‘The Scientists: A Family Romance’ by Marco Roth
Marco Roth grew up in
‘Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality’ by John Schwartz
New York Times journalist John
Thom Nickels: Affliction, Morality, and Liberation
“Like it or not, we
Daniel Mendelsohn: Beyond Borders, Beyond Identities
“I learn things when people
‘Far from the Tree’ by Andrew Solomon
In Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search For Identity (Scribner), psychologist Andrew Solomon poses a fundamental question: How do you nurture a child who is nothing like you?
‘Music for Porn’ by Rob Halpern
Music for Porn (Nightboat Books) is a linguistic symphony of the fetishization and politicization of the body of the “soldier” and an exploration of intimacy and desire.
‘SATANICA’: Pleasure Seekers Wanted
At a loss on what
‘Lovetown’ by Michał Witkowski
The phrase “too many queens, not enough spotlights” should give a glimpse into the anarchic feel of Michał Witkowski’s debut novel, Lovetown.
The self-proclaimed ‘queens’ of Lovetown, who exclusively refer to each other by feminine names, revel in what they see as the glorious heyday of Polish Communist-era sex, equal measures grim and liberating.
‘Penetralia’ by Richard Foerster
“I’ve loved the dead too
