Harvey Fierstein: I Was Better Last Night

A Memoir. UK 2022, 386 pp. with numerous b/w photographs, hardbound, € 39.95
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A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award-winning actor and playwright, revealing never-before-told stories of his personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, and of his fabled career. Harvey Fierstein's legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood ... Weiterlesen

Langdon Hammer: James Merrill

Life and Art. USA 2015, 944 pp., hardback, € 39.99
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American poet James Merrill was born to high privilege and high expectations. Wounded by his parents' bitter divorce, he was the child of a broken home, looking for repair in poetry and love. He was a gay man inventing his identity against the grain of American society during the eras of the closet, gay liberation, and AIDS. Above all, he ... Weiterlesen

James Grissom: Follies of God

Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog. USA 2015, 416 pp., hardbound, € 29.95
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This book makes almost magically clear how Tennessee Williams wrote, how he came to his visions of Amanda Wingfield, his Blanche DuBois, Stella Kowalski, Alma Winemiller, Lady Torrance, and the other characters of his plays that transformed the American theater of the mid-20th century. The book reveals the heart and soul of artistic inspiration and the collaboration between playwright and ... Weiterlesen

David Levithan: Two Boys Kissing

USA 2015, 201 pp., pb., € 10.95
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The two boys kissing are Craig and Harry. They're hoping to set the world's record for longest kiss. They're not a couple, but they used to be. Peter and Neil are a couple. Their kisses are different. Avery and Ryan have only just met and are trying to figure out what happens next. Both of them worry that something will ... Weiterlesen

Frank O'Hara: Selected Poems

USA 2009, 265 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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The first new selection of O'Hara's work to come along in several decades. In this »marvellous compilation« (The New Yorker), editor Mark Ford reacquaints us with one of the most joyous and innovative poets of the postwar period.

Thomas Mallon: Fellow Travelers

USA 2008, 368 pp.,brochure, € 19.95
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A searing historical novel set in 1950s Washington, D.C. - a world dominated by personalities like Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthy - and infused with political drama, unexpected humor, and heartbreak: In a world of bare-knuckled ideology and secret dossiers, Timothy Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic, is eager to join the crusade against Communism. An encounter ... Weiterlesen