CCLaP Fridays: Zine, by Pagan Kennedy
This week Karl Wolff reviews ‘Zine, by Pagan Kennedy, a reissue of an influential autobiographical ‘zine. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Zine, by Pagan Kennedy
CCLaP Fridays: In the American Night, by Christopher Bernard
This week Karl Wolff reviews “In the American Night” by Christopher Bernard, a short story collection that is both experimental and satirical. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: In the American Night, by Christopher Bernard
Commonplace Book: Belize describes Heaven to Roy Cohn
A final hurray to MP Johnson Week with an excerpt from Angels in America, by Tony Kushner. The Characters BELIZE, a former drag queen and former lover of Prior’s. A registered nurse. Belize’s name was originally Norman Arriaga; Belize is a drag name that stuck. ROY M. COHN, a successful New York lawyer and unofficial power broker, now facing disbarment and dying of AIDS. ROY: Let me ask you something, sir. BELIZE: Sir? ROY: What’s it like? After? BELIZE: After …? ROY: The misery ends. BELIZE: Hell or Heaven? (Roy stares at Belize.) BELIZE: Like San Francisco. ROY: A city. … Continue reading Commonplace Book: Belize describes Heaven to Roy Cohn
CCLaP Fridays: Dungeons & Drag Queens, by MP Johnson
MP Johnson Week draws to a close with my CCLaP book review of “Dungeons & Drag Queens.” Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Dungeons & Drag Queens, by MP Johnson
MP Johnson Week: The Interview
MP Johnson Week continues with an interview with, you guessed it, MP Johnson. Continue reading MP Johnson Week: The Interview
MP Johnson Week: Five Drag Queens You Need to Know, by MP Johnson
Guest Blogger MP Johnson writes an essay on 5 drag queens everyone should know. Continue reading MP Johnson Week: Five Drag Queens You Need to Know, by MP Johnson
Translation Tuesdays: 4 Non-English Works About Drag Queens
Four Non-English Novels about Drag Queens: so begins MP Johnson Week at The Driftless Area Review. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: 4 Non-English Works About Drag Queens
Excess and Ascesis @ thethepoetryblog
My review of “Vow” by Kristina Marie Darling and “The Blue Rental” by Barbara Mor, two radical feminist visionary poets. Continue reading Excess and Ascesis @ thethepoetryblog
Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison, by Joshua Dubler @ NYJB
In Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison, “what Dubler has produced in his weeklong observance of activities is a rare combination of prison anthropology, deep journalism, history of religiosity in the United States, and a personal self-critique of his own upbringing.” Continue reading Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison, by Joshua Dubler @ NYJB
Harold and Jack: The Remarkable Friendship of Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy, by Christopher Sandford @ NYJB
In Harold and Jack: The Remarkable Friendship of Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy Christopher Sandford “expertly uses historical and archival material to make Kennedy’s and Macmillan’s Special Relationship come to life.” Continue reading Harold and Jack: The Remarkable Friendship of Prime Minister Macmillan and President Kennedy, by Christopher Sandford @ NYJB
The Driftless Area Review 