Tony Award-winning actor Frank Langella’s memoir is a dishy tell-all through Hollywood’s A-list Admit it: You’re kind of klutzy sometimes. And clumsy. That’s you, as pillows are tossed, furniture bumped, frames go askew, nerves are shattered and so is glassware. You’re Molly McMessy, as knees are skinned, bruises erupt, and moods drop, busted next [...]
New book explains how mothers understand their transgender children Your child constantly surprises you. Where did she learn that little habit she has? How did he figure out something you never showed him? What kind of thought-processes go on inside that wise little head? Almost every day, you learn more and more about your own [...]
The long-awaited U.S. release of John Boyle’s ‘The Absolutist’ lives up to, even exceeds, the hype For some reason, Tristan Sadler just can’t seem to let it go. It happened so many years before. He was a child, really: old enough to know better, but not old enough to resist his impulses; old enough to [...]
Bornstein’s frank, funny memoir will break your heart and tickle your ribs Kate Bornstein isn’t uncivilized, but a significant group of people have labeled her a “potential trouble source.” In A Queer and Pleasant Danger, she explains how she got to be so hazardous. At age 4, while most kids are learning their ABCs, Albert [...]
Iowa teen paints a pretty picture of a modern family A white house with a picket fence may sound trite, but if you believe sitcoms from the ‘50s, that’s the ideal: Father wears a hat every day and mom fills the house with the smell of baking cookies. But for Zach Wahls’ family, nothing was [...]
New book ‘Fur’ explores the glories of woolly masculinity in gay culture ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor Mainstream culture continues to argue publicly about “the gay debate:” Is it innate or a choice? Behavior or orientation? Worthy of marriage protection or too ho-hum. We’ve heard all that before, and for a lot longer [...]
Tom Malin, aka advice expert Tammy Manners, puts the Q in ‘etiquette’ book RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer Maybe your grandmother wrote in to Dear Abby for some sage advice about life’s little obstacles. Or big ones even. She probably got some common-sensical suggestions with clichés like “Wake up and smell the coffee!” or “There are [...]
This is your second collection of Kyle’s B&B. Have the characters matured since the first book? Well, the book starts up right where the last one left off, so I don’t know that they’ve really matured to any considerable degree. They’ve certainly learned some “life lessons” through what went on in the first book, but… [...]
BEST GAY BOOKS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES We wanted to know what various members of the Dallas gay community were reading — now and in their formative years. What books most influenced them in their youth and affected their coming out process? What holds up even today as a classic of gay lit? Or for that matter, what are they reading now, [...]
We all know it, so I’m just gonna come out and say it: Dallas is a bottom-heavy town — and I don’t mean we work out our glutes more here than in Houston. For gay men who identify as tops, there’s a smorgasbord; those who are tops are practically unicorns. Or is that really the [...]
