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Last Updated: Jul 7, 2008 - 10:08:41 AM
Fort Worth journo wins Lammy
By Daniel A. Kusner - Life+Style Editor
Jun 5, 2008 - 5:48:23 PM
Star-Telegram movie critic honored for Best Gay Debut Fiction
Christopher Kelly can’t decide where he’ll display his newest trophy, a book-shaped glass sculpture that he earned at last Thursday’s Lambda Literary Awards.
“It’s still in my luggage,” he says. “I don’t know where I’ll put it. I think the mantel is too nutty. It’s not really an Oscar,” he says.
Out of the 463 books that were nominated, Kelly was one of the 21 winners that were announced at the ceremony in Los Angeles. His dark, psycho thriller “A Push and A Shove,” (Alyson, $14.95) is about a gay high schooler who’s tormented by the big man on campus. Years later, they meet again and become friends. Then sexual tension creeps in, and the story delves into comparisons to “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
The winner for Best Gay Debut Fiction was the first category announced. Kelly can barely recall what he said during his acceptance speech. He had some stiff competition — mostly clubkid-turned-literary-figure James St. James, author of “Party Monster” and the 2007 novel “Freak Show,” (Dutton Children’s/Penguin).
Not only did Kelly get a trophy, the Gay Debut Fiction award also gets a cash prize: $1,000. What’s does he plan on doing with it?
“I haven’t cashed it yet. But I think I’m going to buy a television,” he says.
Kelly says he had been shopping for a flat-screen TV for a while.
For the past eight years, Kelly has been the film critic at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Some would guess that a winning novelist/movie critic would be hard at work transforming “A Push and A Shove” into a screenplay.
“No. Besides, I’m simultaneously working on two other novels. And I haven’t shopped either of them yet,” Kelly says
One book is another dark thriller about tortured relationships. The other is a satire. He hopes one will be ready by next spring.
TALES FROM PORN’S BLACK SIDE
Adult superstar Bobby Blake’s new memoir, “My Life in Porn” (Running Press, $14.95) comes out on Monday. The 50 year old explores growing up black and gay in the Deep South. And he traces the longevity of his career — most African-American actors don’t last in gay porn.
In chapter nine, “The Bottle,” he talks about “Lou” — his first serious mate, who struggled with alcoholism. “Lou” is five years younger than Bobby, and now lives in Dallas, apparently sober …
These articles appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition June 6, 2008.
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Christopher Kelly can’t decide where he’ll display his newest trophy, a book-shaped glass sculpture that he earned at last Thursday’s Lambda Literary Awards.
“It’s still in my luggage,” he says. “I don’t know where I’ll put it. I think the mantel is too nutty. It’s not really an Oscar,” he says.
Out of the 463 books that were nominated, Kelly was one of the 21 winners that were announced at the ceremony in Los Angeles. His dark, psycho thriller “A Push and A Shove,” (Alyson, $14.95) is about a gay high schooler who’s tormented by the big man on campus. Years later, they meet again and become friends. Then sexual tension creeps in, and the story delves into comparisons to “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”
The winner for Best Gay Debut Fiction was the first category announced. Kelly can barely recall what he said during his acceptance speech. He had some stiff competition — mostly clubkid-turned-literary-figure James St. James, author of “Party Monster” and the 2007 novel “Freak Show,” (Dutton Children’s/Penguin).
Not only did Kelly get a trophy, the Gay Debut Fiction award also gets a cash prize: $1,000. What’s does he plan on doing with it?
“I haven’t cashed it yet. But I think I’m going to buy a television,” he says.
Kelly says he had been shopping for a flat-screen TV for a while.
For the past eight years, Kelly has been the film critic at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Some would guess that a winning novelist/movie critic would be hard at work transforming “A Push and A Shove” into a screenplay.
“No. Besides, I’m simultaneously working on two other novels. And I haven’t shopped either of them yet,” Kelly says
One book is another dark thriller about tortured relationships. The other is a satire. He hopes one will be ready by next spring.
— Daniel A. Kusner
TALES FROM PORN’S BLACK SIDE
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Adult superstar Bobby Blake’s new memoir, “My Life in Porn” (Running Press, $14.95) comes out on Monday. The 50 year old explores growing up black and gay in the Deep South. And he traces the longevity of his career — most African-American actors don’t last in gay porn.
In chapter nine, “The Bottle,” he talks about “Lou” — his first serious mate, who struggled with alcoholism. “Lou” is five years younger than Bobby, and now lives in Dallas, apparently sober …
— D. A. K.
These articles appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition June 6, 2008.
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