grew up in the 1950s. She had a rough childhood which consisted of watching the boys play stickball on the street and seeing her …
“Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes” by Kamal Al-Solaylee— Gay and Muslim
Al-Solaylee, Kamal. “Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes”, HarperCollins, 2012. Gay and Muslim Amos Lassen “Intolerable” is the story of Kamal Al-Solaylee and his family. Kamal was the last of eleven children born in Aden, Yemen. He is now in Toronto where he is a professor of journalism and here he tells us what it was …
“The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard” edited by Ron Padgett— Remembering Brainard
Brainard, Joe. “The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard”, (edited by Ron Padgett), Library of America, 2012. Remembering Brainard Amos Lassen Joe Brainard lived from 1942-1994 and was a wonderful writer and who wrote a very different kind of autobiography with “I Remember”. This book gives us all of Brainard and his “deadpan wit, madcap inventiveness, …
“Red-Inked Retablos” by Rigoberto Gonzalez— Nonfiction Fiction
Gonzalez, Rigoberto. “Red-Inked Retablos”, University of Arizona Press, 2013. Nonfiction Fiction Amos Lassen Part of Mexican Catholic tradition are retablos—ornamental structures of carved wood which frame an oil painting of a religious image, many times a patron saint. Rigoberto Gonzalez shows us the passion and the pain that are contained in these carvings in …
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