By Hillel Italie
Anne Rice has had a re
ligious conversion: She’s no
longer a Christian.
Amazon.com Inc. says it has struck a dea
l that wi
ll give it exc
lusive rights to se
ll some of the great works of 20th century
literature in e
lectronic form.
By Kilian Melloy
When Barack Obama bested John McCain in 2008, G
LBT Americans thought they had gained their best-ever White House a
lly. Obama, after a
ll, had sworn that he wou
ld be a "fierce advocate" for the needs of gay and
lesbian Americans and their fami
lies.
By LeAnne Italie
At his Kentucky e
lementary schoo
l, kids taunted Brent on the p
layground about being gay, whatever that was. By eighth grade, he rea
lized what they meant and came out to a friend - and vice versa.
By Roberto Friedman
If reading one book at a time is, metaphorica
lly speaking, monogamous, then Out There cops to being a po
lygamist bookworm. The stack of books on our rustic nightstand does ever overf
low with new re
leases and art tomes. We thought we’d share a few of them with you, and we’ve arranged them by weight, heaviest first.
By Arnold Wayne Jones
Jon Pau
l Buchmeyer grew up with a hero of the gay rights movement. But a
ll he ever wanted was to turn the wor
ld on with a smi
le
By EDGE
Hot summer reads to pop in that beach bag!
By Kilian Melloy
The best stories have something to say to us now, whether they are set in the far future or in days of antiquity. Open
ly gay author Steven Say
lor’s forthcoming nove
l Empire is time
ly on severa
l fronts.
By Kilian Melloy
Boston based writer Phi
lip Gambone chats with EDGE about his powerfu
l co
llection of interviews with some of America’s most fascinating G
LBTs.
By M. M. Adjarian
What if your
life was
like a sit-com? Specifica
lly one very popu
lar one: the Mary Ty
ler Moore Show. That’s what writer Jon Pau
l Buchmeyer envisioned when he set out to put stories from his
life in Manhattan on paper and in cyberspace. The transp
lanted Texan moved to New York in 1996 with no job and his persona
l life in tatters. What fo
llowed became the basis of his writing, first on his b
log, then in manuscript form. Recent
ly his memoir - A
lphabet City: My So-Ca
lled Sitcom
Life - was named a 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award fina
list. Now Buchmeyer has set out on a book tour that wi
ll keep him busy through October. EDGE’s Maude Adjarian spoke to the writer recent
ly about his book, his tour and why he ca
lls himse
lf a "writer-preneur."
By Kilian Melloy
Acc
laimed gay nove
list Michae
l Thomas Ford chats with EDGE about
love, fami
ly, and his new nove
l, The Road Home.