A new expansive biography reveals Craig Rodwell as being a pivotal person at the epicenter of 1960s & '70s gay activism, along with being the proprietor of the historic Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop.
The best memoirs and biographies blend fascinating anecdotes with deeper meditations that make us reflect on our own lives.
As Gerri Kimber writes in her fascinating new biography, Mansfield possessed ‘a supreme gift for storytelling that has never been equalled’. Her short stories, Kimber notes (she never wrote a novel), ...
Her signature look started with miniskirts, ballet flats, and a woven basket used as an accessory. Flared jeans, white tees and crochet dresses were also linked to her style. Later in life, her ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he ...
Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives’ By Robert W. Fieseler “What’s with Florida?,” Bobby Fieseler, disgusted, ...
Paul Gauguin painted his greatest masterpiece, titled “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?,” before attempting suicide.
Whether you’re after hot new fiction or first edition rarities that can only be sourced by an antiquarian dealer, London has ...
It is no coincidence that Larry Millett lives in what he believes is the oldest rowhouse in Minnesota. The St. Paul novelist ...
The University of Minnesota is producing a play titled ‘De Profundis Ego Resurrexit’ which explores Oscar Wilde and ‘queer ...
When Oscar Wilde was jailed for, "gross indecency," a 19th century euphemism for gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 ...
The late Irish writer Oscar Wilde is set to have his reader’s card reissued by the British Library, 130 years after the original was revoked over his conviction for “gross indecency”. The British ...