Monthly Archives: May, 2012
What an Honor: The QBliss GLBTIA Creating Change Community Award “Voice Of QBliss Award” 2012: Amos Lassen
The QBliss GLBTIA Creating Change Community Award “Voice Of QBliss Award” 2012: Amos Lassen
“THE INVISIBLES”– Documentary on LGBT Elders in France
The Invisibles 20 May, 2012 | By Mark Adams, chief film critic Dir: Sebastien Lifshitz. France. 2012. 115mins Sebastien Lifshitz’s leisurely engaging documentary about elderly openly gay and lesbians in France – or ‘invisibles’ as he calls them, claiming that aging homosexuals withdraw from their social lives as they get older – offers an intriguing …
The Mystery of Ruby Lode” by Scotty Cade— Something Left Behind
Cade, Scotty. “The Mystery of Ruby Lode”, Silver Publishing, 2012. Something Left Behind… Amos Lassen I have been a fan of Scotty Cade since his first book and I am proud to say that I still am. He is a writer that takes us into his books and holds you there by introducing you to …
“The Twenty-Twenty Players: A Futuristic Account of the 2020 Presidential Election Year” by Jim Lynch— And Our President is…
Lynch, Jim. “The Twenty-Twenty Players: A Futuristic Account of the 2020 Presidential Election Year”, Jim Lynch, 2011. And Our President is….. Amos Lassen It is January 2020 and John Struben, U.S.Senator is running for president. His wife, singer, Gina, convinced him that this is his calling. It was just too bad that she did not …
“Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the Vichy Dilemma” by Barbara Will— The Strange Truth
Will, Barbara. “Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the Vichy Dilemma”, (Gender and Culture Series), Columbia University Press, 2011. The Strange Truth Amos Lassen All of a sudden it seems evident that Gertrude Stein, a lesbian and a Jew became involved in a very strange intellectual project which, in effect, saved her and Alice …
“Butterfly Dream” by David Lara and Bud Gundy— Gay and Jewish in Hitler’s Germany
Lara, David and Bud Gundy. “Butterfly Dream”, Create Space, 2010. Gay and Jewish in Hitler’s Germany Amos Lassen When he was just six years old, Banat Frantz learns that he is Jewish and this came at a time that such a thing was considered a crime against the state and the punishment in Nazi Germany …
“STONY ISLAND”— Chicago’s South Side
“Stony Island” Chicago’s South Side Amos Lassen Richie Bloom (Richie Davis) is the only white kid on his block on Chicago’s south side. He brings his friend Kevin (Edward Stoney Robinson) into a rhythm and blues band. They are mentored by sax legend Percy (Gene Daddy G Barge) and they form a group that practices …
“Goodbye to Soho” by Clayton Littlewood”— Pimping Soho
Littlewood, Clayton. “Goodbye to Soho”, DWB Press. 2012. Pimping Soho Amos Lassen There are some books that make you say “WOW” and then there are those that cause you to “WOW” on every page. Clayton Littlewood has that ability. I was wowed by his first book, “Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho” and I remember …
“Calendar Boys” by Zachary Logan— Monthly Relief
Zachary, Logan.”Calendar Boys”, Bold Strokes Books, 2012. Monthly Relief Amos Lassen All of us have done it—look at those monthly pin ups that come regularly in magazines and that take a twist in this very clever book. Cleverly arranged month by month, we get the stories behind the pictures (that we do not see) and …
“The Marrying Kind” by Ken O’Neill— A Sensitively Funny Novel
O’Neill, Ken. “The Marrying Kind”, Bold Strokes Books, 2012. A Sensitively Funny Novel Amos Lassen I suppose the fact that gay marriage is so much in the news these days; we can only expect a slew of books on the subject. Even more interesting is that fiction writers are writing about it but let me …
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