Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHow to be Alone if you Want to and Even if you Don’t Lane Moore Growing up, Lane Moore had a very unstable family life, full of dysfunction and disappointment. As an adult, she has little contact with them. This situation spilled over into a life with few friends and those she did attain, rarely … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt would not be unusual for a reader to begin this book and think it a memoir. I did. A quick check on the jacket confirmed that it is a work of fiction. Perhaps there are people who are this funny in real life but most of us can only hope to encounter so many … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTrue to its title, this novel traffics in threes. Alternating between three periods, with three main characters, it proceeds in chapters devoted to each. Jack’s story begins in the 1890s, Colin in the 1950s and David in the 1980s. Not until very late in the novel do you learn all of the connections among the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLittle Reef, Michael Carroll’s previous collection was a thoroughly enjoyable, layered assemblage of stories set in Florida and populated with gay men. His new collection follows a similar path but presents work that is more challenging, yet just as good. The inner voices of the characters may sometime seem scattered or hard to follow, especially … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHow does a reviewer write about a novel that centers on a particularly awful incident without ruining the reader’s discovery of how it affects the main character? Not an easy task but I will try to discuss the novel without revealing this central fact. Adult Ari Silverman is a tenured medieval studies professor at a … Continue reading