books: a la carte.ISAAC Isaac (ī`zək) [Heb.,=laughter], according to the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis, Isaac was the only son of Abraham and Sara. He married Rebecca, and their sons were Esau and Jacob. Ishmael was his half brother. JULIEN by Isaac Julien, David Deitcher, and David Frankel (D.A.P., $24,95) England's reigning black gay filmmaker offers critical writings and recaps his major art and video exhibits. (September 15) MARTIN BAUMAN; OR, A SURE THING by David Leavitt (Houghton Mifflin, $26) Literary light Leavitt shines in this comedy of manners comedy of manners Witty, ironic form of drama that satirizes the manners and fashions of a particular social class or set. Comedies of manners were usually written by sophisticated authors for members of their own social class, and they typically are concerned with social centered on a rising author in the wilds of Manhattan. (September 6) FACE FORWARD by Kevyn Aucoin (Little, Brown, $32,95) The gay makeup wizard who coaxes star quality out of the stars follows up his hit book Making Faces with a new text-and-illustrations tome about looking your loveliest. Do whatever he says. (October) STARS IN MY EYES In My Eyes was a Boston straight edge band that spearheaded the 1997 youth crew revival along with Ten Yard Fight, Bane, The Trust, Fastbreak and Floorpunch. The band and its members were a part of the hot bed that was the Boston music scene in the late 90's and early 2000's. by Don Bachardy (The University of Wisconsin Press The University of Wisconsin Press (or UW Press), founded in 1936, is a university press that is part of the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States. It published under its own name and the imprint The Popular Press. , $34,95) An astute portraitist as well as the life partner of the late Christopher Isherwood, Bachardy also shows a great memory for gossipy detail in his anecdotes about the celebrities--including Bette Davis--who sat for him. (October) SAL MINEO MINEO Mining and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Using Earth Observing Techniques : HIS LIFE, MURDER, AND MYSTERY by H. Paul Jeffers (Carroll and Graf, $25) From his Oscar-nominated turn as a tormented gay boy in Rebel Without a Causeto his still-mysterious murder at the hands of a gentleman caller, Mineo lived life as an openly gay man, in defiance of Hollywood's pink glass ceiling. (November) GREEK FIRE: THE STORY OF MARIA CALLAS AND ARISTOTLE ONASSIS by Nicholas Gage (Knopf, $26,95) Thanks to unprecedented access to Callas's private papers, this retelling gets to the heart of the love affair between the Greek shipping magnate and the divine gay icon. (October) LOSING MATT SHEPARD: LIFE AND POLITICS IN THE AFTERMATH OF ANTI-GAY MURDER by Beth Loffreda (Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is an academic press based in New York City and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan (2004-present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, , $22.95) Placing the brutal 1998 crime in context, Loffreda explores attitudes and ambience in Laramie, Wyo., where she serves as the straight faculty adviser to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association at the University of Wyoming UW is a national research university prominent in the fields of environment and natural resource research, specializing in agriculture, energy, geology, and water resource related fields. . (October) MERRICK by Anne Rice (Knopf, $26,95) The supernatural novelist (and mom of up-and-coming gay author Chris Rice) weaves together the skeins of her vampire novels and her witchcraft books in a new story about a contemporary witch in voodoo-drenched New Orleans. (October) PIERRE ET GILLES Pierre et Gilles, Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, are gay French artistic and romantic partners. They produce highly stylized photographs, building their own sets and costumes as well as retouching the photographs. by Dan Cameron (Merrell, $35) Color illustrations anchor this look at the kitschy and supremely gay art of the Euro duo. (November) THE NASHVILLE CHRONICLES by Jan Stuart (Simon and Schuster, $26) The 26 stories on-screen in Robert Altman's epic film, plus the countless backstage dramas, are retold re·told v. Past tense and past participle of retell. and reconsidered by Advocate and Newsday film Critic Stuart. (November) JOHN SINGER SARGENT: THE SENSUALIST by Trevor Fairbrother (Yale University Press, $39.95) The prodigally gifted painter, who never declared his sexuality but who is thought to have had at least one same-sex love, is celebrated for his tactile appreciation for all things beautiful--in other words, his gay sensibility (December) |
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