Hot picks.BOOKS Inside Out: Straight Talk From a Gay Jock Now available (Wiley) Olympic swimming champion Mark Tewksbury Mark Tewksbury (born February 7, 1968) is a former Canadian swimmer. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Raised in Calgary, Alberta, Tewksbury trained at the University of Calgary. tells the story of his biggest victory of all: coming out and being happy. If the Creek Don't Rise Now available [Harcourt) Rita Williams, youngest child of a pioneering black family in Colorado. scores laughs and tears with this memoir about growing up on a mountain under the thumb of her heroic but exhaustingly eccentric Aunt Daisy Maud Ruby Basham MBE (30 August 1879–14 July 1963), usually known as Daisy Basham or professionally as Aunt Daisy, was a well-known New Zealand radio broadcaster. She was born in London, England. . DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Hard Pill May 23 (Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun Media) A provocative, engaging film that follows a gay man who takes a pill to make him straight. (Turn to page 54 to see a still from the film.) Who Gets to Call It Art? May 23 (Arthouse Films) This profile of art expert Henry Geldzahler features never-before-seen footage of Warhol, Nockney, and other giants of the canvas. MUSIC Songs From an Unmade Bed Ghostlight Records (now available) Michael Winther sings out lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist Mark Campbell's theatrical song cycle about one gay man's romantic travails. Classic, clever cabaret. |
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