Monthly Archives: March, 2012
“The Marrying Kind” by Ken O’Neill— A Novel Look at Gay Marriage
O’Neill, Ken. “The Marrying Kind”. Bold Strokes Books, 2011. A Novel Look at Gay Marriage Amos Lassen Adam Moore is a wedding planner who has used his entire life to planning weddings for others. However, he and his partner Steve cannot get married because of the federal law (which is finally changing). Adam decides that …
“This Way to the Acorns: Poems: The Tenth Anniversary Edition” by Raymond Luczak— Four Seasons, Four Sections
Luczak, Raymond. “This Way to the Acorns: Poems: The Tenth Anniversary Edition”, HandType Press, 2012. Four Seasons, Four Sections Amos Lassen Before I even begin to review this book, let me say something about the author, Raymond Luczak. We have never met (aside from on Facebook) but Ray is my friend and he is my …
“Silence Is a Four Letter Word: On Art and Deafness: The Tenth Anniversary Edition” by Raymond Luczak— Musings from a Master
Luczak, Raymond. “Silence Is a Four Letter Word: On Art and Deafness: The Tenth Anniversary Edition”, HandType Press, 2011. Musings from a Master Amos Lassen Raymond Luczak is a poet, a playwright and a filmmaker and he also is a deaf gay male who is gay. In “Silence is a Four Letter Word”, he shares …
“The Secret of the Golden Phallus: Male Erotic Alchemy for the 21st Century” by Bruce P. Grether— A Way to Transformation
Grether, Bruce P. “The Secret of the Golden Phallus: Male Erotic Alchemy for the 21st Century”, Lethe Press, 2012. A Way to Transformation Amos Lassen How we see ourselves affects the way we live and that is a fact. The world is full of taboos and no no’s about male genitals and we must find …
“HOUSE OF BOYS”— A Gay Love Story Set In the Early Days of AIDS
“House of Boys” A Gay Love Story Set In the Early Days of AIDS Amos Lassen Every once in a while a film comes along that knocks me over and while these are few and far between, they do exist and new distributor, Breaking Glass Pictures, has been lucky enough to have released several of …
“The Enemy of the New Man: Homosexuality in Fascist Itally” by Lorenzo Benadusi— Homosexuality, Gender and Italian Morality during the Fascist Era in Italy
Benadusi, Lorenzo. “The Enemy of the New Man: Homosexuality in Fascist Italy”, (translated by Suzanne Dingee and Jennifer Pudney), University of Wisconsin Press. 2012. Homosexuality, Gender and Italian Morality during the Fascist Era in Italy Amos Lassen We still know very little about life in Fascist Italy and even less (until now) about homosexuality during …
“Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica” edired by Sinclair Sexsmith— Getting what they Want
Sexsmith, Sinclair (editor). “Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica”, Cleis Press, 2012. Getting what they Want Amos Lassen Cleis Press never disappoints in publishing classy anthologies of erotica and nothing seems sacred to them. In “Say Please” we get 23 BDSM stories from and about lesbians and these are very hot stories. I know very little …
“Cruising: Gay Erotic Stories” edited by Shane Allison— Wonderful Smut
Allison, Shane (editor). “Cruising: Gay Erotic Stories”, Cleis Press, 2012 Wonderful Smut Amos Lassen Do not misunderstand the meaning of my title, “Wonderful Smut”. This is indeed wonderful smut as we usually get in any book that has Shane Allison’s name on it. There at sixteen very hot stories here by some of the best …
“WTC VIEW”— An Amazing Film from Brian Sloan
“WTC View” An Amazing Film from Brian Sloan Amos Lassen Brian Sloan wrote and directed the amazing “WTC View”, the story of young Eric (Michael Urie) who advertises in The Village Voice for a roommate. The ad runs on a day that will live in infamy for us, September 11, 2001. To the surprise of …
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