Arts BOOK REVIEW: Hide: Matthew Griffin I loved this book, it made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye and it’s rare a book does both, the narrative is huge and emotionally brutal, little details bringing the reality crashing in, but always human and real and the men’s relationship offered up with a tender honesty that reflects so many By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: SpaceCraft by John McCullough John McCullough’s first collection of poems, The Frost Fairs, won the Polari First Book Prize and captivated many readers immediately with his delicate, comprehensive and utterly deceptive and subtle use of words to capture the momentum of love in our lives. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Satyr of Capri: Zack Satyr of Capri Zack Rome, AD 108. What, or who is the mysterious Satyr of Capri? Rare statue, man, or monster? Why do danger and death stalk all who are connected with the elusive secret? The story follows new friends and lovers Quintus and Rufio who are unwittingly embroiled in the quest for the tr By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: From Darkness to Diva: Skye High From Darkness to Diva Skye High Living in a world of darkness doesn’t mean we must surrender, but to survive we need to occasionally unleash the diva from within. In a world where society dictates from the moment we are born what, and who we are expected to be, a young boy struggles with the […] By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Another Day: David Levithan In this compelling companion book Levithan (co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green and Two Boys Kissing) tells Rhiannon’s side of the story from Every Day as she seeks to discover the truth about love and how it can change you. Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has accepted he By Eric Page • 3 min read
Books BOOK REVIEW: Willem of the Tafel Hirschi has created an interesting love story more like ancient myth than modern gay love story with all the elements of a classical protagonist’s journey but with man on man love By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Brush Fires in the Social Landscape: David Wojnarowicz David Wojnarowicz’s use of photography, writing and painting, was extraordinary. He was a fresh brash and multitalented artist and brought his furious and bright brain to bear on life as a gay man in the sudden and terrible crisis that hit gay culture following HIV. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Out of Orange: A Memoir Out of Orange chronicles Wolter’s time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships and acquaintances with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper.. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda With a bright enquiring and loving intelligent and geeky queer character at the heart of the narrative this coming-of-age, coming out story this is a splendid first novel from Becky Albertalli. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Blood Relatives Alcock has written that most lovely of books, a wonderfully spot-on working class positive coming out story of the most precious kind, authentic, self-defined and rough, but veined with hope and life lived well. By Eric Page • 3 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Up Stairs Lounge Arson This grim but absorbing read covers the events of June 24, 1973, when a fire in a New Orleans gay bar killed 32 people. On Gay Pride Day in 1973, an arsonist set the entrance to a French Quarter gay bar on fire. In the terrible inferno that followed, 32 people lost their lives, including a third of By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Spirit of Gin A stirring miscellany of the new gin revival from the delightful Mr. Teacher brings us bang up to date with Hogarth’s favorite tipple, Great Britain’s secret shame and the most modern and chic way to ruin one’s Mother in Shoreditch, Swansea or Seville. By Eric Page • 1 min read
