Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green Mary Rodgers is the daughter of… Read more Shy
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Another one of those books you might think I would have read… Read more The Picture of Dorian Gray
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry It took me three months to read this book. I’m not a slow reader,… Read more Under the Volcano
Book Diary
At the start of the pandemic, in the summer of 2020, I started keeping a diary of the books I… Read more Book Diary
Beyond Welcome
Beyond Welcome: Building Communities of Love, edited by Linnea Nelson This book was handed to me by the chair of… Read more Beyond Welcome
The Martyrs
The Martyrs: Sixteen Who Gave Their Lives for Racial Justice by Jack Mendelsohn in 1966, the minister of the Arlington… Read more The Martyrs
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald To be clear, it’s about one set of people, not two: people… Read more The Beautiful and Damned
Dancer from the Dance
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran This is a classic gay novel from 1978 that I had never read.… Read more Dancer from the Dance
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions by Honore de Balzac Balzac wrote 92 novels. This is the first I’ve read. In The Music Man,… Read more Lost Illusions
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf A few weeks ago, I worked out how I could commute to work by subway… Read more Mrs. Dalloway