Michael Klein’s fourth collection of poems begins with a news report for the dead. “There’s a lot more death since you died,” he writes. “People live … [Read more...] about Michael Klein, ‘When I Was A Twin’: Book Review
Book Review
Ryan Berg, ‘No House To Call My Home: Love, Family, And Other Transgressions’: Book Review
Ryan Berg begins this account of LGBTQ teens in New York City’s troubled foster care system with statistics that are at once shocking and painfully … [Read more...] about Ryan Berg, ‘No House To Call My Home: Love, Family, And Other Transgressions’: Book Review
Vivian Gornick’s ‘The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir’: Book Review
There’s an astonishing moment about halfway through Vivian Gornick’s moving, trenchant new book about life in New York. Rushing onto the subway at … [Read more...] about Vivian Gornick’s ‘The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir’: Book Review
Bob Morris Reads from His New Memoir ‘Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents’
This week's TowleREAD comes from author Bob Morris from his new memoir Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents. Morris tells … [Read more...] about Bob Morris Reads from His New Memoir ‘Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents’
David Crabb’s ‘Bad Kid: A Memoir’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL I stayed up all night reading this hilarious memoir of growing up gay in the early 1990s, which is as addictive as the … [Read more...] about David Crabb’s ‘Bad Kid: A Memoir’: Book Review
Mark Merlis’ ‘JD’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL At the beginning of Mark Merlis’ engrossing, ambitious new novel, we meet Martha, a 75-year-old illustrator. For decades she has … [Read more...] about Mark Merlis’ ‘JD’: Book Review
Helen Humphreys’ ‘The Evening Chorus’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL In the Lambda Award-winning Humphreys’ luminous new book, the Second World War serves as a grand backdrop for the intimate dramas … [Read more...] about Helen Humphreys’ ‘The Evening Chorus’: Book Review
Kim Fu’s ‘For Today I Am A Boy’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Early in this uncommonly moving debut novel—the last book I read in 2014, and one of the best—the young narrator, Peter Huang, goes … [Read more...] about Kim Fu’s ‘For Today I Am A Boy’: Book Review
Joyce Brabner’s ‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, And Dealers Plotted Against The Plague’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Joyce Brabner’s nonfiction graphic novel recounts the early years of the AIDS crisis as experienced by a tight-knit circle of “gay … [Read more...] about Joyce Brabner’s ‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, And Dealers Plotted Against The Plague’: Book Review
Shelly Oria’s ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0’: Book Review
BY GARTH GREENWELL Disorientation afflicts nearly all of the characters in Shelly Oria’s nimble and disarmingly moving debut collection of stories. … [Read more...] about Shelly Oria’s ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0’: Book Review