Dive into the archives.
- Larry Kramer
Writer Jesse Green has written a great profile on the iconic author/activist Larry Kramer in this weeks New York magazine.
The article seems to suggest the same righteous anger that provided Larry the fuel to ignite the AIDS activist movement is the same thing that is hampering his legacy.
Larry is not going quietly into the night.
The [...]
- Buy The Magazine
Mary is seeking to capture and examine queer moments; to offer a surfeit of gay writings of artistic value and give them the showcase they deserve. Mary’s goal is to highlight writings that strive to reveal a perfect homosexual moment without any rationalization other than to skillfully reflect: this is the gay world or this [...]
- Bette Davis
A little spoken word nihilism from Bette Davis.
“Life is a Lonely Thing.”
- Auden
“You owe it to us all to get on with what you’re good at”
-W. H. Auden
“Art is born of humiliation.”
-W. H. Auden
“I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. ”
-W. H. Auden
“Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue [...]
- Ideas for a Blog-To-Book Deal
(Still from my forth coming blog/bestselling book “My Mama The Obese Bulldog is Fat“)
Hey folks! Want a book deal? Start an irony fortified blog!
Here is a list of blogs that were recently adapted into books:
“This Is Why You’re Fat” (HarperStudio),
“Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves” (Three Rivers Press)
“Postcards From Yo Momma” (Hyperion)
“Chuck Norris Facts” (Gotham)
“Stuff [...]
- Josh Sanchez: The Mary Interview
(Photo credit: Paul Mpagi Sepuya)
Full disclosure: Filmmaker Josh Sanchez is not only a talented editor, writer (soon you will be able to check out his short story “A Night Out” in the upcoming début issue of Mary, coming at you like a homosexual missile on December 22) and director, he is also a friend.
A [...]
- Pop! The Andy Warhol Musical
Andy Warhol the Musical!?
Hey why not? If “Carrie” got one, so can Andy!
- My Flamboyant Grandson
I file George Saunders under the tag “straight identified writers who I love.”
An essayist, novelist and master of the satirical short story, Saunders injects genuine humanity and pathos into his fantastical, sardonic tales of consumerism and capitalism run a muck. Saunders makes devastating points about the insanity of a market dominated culture, but not [...]
- Mondo Trasho
“Maybe she is a Muffin Queen?”
- Imperial Bedrooms: A Less than Zero sequel
Hey does it seem like we write a lot about Bret Easton Ellis on this site? Maybe we should change the website name to “Less Than Zero” and call it a day (I’m sure some readers think that would actually be more appropriate).
What can we say? We here at Mary were bottle fed on Bret’s consumertastic brand of minimalist [...]
