The pages of summer.From saucy photography to gripping history, here are some of the best new books to pack with your sunscreen STRONGMAN: VINTAGE PHOTOS OF A MASCULINE ICON Edited by Robert Mainardi (Council Oak, $24.95). A handsomely designed book of rare vintage musclemen photos from the 1880s to the 1950s. PHOTOGRAPHY GROOVY BOB: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT FRASER by Harriet Vyner (Faber and Faber Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. , $25). The swinging mod times are brought colorfully back to life in this biography of one of 1960s London's most influential gay trendsetters. NONFICTION RAG AND BONE by Michael Nava (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $24.95) From one of America's premier gay male mystery writers comes the seventh novel in the Henry Rios series, in which we find our protagonist investigating the death of his niece's abusive husband. FICTION JEREMY THRANE by Kate Christensen (Broadway, $23.95). The longtime secret lover of Hollywood's top closeted clos·et·ed adj. Being In a state of secrecy or cautious privacy. action star hits the bricks in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and faces up to life after being jilted jilt tr.v. jilt·ed, jilt·ing, jilts To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously. n. One who discards a lover. . FICTION WHITE SWAN, BLACK SWAN by Adrienne Sharp (Random House, $21.95). Set in the world of ballet theater. these fictional stories dare to imagine the inner lives of dance greats Balanchine. Fonteyn, and Nureyev. FICTION TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: PLAYS 1937-1955 AND PLAYS 1957-1980 Edited by Mel Gussow and Kenneth Holditch (Library of America The Library of America (LoA) is a nonprofit publisher of classic American literature. Overview and history Founded in 1979 with seed money from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation, the LoA has published more than 150 volumes by a wide range . $40 each). For fans of poetic melodrama, the Library of America collects 32 of Tennessee Williams's plays in a beautiful clothbound cloth·bound adj. Having a cover of thick paper boards covered with cloth. Used of a book. double-volume set. DRAMA REMEMBER ME TO HARLEM: THE LETTERS OF LANGSTON HUGHES AND CARL VAN VECHTEN Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. , 1925-1964 Edited by Emily Bernard (Knopf, $30). An engaging and historically revealing exchange between two of the most significant figures of the Harlem Renaissance: Van Vechten, a white, married homosexual patron of the arts; and Hughes, the sexually ambiguous and talented black poet. NONFICTION BEGIN AGAIN by Grace Paley (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $13). A collection of previously unpublished poems by the irrepressible and politically outspoken lady of letters. POETRY THE SAPPHO COMPANION by Margaret Reynolds (St. Martin's Press, $27.95). A blend of cultural history and personal reflections about the life, art, and sexuality of the renowned Greek poet and lesbian icon. NONFICTION PAGAN DAYS by Michael Rumaker (Circumstantial Productions Publishing, $25 through the publisher; $20 in select bookstores). Set during the Depression, a coming-of-age story about a gay boy whose sensual nature enables him to surpass the constraints of his Catholic working, class life. FICTION ALIVE by Mario Testino (Bulfinch/ Little, Brown, and Co., $60). Exotic locations, famous faces (Gwyneth Paltrow, Daryl Hannah) and, yes, nearly naked male models grace this third picture book by fashion's fabulous shutterbug shut·ter·bug n. Informal An enthusiastic amateur photographer. Noun 1. shutterbug - a photography enthusiast enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity . PHOTOGRAPHY I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT by Margaret Cho (Ballantine, $22.95). Hilarious and touching memoir loosely based on the bisexual comedian's film and stage show about growing up Korean, kicking a drug habit, and learning to like herself. NONFICTION ENDANGERED SPECIES endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. by Louis Bayard (Alyson, $13.95). A gay man's search for a surrogate mother surrogate mother, a woman who agrees, usually by contract and for a fee, to bear a child for a couple who are childless because the wife is infertile or physically incapable of carrying a developing fetus. , from the author of Fool's Errand. FICTION IN MAREMMA Maremma (märām`mä), coastal area in Tuscany, central Italy, along the Tyrrhenian Sea and extending E to the Apennines. A flourishing region in Etruscan and early Roman times, it became marshy and was largely abandoned in the Middle Ages : LIFE AND A HOUSE IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY by David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell (Counterpoint, $24). Two writers recount their adventure in restoring a run-down 1950s farmhouse in a remote province of Italy. NONFICTION TABLE TALK by Oscar Wilde. Edited by Thomas Wright (Sterling, $17.95). The first printed compilation in English of Oscar Wilde's stories, perfect for reading aloud. FICTION SECRET SISTERS: STORIES OF BEING LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL IN A COLLEGE SORORITY sorority: see fraternity. Edited by Shane L. Windmeyer and Pamela W. Freeman (Alyson, $13.95). More than 30 first-person accounts spanning over 40 years from women across America's campuses. NONFICTION ARTS OF THE POSSIBLE by Adrienne Rich (Norton, $23.95). The award-winning lesbian poet's first book of prose since 1993 offers a piercing and opinionated collection of essays, speeches, and interviews on politics and social activism. NONFICTION INSIDE HOLLYWOOD: 60 YEARS OF GLOBE PHOTOS Edited by Richard DeNeut (Konemann, $39.95). One of Hollywood's leading photography agencies presents 1,500 captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. celebrity snapshots from 1942 to 2000. including Rock Hudson on a double date, Tab Hunter hanging out with Anthony Perkins, Charlie Chaplin showing Marlon Brando how to dance, Natalie Wood smooching Sal Mineo, courthouse photos featuring everyone from Debbie Reynolds to Robert Downey Jr., and Madonna gyrating at a mid-'80s AIDS dance-a-thon. PHOTOGRAPHY NATASHA: THE BIOGRAPHY OF NATALIE WOOD by Suzanne Finstad (Harmony, $25). An exhaustive bio consisting of nearly 400 interviews examining the late ingenue's torrid, turbulent Hollywood life--not to mention the sexuality of Robert Wagner, James Dean, and other men around her. NONFICTION FIXER fixer, n the chemicals used in the final step of film processing that remove the unaffected silver halide particles from the developed film. fixer CHAO by Han Ong (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25). In this scathing satire of contemporary mores, a Filipino street hustler and a social-climbing writer embark on a feng shui Feng shui Traditional Chinese method of arranging the human and social world in auspicious alignment with the forces of the cosmos, including qi and yin-yang. It was devised during the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220). scam among Manhattan's wealthy elite. FICTION IN THE CITY OF SHY HUNTERS by Tom Spanbauer (Grove, $26). From the author of the critically acclaimed The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon comes the story of a shy and stuttering stuttering or stammering, speech disorder marked by hesitation and inability to enunciate consonants without spasmodic repetition. Known technically as dysphemia, it has sometimes been attributed to an underlying personality disorder. white man and his affair with a towering African-American drag queen at the onset of the AIDS epidemic. FICTION KEEP SINGING: TWO MOTHERS, TWO SONS, AND THEIR FIGHT AGAINST JESSE HELMS by Patsy Clarke and Eloise Vaughn with Nicole Brodeur. Foreword by Allan Gurganus (Alyson, $13.95). The true story of two North Carolina grandmothers' attempt to drive Jesse Helms from office. NONFICTION DUPONT CIRCLE by Paul Kafka-Gibbons (Houghton Mifflin, $24). Set in the gay epicenter of the nation's capital, this charming novel concerns a straight district court of appeals judge, his gay son, and a male couple seeking to have their marriage vows legally recognized. FICTION SPONTANEOUS MIND: SELECTED INTERVIEWS, 1958-1996 by Allen Ginsberg. Edited by David Carter. Introduction by Edmund White (HarperCollins, $40). A superb selection of conversations with one of the 20th century's most original and fearless thinkers. NONFICTION HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: THE LIFE OF A STORYTELLER by Jackie Wullschlager (Knopf; $30). This scrupulously researched account examines Andersen's bisexual infatuations and the more mature themes that underlie his beloved children's tales. NONFICTION Bhar also contributes to Publishers Weekly, Poets & Writers, and The New York Times Book Review. Find more information and official Web sites for the Advocate summer reading list, as well as links to related Internet sites, at www.advocate.com |
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