‘When Men Meet’
Some excerpts from the obscure but quite excellent When Men Meet by Henning Bech of Denmark
View Article‘True Homosexual Experiences’
The long-awaited biography of hermit pornographer Boyd McDonald of Straight to Hell includes one gem after another
View ArticleAll the white people in Tim McCaskell’s book
Tim McCaskell’s memoir proves white gay men and lesbians built gay Toronto
View Article»Das Ende von Eddy«
A Victorian novel about a poor sissy who doesn’t even have the Internet in the 21st century does what, and exists why, though?
View ArticleVision first, texture second
Eric Kandel brilliantly explains how we see first, then perceive texture second. This explains why I like a lot of things I like, but nobody’s really taking me up on that knowledge, are they, now
View ArticleMichael Malice booklist
Easily my favourite rat bastard, Michael Malice, listed some of his favourite books, or at least the books one should read
View ArticleAndrew “Like Puke” Sullivan
Andrew “Milky Loads” Sullivan: [T]his book [Love Undetected]... came up like puke”
View ArticleBooks of the year
Billy Hayes’ Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me; Douglas Thomas’ Never Use Futura
View Article“There’s language, then there’s blood”
David Shields, Other People: “I once felt joy in being alive and I felt this mainly when I was playing basketball and I rarely if ever feel that joy anymore and it’s my own damn fault and that’s life”
View Article‘Saving Beauty’
Saving Beauty by Han Byung-Chul surprised the shit out of me with the most arresting opening pages I have read in 30 years. Smooth “embodies today’s society of positivity. What is smooth does not...
View ArticleNovels: passé
Someday you’re gonna die. Imagine having spent your life reading literature and novels
View ArticleBooks of the year 2019
Including three that permanently reset my mindset (term used advisedly)
View ArticleThis just in: Publishing still moribund
Helen Andrews’ Boomers shows the futility of the publishing oligopoly, which takes most of your money and still lets you get obvious facts wrong. But the alternate option – self-publishing without...
View ArticleFiction fact-check
Just how many contemporary novels even deign to admit that email, TV, and bathrooms exist?
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