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John Rechy, recipient of the Publishing Triangle?s William Whitehead Lifetime Achievement Award, wrote City of Night... more

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  City of Night (Rechy, John)

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  • Posted:Dec-30-2008

  • What's With Rechy?
  • This is the third of Rechy's books I've read in the past month or so and I'm finished with him. I just don't care for his style of writing I guess. Now I'm the first to enjoy a book with gay...
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  • Posted:Dec-28-2008

  • Overblown and Vacuous
  • I can understand the literary frenzy when CITY OF NIGHT made its debut... Courageous author breaks cultural barrier with unflinching look at gay subculture. Rechy's prose sure fits that era's...
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  • Posted:Jul-31-2008

  • on the road with john rechy
  • i have never read or, for that matter, heard of john rechy prior to reading a review of his latest book. after doing a bit of research, i found that this is his most well known book. i must admit,...
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After leaping off the pages with he unforgettable debut in John Berendt's bestselling Midnight in the Garden of Good... more

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  Hiding My Candy

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  • Posted:Aug-01-2007

  • Give it up for the Lady
  • If you have read "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" you certainly remember one of the most fascinating and intriguing characters of the book. And now it is time to learn all her secrets!
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  • Posted:Sep-05-2000

  • Aren't we all "Hiding Our Candy"
  • Since I am not a drag queen I do not share the superficial experiences of the Lady Chablis. But what I do understand is going through life trying to live up to an illusion, some I set for myself...
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Bill Pronzini's "Nameless" detective has become one of the longest-lived, and consistently highly praised, private... more

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  Nightcrawlers: A Nameless Detective Novel (Nameless Detective Mystery)

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  • Posted:Jan-15-2009

  • Well done but I have a few notes...
  • First off, big Nameless fan, have read every book and recently finished Mourners before Nightcrawlers and working on Savages....still behind. Anyway, Nightcrawlers is vastly superior to Mourners...
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  • Posted:Apr-10-2007

  • GOOD DETECTIVE NOVEL BURIED IN PROPAGANDA
  • It is a tribute to Mr. Ponzini's skill as a novelist, that he can interweave these three complex plots and make the characters halfway interesting. That's all the old Nameless stories used to do...
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  • Posted:May-31-2005

  • 3.5 stars - Not his best, but better than good.
  • Interesting characters, and excellent dialogue and sense of place hallmark Pronzini's writing. It is understandable, as "Nameless" gets older, that he can't do as he once did and that Pronzini...
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Mark Manning, once a prominent journalist at a major daily newspaper in Chicago, is now the owner and publisher of... more

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  Name Games: A Mark Manning Mystery (Stonewall Inn Mysteries)

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  • Posted:Aug-17-2005

  • One of the Best
  • For fans of the Mark Manning series, this will rank high on the favorites list. Craft gives an interesting display of the minature world of hobbies along with a challenging web of mystery. Clues...
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  • Posted:Mar-22-2001

  • Perplexed
  • I must have missed something here. Judging from the other reviews, am I the only one who found disfavor with this book? While the author can indeed give a tale, however predictable it is, an...
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Sleuth Jane Lawless finally tackles questions surrounding her lover's death in award-winner Hart's latest After years... more

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  The Iron Girl: A Jane Lawless Mystery (Jane Lawless)

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  • Posted:Mar-19-2008

  • The Iron Girl isn't *just* a statue- it's symbolic of Jane Lawless' perseverance
  • Jane Lawless has been through a lot. She lost her mother during her formative years. Then, the love of her life, Christine, dies of cancer in 1987. In 2004, when this story takes place, Jane still...
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  • Posted:Nov-10-2005

  • Enjoyable but more coincidence than investigation
  • The murder had taken place years before. Two people were brutally killed, a young boy traumatized, and the surviving family members left in their disintegrating home, backbiting and squabbling,...
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Restaurateur Jane Lawless is thrilled to be catering the wedding of some family friends, Nick and Lauren Clifford,... more

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  An Intimate Ghost (Jane Lawless Mysteries)

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  • Posted:Sep-29-2008

  • The end is very silly
  • This is the third Jane Lawless mystery I've read. And, this is the one that has disappointed me. There are several mysteries occurring in this book. First, via flashbacks, drug dealer Jimmy loses...
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  • Posted:Jan-03-2006

  • Not a bad mystery
  • Ellen Hart's mysteries are a pleasure to read. They have great characters, a cozy setting, and wonderful descriptions of food! This book does not disappoint on any of the above. Despite being able...
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Jane gets a shock at a wedding she's hired to cater: arriving late to check in with her crew, she finds that guests... more

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  An Intimate Ghost (Jane Lawless Mysteries)

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  • Posted:Sep-29-2008

  • The end is very silly
  • This is the third Jane Lawless mystery I've read. And, this is the one that has disappointed me. There are several mysteries occurring in this book. First, via flashbacks, drug dealer Jimmy loses...
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  • Posted:Jan-03-2006

  • Not a bad mystery
  • Ellen Hart's mysteries are a pleasure to read. They have great characters, a cozy setting, and wonderful descriptions of food! This book does not disappoint on any of the above. Despite being able...
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Jane Lawless is a woman at a crossroads - her lover has left, she has finally recovered from a vicious attack... more

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  Hallowed Murder (Jane Lawless)

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  • Posted:Dec-28-2008

  • book unread
  • Book received; haven't had time to read it yet. Will do so after the first of the year. Added to my collection.
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Following the stunning success of her debut novel, Julia Spencer-Fleming returns to the Adirondack town of Miller's... more

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  A Fountain Filled with Blood: A Mystery

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  • Posted:Sep-08-2008

  • Really Liked this Book!
  • Really enjoyed this second installment, love Clare and Russ and when they are together fighting crime everything seems right in the world.
    
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  • Posted:Jun-21-2008

  • Buy the paperback
  • The story is excellent and the author can be proud of it. She should, however, fire whomever created the Kindle version of her book. This is absolutely the worst Kindle-format book I have ever...
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  • Posted:Jun-17-2008

  • Kindle format
  • (Kindle format). Interesting book, bad e-formatting. Many format errors, including line spacing and kerning, words falling into the line below - it all makes for a very crowded, tight page. Forced...
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Burned out after eight years as a paramedic, Abigail Fitzpatrick endures the grueling regimen of the police academy... more

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  Dry Fire: A Novel

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  • Posted:Jan-23-2004

  • a decent police procedural
  • this was really quite a good book. our local library classified it as a mystery, which was why i picked it up initially, but it's not a mystery - it's a story about a woman's growth, both...
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When Matthew Lindstrom's wifeGwen disappeared, his comfortable life was destroyed by suspicion and innuendo. But 14... more

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  Cyanide Wells

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  • Posted:Aug-16-2005

  • can't put it down
  • I'll fully engrosed with this mystery. Can't wait to see how it ends.
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  • Posted:Jan-28-2005

  • Not a great start
  • This is my first Muller book and it was not a great start. I was engaged at first and read rapidly making mental notes of the characters and locales so I could absorb the details and emerse myself...
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  • Posted:Nov-14-2003

  • Not her best
  • I have read many of Marcia Muller's books and this one was not her best. It starts out very slow and I almost stopped reading it and put it away for another time but I desided to stay with it a...
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After a difficult summer, the last thing that gay high school teacher Tom Mason needs in the new school year is... more

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  Are You Nuts?: A Tom & Scott Mystery (Tom & Scott Mysteries)

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  • Posted:Jul-24-2000

  • NUTCASE #7
  • One morning in 1989 gay school teacher Tom Mason unlocked his Chicago classroom and opened the door to one of the most successful mystery franchises in gay fiction--the real mystery being the...
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  • Posted:Jul-16-2000

  • Enjoyable amateur sleuth
  • They have been a happily married, faithful couple for years. Scott Carpenter is a well-known professional baseball pitcher while his spouse Tom Mason is an English teacher. They hid their sexual...
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  • Posted:Feb-26-1999

  • Torturous
  • This is probably the worst book that I have ever read. It is terribly boring. There is nothing in it that people might relate to, or care to. This is a "must skip", unless you're an insomniac...
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Made In India explores the making of "queer" and "heterosexual" consciousness and identities in light of economic... more

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  Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/national Projects (Comparative Feminist...

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  • Posted:Apr-13-2005

  • good concepts, but too hodgepodge
  • The cover shows one-half of two different faces. One half-face is obviously that of a gender-typical Indian man. The other is a person made up in Indian makeup and accessories, but one doesn't...
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Analyzing the heated controversies over gay rights, a cultural critic challenges current misconceptions with... more

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  Place at the Table: The Gay Individual in American Society

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  • Posted:Oct-15-2008

  • Self-indulgent, disorganized, and repressed.
  • At first, I thought I connected with Bawer in that I am a gay male who doesn't see himself as stereotypical, "queeny," "campy," etc. I hate being stereotyped as such, so I empathize with Bawer on...
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  • Posted:Jul-17-2008

  • A Must-Read For Every Gay Christian and Non-Radical.
  • Ever feel like you're really not a part of the gay community? Do you lack self-esteem because you're not body perfect? Do you feel out of place because you're not feminine or butch enough, or...
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David Leavitt"s deliciously sharp novel is a multilayered dissection of literary and sexual mores in the get-ahead... more

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  Martin Bauman: or, A Sure Thing

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  • Posted:Feb-02-2002

  • Entertaining and fun
  • David Leavitt is known for his powerful, serious novels.

    Martin Bauman is not that. It is an (autobiographical?) novel about growing up gay in the 1980s as a writer. The characters are rich and...

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  • Posted:May-09-2001

  • Have to persevere through the last 50 pages...
  • ...but it is definitely worth the emotive conclusion.

    A huge fan of Leavitt's, I waited anxiously for this book to come out. I most certainly am not disappointed, as some readers appear to be;...

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  • Posted:Apr-18-2001

  • Joyless and Smug
  • Several other reviewers have already commented on how repellent all the characters in this book are, and I wholeheartedly endorse their opinions. Besides being alarmingly juvenile and petulant,...
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Intrepid Village Voice reporter Donna Minkowitz thought she knew what she was getting into when she set out to go... more

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  Ferocious Romance: What My Encounters with the Right Taught Me About Sex, God, and Fury

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  • Posted:Jul-01-2003

  • FACTUALLY IN ERROR
  • This book has gross errors. The woman's organization to which the author refers, is not what she made it out to be at all. What she actually attended was a church. The church invited a woman's...
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  • Provocative comparison of Religious Right and GLBT movements
  • Journalist Minkowitz goes undercover in different Religious Right groups (including the Promise Keepers and a Christian ladies' makeover seminar) and compares the desires she sees expressed in...
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In a time when memoirs are often less than they claim to be and essays do not say enough, Justin Chin breaks onto the... more

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  Title Mongrel : Essays, Diatribes, Pranks

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  • Posted:Jun-12-2006

  • Savage Humor, Serious Intent in Memorable Collection
  • Mongrel is an appropriate title for this collection, which covers a melange of topics and does not fit comfortably within one category. It is not humor, cultural analysis, Asian-American memoir or...
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This unique, quirky book parodies conventional narrative autobiography and asks the question, "Why should we care... more

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  A Memoir of No One in Particular: In Which Our Author Indulges in Na?ve Indiscretions, a...

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  • Posted:Jan-05-2008

  • Excellent
  • I really love this book. It's academic and personal at the same time. The writer is honest and incredibly smart.
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We have come to believe that our nation is deeply divided between The Left (pro-welfare, pro-affirmative action,... more

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  One Nation, After All : What Americans Really Think About God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare,...

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  • Posted:Jul-13-2009

  • Ill-advised incursion into empirical research
  • Alan Wolfe has been around forever, or so it seems. He has spent most of his career as a social commentator, adviser to high government officials such as President Bill Clinton, and occasional...
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  • Posted:Mar-07-2006

  • Alternative alternative views
  • Though I have not read this book, the last review begs for a response... if you are interested in accounts that go beyond the red and blue divisions and explore similarities, I recommend "Culture...
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  • Posted:Oct-23-2001

  • Thorough insight into middle class america
  • I had to read this book for my introductory Sociology class, and did so purely out of requirement. However, what I found was that I actually liked the book. It was excellently written and the...
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A memoir by a man born with disabled legs traces the history of his body, from birth, through the many reconstructive... more

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  Body Remember: A Memoir

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  • Posted:Oct-20-2007

  • Seemed like poetry..
  • This book started out reading like poetry--but as I read I got lost in the muddle that was the life of the author. I really thought this book would be good--but I couldn't bring myself to finish...
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  • Posted:Apr-29-2007

  • A Moving Memoir
  • Fries, Kenny, "Body, Remember: A Memoir", University of Wisconsin Press, 1997, 2003.
    
    A Moving Memoir
    
    Amos Lassen and Literary Pride
    
    Kenny Fries in "Body, Remember"...
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