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Coming of age rich and literally marked

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: November 16, 2018
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Coming of age rich and literally marked

I was mesmerized and astounded by Dale Peck's debut fiction, the homoerotic variations Martin and John. I ...

I was mesmerized and astounded by Dale Peck's debut fiction, the homoerotic variations Martin and John. I probably would have liked Laws of Enclosure more if I wasn't comparing it to M&J. After ev ...

November 16, 2018
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Dale Peck’s Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDS

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: July 28, 2018
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Dale Peck’s Visions and Revisions: Coming of Age in the Age of AIDS

Although I was very impressed by several kinds of daring in Dale Peck’s first fiction Martin and John 199 ...

Although I was very impressed by several kinds of daring in Dale Peck’s first fiction Martin and John 1993), I have not read any of his journalism or his “hatchet job” (his own appellation) reviews of ...

July 28, 2018
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Dale Peck’s Sprout

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: July 27, 2018
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Dale Peck’s Sprout

Published by Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, the reading level of Dale Peck's 2009 novel Sprout is gauge ...

Published by Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, the reading level of Dale Peck's 2009 novel Sprout is gauged "young adult." With this intended audience, the "f-word" is only used once, and there is no g ...

July 27, 2018
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Just another day for two gay Muslim men coming of age in Brooklyn…

Posted by C. Todd White
|Date: April 07, 2018
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Just another day for two gay Muslim men coming of age in Brooklyn…

Naz & Maalik Written and Directed by Jay Dockendorf Premiered March 14, 2015, at the South by Southwe ...

Naz & Maalik Written and Directed by Jay Dockendorf Premiered March 14, 2015, at the South by Southwest Film Festival Drama 86 min. Amazon • trailer • imdb Review by C. Todd White April 7, 2018 ...

April 07, 2018
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Black and gay in 1968 New England prep school

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: February 12, 2018
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Black and gay in 1968 New England prep school

The Color of Trees by Canaan Parker Published by Alyson Books Published October 1, 1992 Fiction (African- ...

The Color of Trees by Canaan Parker Published by Alyson Books Published October 1, 1992 Fiction (African-American) 221 pgs. • Find on Amazon.com • WorldCat Reviewed by Stephen O. Murray February 12, 2 ...

February 12, 2018
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A young, gay Anishnabe desperate to get off the reservation

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: January 01, 2018
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A young, gay Anishnabe desperate to get off the reservation

Fire Song Written and Directed by Adam Garnett Jones Premiered September 13, 2015, at the Toronto Interna ...

Fire Song Written and Directed by Adam Garnett Jones Premiered September 13, 2015, at the Toronto International Film Festival Drama (foreign/Canada/romance) 86 min. Amazon • trailer • imdb Review by S ...

January 01, 2018
| by Stephen O. Murray

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Joseph Hansen’s 1940s Nathan Reed novels

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: January 01, 2018
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Joseph Hansen’s 1940s Nathan Reed novels

Jack of Hearts / Living Upstairs by Joseph Hansen Published by Dutton Living Upstairs published September ...

Jack of Hearts / Living Upstairs by Joseph Hansen Published by Dutton Living Upstairs published September 1, 1993. 224 pp. Find on Amazon • WorldCat Jack of Hearts published January 1, 1995. 224 p. Fi ...

January 01, 2018
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Argentine coming-of-age movie

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: October 26, 2017
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Argentine coming-of-age movie

Bromance Directed by Lucas Santa Ana Written by Diego Mina and Lucas Santa Ana Premiered October 13, 2016 ...

Bromance Directed by Lucas Santa Ana Written by Diego Mina and Lucas Santa Ana Premiered October 13, 2016, at Filmfest homochom Drama (foreign/Argentina) 93 min. Amazon • trailer • imdb Review by Step ...

October 26, 2017
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A crowd-pleaser Irish boarding school dramedy

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: October 01, 2017
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A crowd-pleaser Irish boarding school dramedy

Handsome Devil Written and Directed by John Butler Premiered September 11, 2016, at the Toronto Internati ...

Handsome Devil Written and Directed by John Butler Premiered September 11, 2016, at the Toronto International Film Festival Drama/Comedy (Ireland) 95 min. Amazon • trailer • imdb Review by Stephen O. ...

October 01, 2017
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A fussy confusion of despairs

Posted by Stephen O. Murray
|Date: May 23, 2017
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A fussy confusion of despairs

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin Translated by Bonnie Huie Published by NYRB Classics Published May 2, ...

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin Translated by Bonnie Huie Published by NYRB Classics Published May 2, 2017 Fiction (lesbian / foreign) 256 pgs. • Find on Amazon.com Reviewed by Stephen O. Murray M ...

May 23, 2017
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