Posted in literature on Oct 14th, 2007
Before his death, Jonathan Swift pointed to a blighted tree and said to a friend, “I shall be like that tree; I shall die first at the top.” Philip Roth’s dying animals, at loose in the twilit carnival of his late work, reverse Swift’s prophecy: they fear they will die from the bottom up. Their […]
Posted in jane smiley, writing, literature on Mar 7th, 2007
Jane Smiley on her novel about 10 days of swimming, eating and screwing
by Joey Rubin
Jane Smiley’s latest novel, Ten Days in the Hills, is creating waves in the world of literary criticism the way Britney’s shaved head seems to be doing everywhere else. The cause? Graphic sex, of course. John Updike wrote that Smiley has […]
Posted in fantasy, susan wright, horror, literature, bondage, bdsm, erotica on Feb 12th, 2007
Susan Wright’s book To Serve and Submit is a nominee in the Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror category of the Lambda Literary Awards.
You can read part of Chapter 1 from her new book, A Pound of Flesh here.
Thanks, Lisa!
Posted in romance, mystery, literature, horror, lambda, transgender, erotica, gay, erotic, queer, lesbian on Feb 7th, 2007
The Lambda Literary Awards are presented in 25 categories. Click on a category below to see the nominees for this year’s awards. Nominations were accepted between September 1 and December 1, 2006.
Finalists in each category will be announced by March 1, 2007. Winners in each category will be announced on Thursday, May 31, at the […]