Stephen Coy
Stephen Coy reviews Darius the Great is Not Okay
Darius the Great is Not Okay Adib Khorram I do not think I ever read a Young Adult (YA) novel. The YA phenomenon seems to be a more recent rebranding of novels written for younger readers. In the last decade many books targeted toward the YA market have been picked up by regular, older readers.…
Welcome to Fairyland : Queer Miami Before 1940
Fairyland was a term coined by civic boosters in Miami to establish the city as a resort whose tropical exoticism was linked to the Caribbean. While obviously alluding to the queer connotation, it referenced the tourist fantasies of a place that was somewhat removed from the mundane aspects of everyday life. The book reads like…
Bill Cunningham was an original, a true character, in the best sense of the word.
FASHION CLIMBING A MEMOIR WITH PHOTOGRAPHS By BILL CUNNINGHAM Preface by Hilton Als After Bill Cunningham died in 2016, his family found a memoir he had written about the earlier period of his life. It was an unexpected, and enjoyable, find. Most people remember Cunningham’s work as the photographer behind the On the Street and…
Stephen Coy reviews BOY ERASED: a harrowing memoir of conversion therapy
Growing up I heard an oft-repeated joke about Church of Christ members. As someone enters heaven, St. Peter leads him on a tour. The newly ascended asks St. Peter, “Who is that group in the corner talking amongst themselves?” St. Peter replies, “Shhh! Those are Church of Christ-ers. They think they are the only…
