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Eustace Chisholm and the Works
Eustace Chisholm and the Works
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"In my opinion James Purdy is the most underrated writer in American literature, probably because he was gay. His books are heart wrenching, brutal and sometimes flat-out mean-spirited but they are also incredibly beautiful and endlessly poetic. I'm not all that fond of books that make me cry but in Purdy's case, I don't mind."

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Beth Ditto recommended Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks in Music (curated)

 
Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
1979 | Punk
8.5 (2 Ratings)
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"Look, I'm a hits only person. When I go see a show, I don't want filler. Unless you're Sonic Youth or Tori Amos, I don't want your B-sides. Hits only. It's so self-indulgent. I picked Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady because I like that it's a little campy and gay. And the harmonies are good. It's that simple. I think with music sometimes it is that simple. It was pop punk, not pop punk as it is now, but it was poppy. I got into punk late because what I thought punk was did not appeal to me at all. I was like I couldn't care less about [whispers conspiratorially] Sex Pistols. But Buzzcocks, Gang Of Four, Wire, that's my jam. Melodic and smart and put together and catchy and the rest of it? I don't care. It's self-indulgent, like you say you don't care what we think of you but, yes you do. Singles Going Steady doesn't take itself too seriously, and it's gay. It's so gay. I think it's cool to think about being gay in the punk scene, I don't think it could have been too easy but to me that's ultimately not giving a fuck. It must be easy to be some straight, white dude and be anti-establishment. Well you're part of the problem, get out of here. You're anti what? What are you talking about? We were so lucky to come along in the 90s, because it was really a turning point for pop culture. Look at Riot Grrl, it made punk a safer place for women, and then Queercore came along and made it a safer place for queers. I think, there is a refuge in punk rock now, but that's the thing why I think the Buzzcocks was more punk than punk, because I don't necessarily think there was a refuge then. I think it probably felt pretty lonely, because you weren't disco, you weren't pop, that's where queer culture, or the gay scene really was, and to be a punk then? I don't think you could seek refuge in that. "

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Zackary Drucker recommended Another Country in Books (curated)

 
Another Country
Another Country
James Baldwin, Colm Toibin | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Baldwin’s grand novel, Another Country, delivers beatnik-era 1950s, with characters who are on all sides of black, white, gay and straight, twisting complex lives into a magical taffy of perfection. By humanizing the bourgeoning civil rights movement and changing attitudes towards women, Baldwin creates a historical portrait of America that is a great key to understanding where we come from."

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Phoebe Robinson recommended Bad Feminist in Books (curated)

 
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay | 2014 | Biography
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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"Like lots of people, I really love Roxane Gay. This is one of my favorite essay collections I’ve read in the past five to ten years. She’s really good at conversational writing that’s also academic and intelligent and funny. After #MeToo there’s a lot of introspection, and people need to analyze themselves and see what feminist they’ll be. There’s no perfect feminist."

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3.25 stars.

I'm kinda torn with this. I liked the characters; all of them, kids included, but the storyline annoyed me a little. The big wedge where they weren't together, all because of some crazy notion. It peed me off a bit. Yeah, you're scared because it's all new to you and you don't know how others will react to the news, but if you'd only talked about it!

<spoiler>I know you&#039;re both new to the whole gay thing but you didn&#039;t even try anal sex; even when you got sent a copy of the Gay Kama Sutra!</spoiler>

I liked James and I&#039;m intrigued enough by his situation to read the next book in the series
  
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Wanda (20 KP) rated Ready To Were in Books

Jun 12, 2018  
Ready To Were
Ready To Were
Robyn Peterman | 2014 | Paranormal
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Robyn Peterman knows how to write a witty, sassy, hilarious with the right amount of sexiness story!
Hank 'The Tank' is one sexy alpha. Essie is beautiful and sassy.
Put them together with her best friend Dwayne (a gay Vampyre), Granny, a few Tina's, and some dragons and you have one laugh out loud story!
Looking forward to the next book in this series.
  
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Penny Arcade recommended Our Lady of the Flowers in Books (curated)

 
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers
Jean Genet | 2021
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"I discovered this book at 15 at a time when society’s view of the gay world was fugitive criminal. Looking thru Genet’s poetic eyes into queer life in France grounded in criminality, in the margins of humanity was a both a validation of the people I was meeting, with their fierce sense of self identification and a window into my future in the NY Underground."

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The Name of the Rose (Der Name der Rose) (1986)
The Name of the Rose (Der Name der Rose) (1986)
1986 | International, Drama, Mystery
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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"The Name of the Rose. That’s a cool movie. You got Sean Connery, you got a detective story, you got a bit of gay monk sex. Can’t go wrong with that. If you’re Scottish and you don’t like Sean Connery movies, there’s something f—in’ wrong with you. Actually, if you’re human and you don’t like Sean Connery movies, there’s something wrong with you."

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Lena Dunham recommended Weekend (2011) in Movies (curated)

 
Weekend (2011)
Weekend (2011)
2011 | Drama, Romance
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"This just wrecked me. I went in knowing nothing except that gay men are my target demo and came out stunned by the subtlety and sensitivity of Andrew Haigh’s direction. This is also what inspired me to show ejaculate on television: there is one scene in which cum is such a central, and lovely, part of the experience of sex with another person. Messy, happy, lonely sex."

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Merissa (11731 KP) created a post

Dec 9, 2021  
"The Christmas carols mix with the pitty-pat sound of little children's feet and their happy giggles in this gay romance novel about blessings, miracles and the power of love in its many forms"

Release Blitz & #Giveaway: Blessings and Miracles (Full Circle #3.5) by H.M. Wolfe - @Archaeolibrary, @gaybookpromo, @HMWolfe3, #Contemporary, #MM, #Romance, #Seasonal,

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