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- IPAD
When I was younger, I always envisioned that the end of days for paper-bound books would occur ala Fahrenheit 451; all written text would be destroyed in an apocalyptic burst of censorship happy flames .
“No more risque teenage Judy Blume books for you!!!!!”
It looks like it’s not fire that is bringing about the end of [...]
- PANIC! HISPANIC PANIC!
Queer reading events are popping up all over New York City this month.
There must be something both gay and literate in  NYC’s drinking water:
Charlie Vázquez and NOWHERE are happy to announce the resuming of the monthly LGBT reading series PANIC! HISPANIC PANIC!
PANIC! HISPANIC PANIC! kicks into the new year with a fantastic lineup of renegade [...]
- Dorian: A Picture
Female impersonator Dorian Wayne shares memories of a four-decade career.
- Animal by Isaac James Baker
Photo: Â homoduo(losangles) Â by Brett McCall
You are an animal.
Not god,
not scum.
Not eternal,
not worthless.
So, go.
Eat, drink, fuck,
be merry
like the rest of them.Isaac James Baker is a journalist/poet/ all-round radical writer. He enjoys art, nature, politics, wine and attempts to share his [...]
- Brother, My Lover
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Well it’s that time of  the month again!Â
Writer/ringleader  Robert Smith is yet again hosting, Brother, My Lover, his fantastic monthly DIY  reading series.
Envoy Enterprises
131 Chrystie St.
NY, NY
January 30, 2010 8pm.
To read our interview with Mr. Smith about the BML Â series click here
This month’s writers include:Â
Ryan Doyle May
B.C Â Edwards
Chadwick MooreÂ
Marc Andreottolla
 Jorge Clar
and music by Moonshine Shorey
- Camp Records
JD Doyle, a Houston based musical archivist and DJ , has the most comprehensive collection of gay and queer music on the internet.  Every one who is interested in gay musical history (and I’m not just talking about old Judy Garland/Phyllis Hyman albums) should take a dainty stroll through his website.
One of his most interesting [...]
- Tongues Untied
A clip from the film Tongues Untied.
In Tongues Untied, filmmaker and poet, Marlon Riggs created a stunning funny/sad/humane/powerful documentary cum personal memoir on being an urban, African-American gay men in the late eighties.
Children you really should check it out.
- Persistent Voices: An Anthology of Poets Lost to AIDS
If you are in NYC next week please come by and support!
Center Voices presents Working Authors A Celebration of Persistent Voices: An Anthology of Poets Lost to AIDS. Mark Doty and other poets/editors will be reading contributors work.
The event:
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Reception 6PM, Program 6:30PM, $8 online, $10 at the door
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &
Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th [...]
- Mary is on Twitter
Mary is on Twitter!
Your one stop shop for all your gay literary ephemera in 140 characters or less.
To follow us click here.
- Plato’s Retweet by Troy Rutman
Below is an excerpt of author Troy Rutman’s short story, “Plato’s Retweet.”
It is a heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully told story concerning the oft rocky road to reaching ” gay” adulthood.The complete story can be found in the debut issue of Mary:
Not long before I arrived in Boston, my father, a New York City [...]
