"I’m dropping the best kids book of all time soon!" Lil Nas X announced yesterday. "C IS FOR COUNTRY, out January 5, 2021 from @randomhousekids. I can't wait to share it with you all." The book, written by the Old Town Road star and illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, features … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: “King Kong” Star, Fay Wray
September 15, 1907 – Fay Wray: "I was known as the queen of the Bs. If only I'd been a little more selective." In college, I had a work-study job archiving Fay Wray's papers, and working with her, listening to her stories, we became friendly. In late spring 1974, after … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Poet, Siegfried Sassoon
September 8, 1886– Siegfried Sassoon Suicide In The Trenches I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy Slept soundly through the lonesome dark And whistled early with the lark In winter trenches, cowed and glum With crumps and lice and lack of rum He put … [Read more...]
#GreatReads: ‘Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting’
Dr. Kyl Myers is one of many parents in the gender creative parenting movement, and Kyl's wonderful new book comes out next week. It's called Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting. A few years ago, our NatGeo show [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Mary Renault
September 4, 1905 - Mary Renault: "To hate excellence is to hate the Gods." At a time in my youth when I would gobble up any book that had anything to do with being a queer, one of the very first gay-themed novels I encountered was The Persian Boy (1972) by Mary … [Read more...]
The Best LGBTQI+ Books Coming Out in September
We’d hate to give away the reason Katharina Volckmer’s darkly hilarious debut The Appointment qualifies as a LGBTQI+ book - that’d really take all the fun out of it. From the confines of a Jewish doctor’s office in London, this quick 130-page read dives into the mind of a young … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay Rights Pioneer, Edward Carpenter
Edward Carpenter, photo in public domain via Wikipedia Commons August 31, 1844 - Edward Carpenter: "I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't."Edward Carpenter Gay Rights Activist, Socialist, Feminist, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Golden Age Movie Star, Joan Blondell
August 30, 1906– Joan Blondell: "In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that." Booze, bootleggers, and broads, you've just got to love Blondell in those pre-code films. … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Truman Capote’s ‘Swan’, Gloria Guinness
Photo from Vanity Fair Best Dressed Hall Of Fame video via YouTube August 28, 1913 – Gloria Guinness: ''Chic? It is absolutely innate – I was born with it. Chic cannot be taught.'' One of my favorite books from 2016 is The Swans Of Fifth Avenue, a short, smart … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Sex Addict & Art Collector, Peggy Guggenheim
August 26, 1898 - Peggy Guggenheim: ''My motto was 'Buy a picture a day' and I lived up to it.'' Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim inherited a family fortune from her father and grandfather, who in the late 19th century made their money from mining metals, especially silver, copper … [Read more...]
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