Greenwell and Walker, gay authors, write of frailty and our struggle to see...
The turn of the new year is invariably filled with the desire to make amends for past errors mingled with the promise of doing better this year. In this spirit of reconciliation, I decided to return...
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A neurotic, darkly humorous, cynical treatise on youth after World War II
It is not every day we have the opportunity to say something new about a classic. But almost seventy years after the first edition of Gerard Reve’s The Evenings appeared in the Netherlands in 1947,...
View ArticleThe hunger for permanence in a crumbling world
The Italian sculptor Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Venus of the Rags (1967) is a beautifully crafted, classically inspired statue faced with what appears to be a pile of dirty laundry. While it is both...
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Nashville’s “Papabear” (a/k/a Harlen Crossen) featured in photography collection
Los Angeles-based photographer Blake Little is “one of the most sought-after photographers in the world for his great editorial and celebrity images” according to a recent article in The Advocate....
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Pride is the perfect time for ‘Social Intercourse’
It’s time for Nashville Pride, and for readers there is no better way to celebrate than with an LGBT-themed book by a local author! Nashville’s Greg Howard has a new book, Social Intercourse, hitting...
View Article(You Don’t Know) The Half of It
If you’ve been in Nashville long enough, chances are you may have seen Bobbi Williams, who has occasionally contributed to this publication. The original run of her column provided a...
View ArticleLesbian literary organization presents annual awards
The nation's only lesbian literary organization—the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS)—announced winners of the 14th annual literary awards at a ceremony in Las Vegas early this month. The mission...
View ArticleUnveiling Nashville’s Secret Side
From prehistoric sabretooth fangs, across remnants of Civil War battlefields hidden in plain sight, around the hillside tombs of past presidents, past street corners where chart-toppers have had...
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Listening to ‘The Whispers’ of a Tragedy
Local author Greg Howard, whose book The Whispers was released last month, grew up on the coast of South Carolina in a strict, conservative Christian environment, where the tragic loss of his mother...
View ArticleMeredith Russo Book Signing at Parnassus
On Friday, May 31, 2019, Parnassus Bookstore will be hosting an event featuring author Meredith Russo. Russo, who is transgender, was born, raised, and lives in Tennessee, where she writes young adult...
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