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June 19, 2020

Q and A: Talking with Scott Spencer About Unrequited Love, Writing Structure, and More

June 19, 2020/ Adam Cohen
Q and A: Talking with Scott Spencer About Unrequited Love, Writing Structure, and More

The Author of Endless Love Discusses His New Novel, An Ocean Without a Shore

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June 19, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Gay Literature, Scott Spencer
June 22, 2018

REVIEW: When the AIDS Crisis Hit Chicago and Left Tragedy in Its Wake

June 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: When the AIDS Crisis Hit Chicago and Left Tragedy in Its Wake

A Story Often Told About New York and San Francisco Unfolds in the Heartland

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June 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
AIDS, Chicago, Gay Literature
March 30, 2018

REVIEW: A Spectacular Novel of Gay Lives, and Loves, Over Time

March 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Spectacular Novel of Gay Lives, and Loves, Over Time

It's the Latest Work from Man Booker Prize Winner Alan Hollinghurst

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March 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Gay Literature, England, British Fiction
September 29, 2017

Q&A: Adam McOmber on Writing Horror, Growing up Gay in Ohio, and Church

September 29, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Adam McOmber on Writing Horror, Growing up Gay in Ohio, and Church

"Religion was everywhere, and I understood that it was against me."

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September 29, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Horror, Gay Literature, Ohio
May 09, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: Don DeLillo's Big New Novel, Pit Bulls, and a Gay Conversion Therapy Memoir

May 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Don DeLillo's Big New Novel, Pit Bulls, and a Gay Conversion Therapy Memoir

And a fiction anthology about the loss of privacy in modern society

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May 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Don DeLillo, Dogs, Privacy, Pit Bulls, Gay Literature
March 09, 2016

Q&A: On Triumphing Over a Dysfunction-Filled Childhood in Rural Arkansas

March 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: On Triumphing Over a Dysfunction-Filled Childhood in Rural Arkansas

A memoir from a music critic who decided failing was not an option

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March 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Memoirs, African-American Literature, Southern United States, Gay Literature
November 24, 2015

Essay: Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt," The Lesbian Novel That's Now a Major Motion Picture

November 24, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Essay: Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt," The Lesbian Novel That's Now a Major Motion Picture

The Book's History Reflects Attitudes Toward Lesbians from the 1950s to Today

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November 24, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Fiction, Gay Literature, Lesbian Literature, Patricia Highsmith, Erin G. Carlston
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