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The Times of London correspondent Tim Teeman knew Gore Vidal as the aging literary lion in winter, a brilliant novelist…
One of the final humiliations Marie Antoinette suffered, after languishing in a filthy prison cell, waiting for her execution, was…
Ray of Light and Dark “Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director”By Patrick McGilligan560 pages, $30Harper PerennialJuly, 2011…
Really Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition” Edited by Nicholas Frankel304 pages, illustratedHarvard University Press$35 (oversize…
Modigliani: A Life By Meryle Secrest387 pages, with photos and platesKnopf, $35 (hardcover)March 2011 Meryle Secrest attempts what many art…
John Rember, the writer, dispenses writing advice in “MFA in a Box.”Photo from mfainabox.com ‘MFA in a Box: A Why…
Sal Mineo (left) with James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” Sal Mineo: A Biography By Michael Gregg Michaud384 pages,…
Larry Kramer (right) comforts Vito Russo in his California home several months before he died.Photo from the U.S. Health Resources…
Life Is a Trip: The Magic of Transformative Travel By Judith Fein128 pagesSpirituality & Health BooksAugust 2010(See video clip below.)…
Peter Heller, author of “Kook”Photo by Eric Weber Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect…
Good Books for Hard Times Reprinted with permission from the author, San Francisco Chronicle. Sunday, March 8, 2009 “In…
Moshpit: The Violent World of Mosh Pit Culture Joe Ambrose I’ve a confession to make to you, dear readers: I…
What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias And The News Eric Alterman Are the media biased? Well, it depends on…