"These are my candidates for the ten best gay mystery series and the ten best standalones. In looking back over them, one thing strikes me forcefully: all my choices share one or both of two things in common: a commitment on the sleuth’s part to something greater than his ego and a representation of the process of his self-actualization." Read More
The unrelated September suicides in the U.S. of at least three boys—aged 13 to 15, which are all linked to...
Book Buzz asked its regular contributors to share their “must read” book this summer and tell us why it’s at...
A few years ago, I was on a panel of authors venting about book critics. There was no shortage of...
"I write to keep from going completely insane. First and foremost, I wanted The Drama of AIDS to be a testament to Robert Chesley and James Carroll Pickett. For whatever reason, I've stayed alive and they died tragically young. It felt like my responsibility to chart the amazing endurance of these two significant pieces of theatre (I refuse to call them "gay plays")." Read More
The eighth in the Benjamin Justice series is a page-turner, but I finished the novel vaguely unsatisfied. The first five...
