Category: LGBT

Review: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst (#OthersLitLGBT)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

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The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 45 The Swimming-Pool Library is somehow both more and less than it would first appear.  Its main character, William Beckwith, is a wealthy, privileged young man – an inheritor of… Continue Reading “Review: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst (#OthersLitLGBT)”

Category: 1001 Books, Alan Hollinghurst, Book Review, British Literature, Fiction, Gay Lit, GLBT, LGBT, Literary Others Event, Literature

Guest Post: My Literary Crushes! (#OthersLitLGBT)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

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My Literary Crushes Anthony R. Cardno We all develop crushes – on new acquaintances, on actors, on musicians. Sometimes our crushes fit a pattern (I have a “catastrophic attraction complex” towards redheads/gingers – my good sense goes right out the window), sometimes they don’t.… Continue Reading “Guest Post: My Literary Crushes! (#OthersLitLGBT)”

Category: Events, Fun, GLBT, guest post, LGBT, Literary Others Event

Guest Post: I’m A Book Shark! (#OthersLitLGBT)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

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Hey everyone! First of all, I have to thank Adam for letting me be a guest on his blog today. His LGBT month is a fantastic event, and I’m so happy to be a part of it. For my guest post, I am sharing with… Continue Reading “Guest Post: I’m A Book Shark! (#OthersLitLGBT)”

Category: GLBT, guest post, LGBT, Literary Others Event

Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 41 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting, believable, and impactful. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is the story of a group of men residing in an Oregon (USA) mental… Continue Reading “Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey”

Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, American Mythology, Book Review, Fiction, Ken Kesey, LGBT, Literary Others Event, Literature, Mental Health, The Beats

Guest Post: Hemingway’s Garden of Eden (#OthersLitLGBT)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

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Gender bending in the Garden of Eden By Natalie Ramm http://BooksAreTheNewBlack.com “Even though she is launched from the naive premise that sexual fantasizing is a form of madness, she takes on the stature of the self-tortured Faustian, and is portrayed as a brilliant woman… Continue Reading “Guest Post: Hemingway’s Garden of Eden (#OthersLitLGBT)”

Category: guest post, LGBT, Literary Others Event

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