In this memoir, the reader obtains access to a nontraditional narrative of caretaking: Gore takes on the task of seeing her mother through her dying days, while also confronting cycles of abuse and manipulation in their relationship. Read More
Set against the backdrop of two major national events—the beginning stages of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, and 9/11—The Tooth Fairy is a collection of interconnected essays that explore the family dynamics and romantic relationships Clifford struggles with during both time periods. Read More
In her memoir, Cogswell details the assembly, growth, and eventual demise of the legendary dyke activist collective. Read More
"[...] this book is more than just a love letter to a city (the title comes from a declaration White once made to an American who complained about Paris: 'I like it. To me it seems so calm after New York. As if I’d already died and gone to heaven. It’s like living inside a pearl.'), but to the people who made up his experiences there." Read More
A really good biography is a gateway drug that sends readers immediately in search of more works on and by...
Frank Spinelli’s memoir is about suffering sexual abuse as a child; the rupture it caused within his family; and his journey to wholeness, a goal attained only after harrowing effort. Read More
Donna Minkowitz contributes to the long-standing Jewish-American literary tradition of agonizing self-excavation with her unadulterated new memoir. Read More
The emotional honesty that inspires most of Morrissey's music is also what makes this book so riveting. Read More
Army of Lovers should remind us that one queer kid from the suburbs set out to change things—and did. Read More
Katsushika Hokusai is best known for “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa,” a masterpiece of Japanese woodblock prints, ukiyo-e. And even though...
