Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWriting a book review of Paul Rudnick’s latest novel is probably a fool’s errand. If you follow his Twitter feed or read his short pieces in The New Yorker, you know that the more outlandish and implausible the premise, the better. I say all of this in a complimentary way. He skewers pop culture and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWriting workshops present a mixed bag. Out of many submissions, a few might be worthwhile. It must be similar to what creative writing professors experience in every seminar or class. The good ones will shine and collecting stories for an anthology gives the editor the leeway to make the cuts. Since this collection comes from … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf you are a Rachel Maddow fan and follow her show, you would expect this biography to be complimentary. It does live up to that presumption. Though there are no bombshells in the book, it does provide some insight into Maddow’s approach to her work and how it has evolved throughout her (still young) life. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe writer Lance Richardson has put together an intriguing biography about Tommy Nutter, a tailor who in the 1960’s reshaped the silhouette of men’s fashion, in Savile Row the most renowned street in London for bespoke tailoring. Most of the reminiscences in the book are from Nutter’s brother David, who made his name as celebrity photographer in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIn this impressive debut, Sam Kenyon offers a painful meditation on lost opportunities and the grievous consequences of thwarted love. In prose that is as delicate as it is precise, we are given the tale of Ray and Joe, whose lives entwine briefly in New York in 1963 when Ray is just 21 years … Continue reading