Bookmarks.With Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. just around the corner, you can choose new titles celebrating all kinds of love, from the fickle romantic variety to the undying devotion you reserve for your pets. Affectionate Men: A Photographic History of a Century of Male Couples (1850's to 1950's) * Russell Bush * St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to:
Those of us prone to poking through flea markets in search of old photos--or anyone who cherishes a peek into our elusive gay past--will want to own this delightful collection of snapshots. From an 1848 daguerreotype daguerreotype First successful form of photography. It is named for Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, who invented the technique in collaboration with Nicéphore Niépce. of foppish fop·pish adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fop; dandified. fop  pish·ly adv. dandies to a full-frontal nude photo of boys on an American beach (circa 1930s), Bush has created a historical valentine that proves we've been around. For the Life of Your Dog * Greg Louganis and Betsy Sikora Siino * Pocket Books * $24 Louganis--already famed as a pet lover--joins the ranks of pet writers with this handsome training manual stuffed with photographs of the former Olympic diving star and his various canines. Louganis provides lots of teaching tips and personal pet stories, and straight-faced sidebars ("New Puppy Shopping List," "Flea Fighting Made Simple") make for an enlightening and occasionally fun read. Split-level Dykes to Watch Out For Dykes to Watch Out For (sometimes DTWOF) is a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip began in 1983. DTWOF documents the life, loves, and politics of a fairly diverse group of characters (most of them lesbians) living in a medium-sized city in the United * Alison Bechdel * Firebrand fire·brand n. 1. A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt. 2. A piece of burning wood. firebrand Noun * $10.95 The call for an accurate line drawing of lesbian culture has been a loud one, and cartoonist Bechdel continues to answer it superbly. Her eighth collection funds the usual sapphic suspects--Mo, Clarice and Toni, Jezanna--relocating to new environs and, in one case, taking in a (gasp) male roommate. Wings In the Snow * Jim Oliver * Alyson * $12.95 Oliver's second novel (his first, Closing Distance, was a finalist for the New Voices Award) explores the notion of the extended family, a subject the author says he considers "the central issue in all of our lives and the only thing we may all have in common." Gay parenting and closeted clos·et·ed adj. Being In a state of secrecy or cautious privacy. romances get a good going-over in this page-turner about an upwardly mobile homo whose life is crumbling around him. Oliver investigates issues of gay identity--I'm rich and powerful and nobody knows I'm queer, so I must be successful--with humor and a good dose of compassion, a neat trick in a story about a guy so full of himself he forgets to come home for dinner. Men Seeking Men: Adventures in Gay Personals * Edited by Michael Lassell * Painted Leaf Press * $15 Presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , every gay man has a worst-date-from-the-personals story; luckily, some of these guys are writers. Not all of these 30 stories are about nightmare meetings, though several--such as Jameson Currier's "Lessons" and Patrick Arthur Dakin's "Dad," in which the author answers an ad placed by his father--are real toe curlers. RELATED ARTICLE: Best-selling books Men's titles 1 Out on Fraternity Row edited by Shane L. Windmeyer and Pamela W. Freeman (Alyson, $12.95) 2 Gay Sex by Jack Hart (Alyson, $17.95) 3 Boys Like Us by Patrick Merla (Avon, $13) 4 Affectionate Men by Russell Bush (St. Martin's, $24.95) Spencer (St. Martin's, $24.95) Women's titles 1 Reel Time by Julia Willis (Alyson, $11.95) 2 Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand, $10.95) 3 Old Black Magic by Jaye Maiman (Naiad Naiad, in astronomy Naiad, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Neptune. naiad, in zoology: see insect. , $11.95) 4 Blue by Abigail Padgett (Mysterious Press, $22) 5 Love in the Balance by Marianne K. Martin (Naiad, $11.95) General interest 1 Where the Rainbow Ends Where the Rainbow Ends is the title of:
2 The Church and the Homosexual by John J. McNeill John J. McNeill was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1959 and now is a psychotherapist and an academic theologian, with a particular reputation within the field of Queer Theology. Academic career He obtained a Ph.D. (Beacon, $14) 3 Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (HarperPerennial, $13) 4 More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (HarperPerennial, $13) 5 Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade edited by Clifford Chase (Rob Weisbach, $24) Rankings of these books are based on sales as of November 30 from Joseph-Beth and Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Cincinnati; Lexington, Ky.; and Nashville and Memphis, Tenn. |
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