Photograph from James Baldwin Archive, NY Public Library August 2, 1924– James Baldwin: "Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law." The very first "gay" book I read was James Baldwin's beautiful, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, George Bernard Shaw
1881 via Wikimedia Commons July 27, 1856 - George Bernard Shaw: "If You Want to Tell People the Truth, Make Them Laugh, Otherwise They'll Kill You." Shaw is one of my favorite figures in history. He was a man of Theatre and Film, a vegetarian, a Socialist, and a rabble … [Read more...]
#Breaking: Award-Nominated LGBT Author Chuck Tingle Suspended from Twitter
Dr. Chuck Tingle, the beloved sci-fi author of the Hugo … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: British Writer, E.F. Benson
July 24, 1867 - Edward Frederic Benson: He Deceived Me By Telling The Truth. He was an English writer and archaeologist. Writing as E.F. Benson, he is a literary figure from a forgotten age who still retains a cult following for his charmingly sharp-eyed novels. His books … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay – Writer, Ernest Hemingway
July 21, 1899 - Ernest Hemingway: "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake." I haven't read any Hemingway in decades. In young, handsome, dynamic, delicious professor Daniel Roberto's American Literature 101 class in the autumn of 1972, I was so … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Marcel Proust
Proust working in bed, early 20th-century, photographer unknown, public domain July 10, 1871 - Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust: "Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us." Somehow, the above quote is better in French, but then most things … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Jean Cocteau
"Cocteau In Bed With A Mask, Paris" (1927) by Berenice Abbott, via YouTube July 5, 1889 - Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau: "Life is a horizontal fall." He was a poet, writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. While still in his teens, Cocteau began to … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: The Mysterious Case of Journalist, Dorothy Kilgallen
Photo via YouTube July 3, 1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen: I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler. She started her career when she was 17 years old covering crime stories and she earned the reputation of being a good, thorough … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: The Cop Friend & Lover to Famous Edwardians, Harry Daley
Daley (R) with pal, photo by Monty Glover, public domain June 24, 1901 - Harry Daley: ''My life has been delightful and given a chance by God or somebody of another life at the end of this then I’d say without hesitation, Same Again, please!'' Daley was a policeman, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: King James I (He Was a Queen!)
Portrait by Daniel Mytens June 21, 1566– King James I He commissioned what we now call The King James Bible and that version of the holy book is dedicated to him. King James loved men and he had sex with them, lots of sex. I wonder if Mike … [Read more...]
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