Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Hopkins Conundrum by Simon Edge New gay author Simon Edge bring us this lovely story of poems, nuns, persecution, the welsh countryside and some romantic intrigue and it’s a delicious read with some hints into Hopkins homoerotic experiences and the poetry itself washing though the book entwined in the whirls and eddies of Edges gr By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: My brother and his brother by Hakan Linquist First published in Sweden in 1993, translated in 2002 to French, and now available in English in a radiant and limpid translation by the author himself. A short novel with only six main characters, its richness teases the reader’s mind long after closing its covers. Linquist is a serious writer but By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Insomniac City by Bill Hayes Insomniac City is both a meditation on grief and a celebration of life and a profound, life affirming celebration of the wonder of love, unexpected, un-invited and overwhelmingly beautiful love. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Pages for Her: Sylvia Brownrig This book left me touched and aching to read its predecessor, it shows the development of love and understanding as life moves on and how women learn to accept, empower and inspire the people around them. Pure summer delight! By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Jerusalem Ablaze: Orlando Ortega-Medin There’s a touch of humour in these stories but overall the tone is dark, aggressive, full of shadow and unexpected finds, like a beach during a storm. He explores themes of loneliness and escape of facing demons and finding lost loves but his over aching theme is the unpredictability of death and it By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Warwick Rowers Signature Edition These lads are huge in all sorts of ways and this massive hefty well stuffed and high quality book reflects the hard work and dedication that these handsome lads put into their bodies and their campaigning for equality and against homophobia in all sports with equal passion. By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Difficult Women: Roxane Gay Gay takes us on a rollercoaster of lives, each seemingly dark but bursting with the light of strength, endurance and passion that allow the protagonists to rise above their circumstance and triumph, on their own terms, but their own rules. The protagonists are as wild and as wide ranging as the subj By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Somebody to Love The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury The death of this vibrant and spectacularly talented rock star shook the world of medicine as well as the world of music. Somebody to Love finally puts the record straight and pays detailed tribute to the man himself. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Life and Treasures of Collector Charles Leslie: Kevin Clarke The Art of Looking The Life and Treasures of Collector Charles Leslie Kevin Clarke Have you heard of Charles Leslie? Thomas Mann pinched his butt. He has the biggest penis collection in the world. He is one of the fathers of modern New York’s SoHo neighborhood. And he is together with his partner Fr By Eric Page • 2 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: Gay Novels of Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth, A Reader’s Guide Gay Novels of Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth, A Reader’s Guide Drewey Wayne Gunn A book about books, what meta fun! While American gay fiction has received considerable scholarly attention, little has been given to developments in other English-speaking countries. This survey catalogs 254 no By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts BOOK REVIEW: The Better Blow Job: Bruno Gmunder Use your head to give the best head, exploring technique and ways to improve it, sharing experience and suggestions to explore and extend yours and his pleasure, this book is as stuffed full as you’re gonna be. By Eric Page • 1 min read
Arts book review: date of birth, time of death: pp hartnet It’s punchy, practical, and well-honed heft will slap you with its audacity, and then comfort you with the cold comfort of truth. It’s never clear if this is fantasy, confession or observation in the many seriously sexual gay male spaces Hartnet is very familiar with, but its sharp edged needling vo By Eric Page • 2 min read
