Showing posts with label AIDS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AIDS. Show all posts
Saturday, June 13, 2026

Book Review: "Waiting on a Friend" by Natalie Adler

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It’s 1984 in New York City’s East Village. AIDS has started ravaging communities all over the country, but NYC has been hit particularly ha...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Book Review: "Disco Witches of Fire Island" by Blair Fell

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How could I resist a book with a title like this? My thanks to Alcove Press and NetGalley for the advance copy! In 1989, Joe and his best...
Friday, March 21, 2025

Book Review: "The Loves of My Life" by Edmund White

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Edmund White was the first gay fiction author whose work I read back in the 1980s. He’s definitely one of the legends of the genre, and at ...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Book Review: "The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl" by Bart Yates

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Isaac is 96 years old, a historian and journalist, who is writing his memoir. But how do you summarize a life? He decides to focus on 12 di...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Book Review: "Four Squares" by Bobby Finger

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What an absolutely fantastic, moving, hopeful book this was. Easily one of my favorites of the year. “One of the toughest things about an...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Book Review: "They're Going to Love You" by Meg Howrey

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The latest novel from Meg Howrey is a story of ambition and family dysfunction, set against the backdrop of the ballet world. With a moth...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Book Review: "Destination Unknown" by Bill Konigsberg

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Two teenage boys, one openly gay and one closeted, navigate friendship, love, and fear in late-1980s New York City. " Destination Un...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Book Review: "My Government Means to Kill Me" by Rasheed Newson

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Rasheed Newson's debut novel is a moving, informative story of a young, gay Black man’s coming of age in 1980s New York City. “…all g...
Thursday, May 5, 2022

Book Review: "When You Call My Name" by Tucker Shaw

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Gorgeous and emotional, When You Call My Name evoked such memories for me. It’s 1990 in New York City. Adam is 17 and has just been aske...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Book Review: "After Francesco" by Brian Malloy

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Wow, Brian Malloy's After Francesco is just an absolutely beautiful, moving, hopeful book. It’s 1988. The gay community in the U.S. ...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

Book Review: "The Prettiest Star" by Carter Sickels

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Wow, Carter Sickels. Your gorgeous new book utterly undid me. "We live our lives not realizing which moments are special or which ar...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Book Review: "Like A Love Story" by Abdi Nazemian

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Wow, this book hit very close to home for me. It's 1989 in New York City. Reza has just moved with his mother to live with his wealth...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Book Review: "We Are Lost and Found" by Helene Dunbar

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Utterly gorgeous and emotionally evocative, Helene Dunbar's We Are Lost and Found feels like pages from a person's diary. It so ef...