Search results for: “stephen coy”
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Stephen Coy reviews CLEANLINESS by GARTH GREENWELL ‘one of best writers of his generation’
After his extraordinary debut novel, What Belongs to You, was published, I eagerly anticipated Garth Greenwell’s second novel. What Belongs to You was set in Sofia, Bulgaria and the main character taught literature at the American school The same setting frames the second novel. In neither is the narrator named and the characters are identified…
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Queerguru’s Stephen Coy reviews DUSTIN LANCE BLACK’s Mama’s Boy : a paean to his mother
If you assume, based on the title of Dustin Lance Black’s book, that it is a paean to his mother, you would be correct. Knowing just how influential she was to him requires a lot of background and a fairly lengthy recounting of their familial history. Contracting polio when she was only two years old…
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Queerguru’s Stephen Coy reviews a new biography of the iconic queer actor and activist Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen was raised in a middle-class household near Manchester and excelled as a student in his public school, even achieving recognition as “Head Boy,” an honorific bestowed on the top student. His childhood was not without tragedy. When he was 12 years old, his mother died of breast cancer. In 1964, his father died…
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Queerguru’s Stephen Coy falls in love with Edie Windsor all over again
Edie Windsor died in 2017 but was working with Joshua Lyon to write her memoir. Because of her unexpected demise, the book is a hybrid of memoir and biography. It is a compelling read and perhaps made even better because Lyon can illuminate many of Edie’s stories with background information and diligent research through…
