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Homosexual Literature
#25Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 11:58amThat is great news...I would love another "Tales of the City"
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#26Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 1:17pmThere were also two novels I really enjoyed, but can't recall the titles or authors. One was a gay romance novel from the 80s about a "straight" painter in Paris who falls in love with a young man he calls "Monkey". There was a series of gay romance novel by this author back then if I remember correctly. I was in high school when I read it. The other is a British comedic novel about a gay couple that move into a small English village and stir up trouble among the neighbors. A friend of mine recommended it, and I loved it, but I can't find my copy of it now.
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#27Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:13pmDon't know the first one Mister Matt, but the second is 'Two Gentleman Sharing' by William Cortlett (which I own, but have not read yet).
My mother always used to say, "The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana." - Rose Nyland
#28Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:18pmJust read The Picture of Dorian Gray. There is enough homosexual themes in it, and its a classic, and isn't Xrated.
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#30Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:33pmBeav - that's great! I didn't know they had a website, as we just go to the one in WeHo.
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#31Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:45pm
Beav - I don't know if shopping online is more fun than hitting Santa Monica Boulevard in the middle of a sunny Southern California day - there's more to browse than books 
MargoChanning
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#32Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:19pmAnyone read Alan Hollinghurst's "The Line of Duty" yet? It won last year's Booker Prize -- the first time a gay-themed novel has received that award, I believe. The reviews said it's a remarkable satirical journey through London gay scene of the 80s, set against the backdrop of Thatcherism and the rising specter of AIDS. I haven't had a chance to get to it yet, but apparently it's brilliant (I loved Hollinghurst's "The Swimming Pool Library").
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#33Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:28pmWow. I feel so - not a reader. I had no idea stuff was out there like this. I'll definetly have to check it out.
#34Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:32pmThanks Jimmmcf! Two Gentlemen Sharing is the book I was thinking of. It's fluff, but fun. It could make for a very cute film.
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#35Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:40pmMargo - I'm in the same place you are. I've had for for a while, but it's just part of one of the stacks in the study!
Dollypop
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#36Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:50pm
I went through a phase where I felt I had to read every bit of gay literature that was published. However, there was so much garbage and nothing was shedding any new light on the gay world, that I stopped. I've become more selective.
However, if you haven't read all of Armistad Maupin's TALES OF THE CITY series, you are missing a delightful treat. I understand he's working on yet another book about Michael Mouse.
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#37Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:55pmI just think there should be more Jewish homosexual literature around. Just kidding.
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#38Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 5:06pm
I seem to recall that the new Mouse book is going to be a day in the life of Michael Mouse, or some such thing.
It does my heart good to know Mouse is still around (yes...I know he's fictional...stop judging me).
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#39Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 5:11pmMargo, I have my name in for "The Line of Beauty" at the NYPL. Have been waiting a while actually, and am still 300 something in line.
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#40Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 5:38pmAnyone enjoy Dale Peck? I adored his debut "Martin and John" but found some of his subsequent work less interesting.
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#42Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 6:09pm
There are a ton available used on Amazon for as low as 49 cents.
Martin & John on Amazon
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#43Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/1/05 at 8:32pm
I've plugged it before and I'll plug it again: AT SWIM, TWO BOYS by Jamie O'Neill.
James Baldwin's GIOVANNI'S ROOM and ANOTHER COUNTRY are also wonderful, as is E.M. Forster's classic, MAURICE.
(By the way, has anyone actually seen the stage adaptation of GIOVANNI'S ROOM?)
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#44Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/2/05 at 2:20pmWow, beaverhausen, I read through this entire thread and before reading your post, was thinking, my god no one has mentioned Paul Monette! I've read most of his books and also his poetry. My mom knew him and so we have everything he's written. Borrowed Time is my favorite of his.
#45Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/3/05 at 10:32am
I am currently reading THE LINE OF BEAUTY. Thus far (100 pages into it), I recommend it.
Also, THE FRONT RUNNER by Patricia Nell Warren is a must-read.
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For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
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#46Homosexual Literature
Posted: 2/3/05 at 1:35pmI was just about to suggest "I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore". I love it and the two books that followed. "Lost Language of Cranes"... beautiful. "The Object of My Affection"... awesome. I loved the movie, but the book is quite different. And yes, the 70's classic "Frontrunner".
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