book-reviews
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“A Previous Life”: Reading Edmund White in the Midst of My Own Ending
This is a posthumous novel; I don’t know how much are Edmund’s own words and what…
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Book Review: Leather Forever (Pete Fitz)
The husband bought me this one for my birthday, knowing that I’m into leather men. It’s…
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Book Review: 50 LGBTQ+ Finds – Ben Paites
I bought this book at Colchester castle on my visit to see A Number in Space…
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The Farewell Symphony, Edmund White (book review)
At first, I wasn’t certain that this was the sequel that I thought it was. I…
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Book review: Women who fight back (Stacey Dooley)
I found this book while I was out walking the dog one day. Stacey Dooley presents…
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Book Review: The Book of Non-binary Joy – Ben Pechey
Oh hello darling, and welcome to this, my very first book. Thus the Introduction begins, with…
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The Beautiful Room Is Empty (Edmund White) – Review
This is the sequel book to “A Boy’s Own Story” where the “boy” of the first…
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A Boy’s Own Story (Edmund White) – book review
Cornholing, Confusion, and Coming-of-Age This was one of the first gay books I read – it…
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Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender – Judith Butler (Part 3)
Continued from part 2 TERFs and British Matters of Sex It is paradoxical to see conservative…
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Book Review: The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K Le Guin)
Spoiler Alert! I don’t recall how I discovered this book, but I was drawn to it…
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Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender – Judith Butler (Part 2)
You Can’t Legislate Gravity Continued from Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender – Judith Butler (Part…
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Book Review: What Belongs To You (Garth Greenwell)
The story is narrated from the perspective of an American teacher of English at a Bulgarian…
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Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender – Judith Butler (Part 1)
A friend of mine (Tacitus) suggested that I watch a PhilosphyTube video called I emailed my…
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Book Review: Suffragettes – How Britain’s Women fought & died for the right to vote
The writing style is an easy narrative that doesn’t much engage in reflection, but seeks to…
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Book Review: Open Love – the complete guide to gay open relationships, polyamory, and more
My husband bought us this book to read and work through together. We kept having the…
