LGBT BOOK CLUB
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We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM.
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7pm, Wed., Dec. 11, 2024
All-Night Pharmacy By Ruth Madievsky Rachel Kushner meets David Lynch in this fever dream of an LA novel about a young woman who commits a drunken act of violence just before her sister vanishes without a trace On the night of her high school graduation, a young woman follows her older sister Debbie to Salvation, a Los Angeles bar patronized by energy healers, aspiring actors, and all-around misfits. After the two share a bag of unidentified pills, the evening turns into a haze of sensual and risky interactions--nothing unusual for two sisters bound in an incredibly toxic relationship. Our unnamed narrator has always been under the spell of the alluring and rebellious Debbie and, despite her own hesitations, she has always said yes to nights like these. That is, until Debbie disappears. Falling deeper into the life she cultivated with her sister, our narrator gets a job as an emergency room secretary where she steals pills to sell on the side. Cue Sasha, a Jewish refugee from the former Soviet Union who arrives at the hospital claiming to be a psychic tasked with acting as the narrator's spiritual guide. The nature of this relationship evolves and blurs, a kaleidoscope of friendship, sex, mysticism, and ambiguous power dynamics. With prose pulsing like a neon sign, Ruth Madievsky's All-Night Pharmacy is an intoxicating portrait of a young woman consumed with unease over how a person should be. As she attempts sobriety and sexual embodiment, she must decide whether to search for her estranged sister, or allow her to remain a relic of the past. |
Previous Picks:
2024
Jan 10 - The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Feb 14 - Vulgarian Rhapsody by Alvin Orloff
March 13 - Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H
April 10 - Blackouts by Justin Torres
May 8 – Miss Major Speaks by Toshio Marnoek and Miss Major
June 13 – She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
July 10 - The Price of Salt or Carol by Patricia Highsmith
August 14 - The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
Sept. 11 - Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk
Oct. 9 - We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
Nov. 13 - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
2023
January 12 – Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
February 8 – Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity ed. by Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane
March 8 - Y'all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia- Ed. by Z. Zane McNeill
April 12 - Swimming in The Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
May 10 – Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
June 14 – X-Gender by Asuka Miyazaki
July 12 - Orlando By Virgina Woolf
August 9 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
September 13 - Fat Ham by James Ijames
October 11 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
November 8 - Moby Dyke by Krista Burton
December 15 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2022
December 14, 2022 – Liarmouth, A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters
November 9, 2022 – Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
October 12, 2022 – Nevada by Imogen Binnie
September 14, 2022 – Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huy Lemmey & Ben Miller
August 10, 2022 – When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
July 13, 2022 – In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
June 8, 2022 – Upon This Rock by David Eugene Perry
May 11, 2022 – The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo
April 13, 2022 - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
March 9, 2022 - Last Night at The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
February 9, 2022 – The Promise by Damon Algut
January 12, 2022 – Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd
2021
December 8, 2021 - On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
November 10, 2021 - Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
October 12, 2021 - The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall
September 8, 2021 - The Queer Principles of Kitt Webb by Cat Sebastian
August 11, 2021 - Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleure
July 14, 2021 - Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger - Brontez Purnell
June 10, 2021 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
May 12, 2021 - The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
April 14, 2021 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
March 10, 2021 - Fiebre Tropical - Juli Delgado Lopera
February 10, 2021 - Save Yourself - Cameron Esposito
January 13, 2021 – The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
2020
December 9, 2020 – Here For It by Eric R. Thomas
November 11, 2020 – Real Life by Brandon Taylor
October 14 - Confessions of A Mask by Yukio Mishima
Sept 9, 2020 – Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
August 12, 2020 – We Are OK by Nina LaCour
July 8, 2020 – Disasterama! Adventures in The Queer Underground 1977 - 1997 by Alvin Orloff
June 10, 2020 – The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
May 13, 2020 – Dear America by Jose Antonio Vargas
April 8, 2020 – Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
March 11, 2020 – God in Pink by Hasan Namir
February 12, 2020 – Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
January 8, 2020 – Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
2019
December 11, 2019 – If The Fates Allow, edited by Annie Harper
November 13, 2019 – The Age of Dreaming by Nina Revoyr
October 9, 2019 – Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
September 11, 2019 – Stella Maris: And Other Key West Stories by Carroll Michael
August 14, 2019 – No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L. Moore
July 10, 2019 – History of Violence by Édouard Louis
June 12, 2019 – The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
May 8, 2019 – The Diamond Setter by Moshe Sakal
April 10, 2019 – At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
March 13, 2019 – If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
February 13, 2019 – Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
January 9, 2019 – My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
2018
December 12, 2018 – Now I'm Here by Jim Provenzano
November 14, 2018 – The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
October 10, 2018 – The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
September 12, 2018 – Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker
August 8, 2018 – The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs, Ph.D.
July 11, 2018 – Gentrification of The Mind by Sarah Schulman
June 13, 2018 – The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates
May 9, 2018 – Faggots by Larry Kramer
April 11, 2018 – When We Rise: My Life in The Movement by Cleve Jones
March 14, 2018 – The Clothesline Swing by Ahmad Danny Ramadan
February 14, 2018 - Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings,
The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship by David Pitts
January 10, 2018 – Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
2017
December 13, 2017 – Speakers of the Dead by Aaron Sanders
November 8, 2017 – No Other World by Rahul Mehta
October 11, 2017 - Gods and Monsters by Christopher Bram
September 13, 2017 – Another Country by James Baldwin
August 9, 2017 - Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
July 12, 2017 - The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
June 14, 2017 - Black Sheep Boy by Martin Pousson
May, 10, 2017 - What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwall
April 12, 2017 – Answered Prayers by Truman Capote
March 8, 2017: The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
February 8, 2017: The Best-Kept Boy in The World by Arthur Vanderbilt
January 11, 2017: I Loved You More by Tom Spanbauer
2016
December 14: My Side of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George
November 9, 2016: Our Young Man by Edmund White
October 12, 2016: Born on the Edge of Race and Gender by Willy Wilkinson
September 14, 2016: Guapa by Saleem Haddad
August 10, 2016: Smash Cut by Brad Gooch
July 13, 2016: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
June 8, 2016: On the Move by Oliver Sacks
May 11, 2016: Gay Berlin by Robert Beachy
April 13, 2016: The Two Hotel Francforts by David Leavitt
March 9, 2016: Halfway to the Stars by Daniel Curzon
February 10, 2016: The Tenderloin by Randy Shaw
January 13, 2016: Mouthquake by Daniel Allen Cox
2015
December 9, 2015: Let Me See It by James Magruder
November 11, 2015: Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex, and Survival by Sean Strub
October 14, 2015: Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
September 9, 2015: Totempole by Sanford Friedman
August 12, 2015: The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson by Robert Hofler
July 8, 2015: Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison
June 10, 2015: Blackmail, My Love by Katie Gilmartin
May 13, 2015: Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
April 8, 2015: The King Must Die by Mary Renault
March 11, 2015: White Girls by Hilton Als
February 11, 2015: The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
January 14, 2015: The Charioteer by Mary Renault
2014
December 10, 2014: Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
November 12, 2014: Numbers by John Rechy
October 8, 2014: Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott
September 10, 2014: Adam by Ariel Schrag
August 13, 2014: Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
July 9, 2014: Man About Town by Mark Merlis
June 11, 2014: Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin
May 14, 2014: London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp
April 9, 2014: Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
March 12, 2014: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
February 12, 2014: Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
January 8, 2014: Season of the Witch by David Talbot
2013
December 11, 2013: Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
November 13, 2013: In One Person by John Irving
October 9, 2013: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
September 11, 2013: Death Trick by Richard Stevenson
August 14, 2013: Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac
July 10, 2013: Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
June 19, 2013: The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
May 8, 2013: Jack Holmes and His Friend by Edmund White
April 10, 2013: Just Kids by Patti Smith
March 13, 2013: Falconer by John Cheever
February 13, 2013: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
January 9, 2013: Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
2012
December 12, 2012: The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire
November 14, 2012: The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov by Paul Russell
October 10, 2012: Billy Budd by Herman Melville
September 12, 2012: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
August 8, 2012: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
July 11, 2012: Angels In America (Parts 1 & 2) by Tony Kushner
June 13, 2012: My Queer War by James Lord
May 9, 2012: Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
April 11, 2012: The Empty Family by Colm Toibin
March 14, 2012: The Page Turner by David Leavitt
February 8, 2012: The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
January 11, 2012: Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
2011
December 14, 2011: Remembering Christmas by Tom Mendicino, et al
November 9, 2011: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
October 12, 2011: Secret Historian by Justin Spring
September 14, 2011: Querelle by Jean Genet
August 10, 2011: Quarantine by Rahul Mehta
July 13, 2011: Rolling the R’s by R. Zamora Linmark
June 8, 2011: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
May 11, 2011: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
April 13, 2011: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
March 9, 2011: Silver Lake by Peter Gadol
February 9, 2011: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
January 12, 2011: By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
2010
December 8, 2010: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
November 10, 2010: Probation by Tom Mendicino
October 13, 2010: I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore by Ethan Mordden
September 8, 2010: Missouri by Christine Wunnicke
August 11, 2010: Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary by Monica Nolan
July 14, 2010: Salvation Army by Abdellah Taia
June 9, 2010: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
May 12, 2010: Robin and Ruby by K. M. Soehnlein
April 14, 2010: The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
March 10, 2010: The Price of Salt (Carol) by Patricia Highsmith
February 10, 2010: The Lure by Felice Picano
January 13, 2010: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
2009
December 9, 2009: You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
November 11, 2009: Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg
October 14, 2009: The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein
September 9, 2009: A Little Death by Michael Nava
August 12, 2009: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
July 8, 2009: Hero by Perry Moore
June 10, 2009: Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
May 13, 2009: A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
April 8, 2009: A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
March 11, 2009: Beach Reading by Mark Abramson
February 11, 2009: The Story of a Marriage by Andres Sean Greet
January 14, 2009: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
2008
December 10, 2008: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
November 12, 2008: Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums
October 8, 2008: At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
September 10, 2008: Dry by Augusten Burroughs
August 20, 2008: Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
July 16, 2008: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
June 18, 2008: Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts
May 21, 2008: Exiles in America by Christopher Bram
April 16, 2008: We Disappear by Scott Helm
March 19, 2008: Dancing to Almendra by Mayra Montero
February 20, 2008: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
January 16, 2008: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
2007
December 19, 2007: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
November 21, 2007: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
October 17, 2007: Another Country by James Baldwin
September 19, 2007: Unspeakable Love by Brian Whitaker
August 15, 2007: Now is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer
July 18, 2007: IHOP Papers by Ali Liebegott
June 20, 2007: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
May 16, 2007: The Revolution Will Be Accessorized edited by Aaron Hicklin/Blackbook
April 18, 2007: SOMA by Kemble Scott
March 21, 2007: Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea
February 21, 2007: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
January 17, 2007: Adventures of a Bird-Shit Foreigner by Sulayman X
2006
December 2006: (skipped a month?)
November 15, 2006: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
October 18, 2006: Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
September 20, 2006: In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran
August 16, 2006: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
July 19, 2006: I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
June 21, 2006: Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
May 17, 2006: Still Life with June by Darren Greer
April 19, 2006: Maurice by E. M. Forster
March 15, 2006: Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
February 15, 2006: Song of the Loon by Richard Amory and (?) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
January 18, 2006: A Seahorse Year by Stacey D’Erasmo
2005
December 2005: (skipped a month?)
November 16, 2005: Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
October 19, 2005: Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
September 21, 2005: 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
August 17, 2005: Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood
July 20, 2005: The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
June 15, 2005: Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
May 18, 2005: The Master by Colm Toibin
April 20, 2005: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
March 16, 2005: Lives of the Circus Animals by Christopher Bram
February 18, 2005: Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
January 20, 2005: Sarah by J T LeRoy
2004
December: (skipped a month?)
November 18, 2004: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
October 21, 2004: Dryland’s End by Felice Picano
September 16, 2004: Southland by Nina Revoyr
August 19, 2004: Last Summer by Michael Thomas Ford
July 15, 2004: A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
2024
Jan 10 - The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Feb 14 - Vulgarian Rhapsody by Alvin Orloff
March 13 - Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H
April 10 - Blackouts by Justin Torres
May 8 – Miss Major Speaks by Toshio Marnoek and Miss Major
June 13 – She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
July 10 - The Price of Salt or Carol by Patricia Highsmith
August 14 - The Sluts by Dennis Cooper
Sept. 11 - Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk
Oct. 9 - We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
Nov. 13 - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
2023
January 12 – Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
February 8 – Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity ed. by Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane
March 8 - Y'all Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia- Ed. by Z. Zane McNeill
April 12 - Swimming in The Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
May 10 – Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
June 14 – X-Gender by Asuka Miyazaki
July 12 - Orlando By Virgina Woolf
August 9 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
September 13 - Fat Ham by James Ijames
October 11 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
November 8 - Moby Dyke by Krista Burton
December 15 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2022
December 14, 2022 – Liarmouth, A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters
November 9, 2022 – Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
October 12, 2022 – Nevada by Imogen Binnie
September 14, 2022 – Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huy Lemmey & Ben Miller
August 10, 2022 – When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
July 13, 2022 – In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
June 8, 2022 – Upon This Rock by David Eugene Perry
May 11, 2022 – The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo
April 13, 2022 - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
March 9, 2022 - Last Night at The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
February 9, 2022 – The Promise by Damon Algut
January 12, 2022 – Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd
2021
December 8, 2021 - On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
November 10, 2021 - Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
October 12, 2021 - The Well of Loneliness by Radcliffe Hall
September 8, 2021 - The Queer Principles of Kitt Webb by Cat Sebastian
August 11, 2021 - Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleure
July 14, 2021 - Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger - Brontez Purnell
June 10, 2021 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
May 12, 2021 - The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
April 14, 2021 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
March 10, 2021 - Fiebre Tropical - Juli Delgado Lopera
February 10, 2021 - Save Yourself - Cameron Esposito
January 13, 2021 – The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
2020
December 9, 2020 – Here For It by Eric R. Thomas
November 11, 2020 – Real Life by Brandon Taylor
October 14 - Confessions of A Mask by Yukio Mishima
Sept 9, 2020 – Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
August 12, 2020 – We Are OK by Nina LaCour
July 8, 2020 – Disasterama! Adventures in The Queer Underground 1977 - 1997 by Alvin Orloff
June 10, 2020 – The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
May 13, 2020 – Dear America by Jose Antonio Vargas
April 8, 2020 – Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
March 11, 2020 – God in Pink by Hasan Namir
February 12, 2020 – Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
January 8, 2020 – Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
2019
December 11, 2019 – If The Fates Allow, edited by Annie Harper
November 13, 2019 – The Age of Dreaming by Nina Revoyr
October 9, 2019 – Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
September 11, 2019 – Stella Maris: And Other Key West Stories by Carroll Michael
August 14, 2019 – No Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L. Moore
July 10, 2019 – History of Violence by Édouard Louis
June 12, 2019 – The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
May 8, 2019 – The Diamond Setter by Moshe Sakal
April 10, 2019 – At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
March 13, 2019 – If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
February 13, 2019 – Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
January 9, 2019 – My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
2018
December 12, 2018 – Now I'm Here by Jim Provenzano
November 14, 2018 – The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
October 10, 2018 – The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
September 12, 2018 – Empire of the Senseless by Kathy Acker
August 8, 2018 – The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs, Ph.D.
July 11, 2018 – Gentrification of The Mind by Sarah Schulman
June 13, 2018 – The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates
May 9, 2018 – Faggots by Larry Kramer
April 11, 2018 – When We Rise: My Life in The Movement by Cleve Jones
March 14, 2018 – The Clothesline Swing by Ahmad Danny Ramadan
February 14, 2018 - Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings,
The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship by David Pitts
January 10, 2018 – Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
2017
December 13, 2017 – Speakers of the Dead by Aaron Sanders
November 8, 2017 – No Other World by Rahul Mehta
October 11, 2017 - Gods and Monsters by Christopher Bram
September 13, 2017 – Another Country by James Baldwin
August 9, 2017 - Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
July 12, 2017 - The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
June 14, 2017 - Black Sheep Boy by Martin Pousson
May, 10, 2017 - What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwall
April 12, 2017 – Answered Prayers by Truman Capote
March 8, 2017: The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
February 8, 2017: The Best-Kept Boy in The World by Arthur Vanderbilt
January 11, 2017: I Loved You More by Tom Spanbauer
2016
December 14: My Side of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George
November 9, 2016: Our Young Man by Edmund White
October 12, 2016: Born on the Edge of Race and Gender by Willy Wilkinson
September 14, 2016: Guapa by Saleem Haddad
August 10, 2016: Smash Cut by Brad Gooch
July 13, 2016: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
June 8, 2016: On the Move by Oliver Sacks
May 11, 2016: Gay Berlin by Robert Beachy
April 13, 2016: The Two Hotel Francforts by David Leavitt
March 9, 2016: Halfway to the Stars by Daniel Curzon
February 10, 2016: The Tenderloin by Randy Shaw
January 13, 2016: Mouthquake by Daniel Allen Cox
2015
December 9, 2015: Let Me See It by James Magruder
November 11, 2015: Body Counts: A Memoir of Activism, Sex, and Survival by Sean Strub
October 14, 2015: Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
September 9, 2015: Totempole by Sanford Friedman
August 12, 2015: The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson by Robert Hofler
July 8, 2015: Invisible Man by Ralph Waldo Ellison
June 10, 2015: Blackmail, My Love by Katie Gilmartin
May 13, 2015: Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
April 8, 2015: The King Must Die by Mary Renault
March 11, 2015: White Girls by Hilton Als
February 11, 2015: The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
January 14, 2015: The Charioteer by Mary Renault
2014
December 10, 2014: Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
November 12, 2014: Numbers by John Rechy
October 8, 2014: Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father by Alysia Abbott
September 10, 2014: Adam by Ariel Schrag
August 13, 2014: Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
July 9, 2014: Man About Town by Mark Merlis
June 11, 2014: Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin
May 14, 2014: London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp
April 9, 2014: Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
March 12, 2014: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
February 12, 2014: Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
January 8, 2014: Season of the Witch by David Talbot
2013
December 11, 2013: Don’t Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
November 13, 2013: In One Person by John Irving
October 9, 2013: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
September 11, 2013: Death Trick by Richard Stevenson
August 14, 2013: Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac
July 10, 2013: Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
June 19, 2013: The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
May 8, 2013: Jack Holmes and His Friend by Edmund White
April 10, 2013: Just Kids by Patti Smith
March 13, 2013: Falconer by John Cheever
February 13, 2013: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
January 9, 2013: Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
2012
December 12, 2012: The Next Queen of Heaven by Gregory Maguire
November 14, 2012: The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov by Paul Russell
October 10, 2012: Billy Budd by Herman Melville
September 12, 2012: Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
August 8, 2012: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
July 11, 2012: Angels In America (Parts 1 & 2) by Tony Kushner
June 13, 2012: My Queer War by James Lord
May 9, 2012: Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
April 11, 2012: The Empty Family by Colm Toibin
March 14, 2012: The Page Turner by David Leavitt
February 8, 2012: The Two Krishnas by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
January 11, 2012: Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
2011
December 14, 2011: Remembering Christmas by Tom Mendicino, et al
November 9, 2011: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
October 12, 2011: Secret Historian by Justin Spring
September 14, 2011: Querelle by Jean Genet
August 10, 2011: Quarantine by Rahul Mehta
July 13, 2011: Rolling the R’s by R. Zamora Linmark
June 8, 2011: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
May 11, 2011: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
April 13, 2011: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
March 9, 2011: Silver Lake by Peter Gadol
February 9, 2011: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
January 12, 2011: By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
2010
December 8, 2010: Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
November 10, 2010: Probation by Tom Mendicino
October 13, 2010: I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore by Ethan Mordden
September 8, 2010: Missouri by Christine Wunnicke
August 11, 2010: Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary by Monica Nolan
July 14, 2010: Salvation Army by Abdellah Taia
June 9, 2010: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
May 12, 2010: Robin and Ruby by K. M. Soehnlein
April 14, 2010: The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
March 10, 2010: The Price of Salt (Carol) by Patricia Highsmith
February 10, 2010: The Lure by Felice Picano
January 13, 2010: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
2009
December 9, 2009: You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
November 11, 2009: Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg
October 14, 2009: The World of Normal Boys by K. M. Soehnlein
September 9, 2009: A Little Death by Michael Nava
August 12, 2009: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
July 8, 2009: Hero by Perry Moore
June 10, 2009: Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
May 13, 2009: A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
April 8, 2009: A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
March 11, 2009: Beach Reading by Mark Abramson
February 11, 2009: The Story of a Marriage by Andres Sean Greet
January 14, 2009: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
2008
December 10, 2008: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
November 12, 2008: Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums
October 8, 2008: At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
September 10, 2008: Dry by Augusten Burroughs
August 20, 2008: Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
July 16, 2008: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
June 18, 2008: Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts
May 21, 2008: Exiles in America by Christopher Bram
April 16, 2008: We Disappear by Scott Helm
March 19, 2008: Dancing to Almendra by Mayra Montero
February 20, 2008: The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
January 16, 2008: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
2007
December 19, 2007: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
November 21, 2007: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
October 17, 2007: Another Country by James Baldwin
September 19, 2007: Unspeakable Love by Brian Whitaker
August 15, 2007: Now is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer
July 18, 2007: IHOP Papers by Ali Liebegott
June 20, 2007: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
May 16, 2007: The Revolution Will Be Accessorized edited by Aaron Hicklin/Blackbook
April 18, 2007: SOMA by Kemble Scott
March 21, 2007: Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea
February 21, 2007: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
January 17, 2007: Adventures of a Bird-Shit Foreigner by Sulayman X
2006
December 2006: (skipped a month?)
November 15, 2006: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
October 18, 2006: Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
September 20, 2006: In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran
August 16, 2006: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
July 19, 2006: I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
June 21, 2006: Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
May 17, 2006: Still Life with June by Darren Greer
April 19, 2006: Maurice by E. M. Forster
March 15, 2006: Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
February 15, 2006: Song of the Loon by Richard Amory and (?) Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
January 18, 2006: A Seahorse Year by Stacey D’Erasmo
2005
December 2005: (skipped a month?)
November 16, 2005: Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
October 19, 2005: Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
September 21, 2005: 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
August 17, 2005: Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood
July 20, 2005: The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
June 15, 2005: Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
May 18, 2005: The Master by Colm Toibin
April 20, 2005: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
March 16, 2005: Lives of the Circus Animals by Christopher Bram
February 18, 2005: Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
January 20, 2005: Sarah by J T LeRoy
2004
December: (skipped a month?)
November 18, 2004: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
October 21, 2004: Dryland’s End by Felice Picano
September 16, 2004: Southland by Nina Revoyr
August 19, 2004: Last Summer by Michael Thomas Ford
July 15, 2004: A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham