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Stefani! Girl, You Crazy!

March 11, 2010 in Art, Icons, Music, books by TPreston | No comments

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Right now many of you are probably wetting yourself in anticipation for tonight’s long awaited premier of Lady Gaga and Beyonce’s “Telephone” video, (not to be confused with their other collaboration “Videophone”).  If you’re a super fan you have already had an exciting week with the release of the next great American classic “Lady Gaga: Behind The Fame” by Emily Herbert. Yes, after only a few short years of public awareness and on the cusp of her 24th birthday, Lady Gaga born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta already has a tell all biography.

Lambda Literary has a new online home

March 3, 2010 in Literature, books by Antonio Cerna | No comments

Dear HN readers. For the past 2 months I’ve been working with LambdaLiterary.org to launch our new website. Well I’m happy to say that on Monday we launched and it’s been an amazing ride. Some of you may know that my background is in books, so I will always have a special place in my heart for literary culture.  Right now, I’m happy that I’ve helped build a place for queer authors and writers to congregate. I enourage you to check out the site and give us your feedback. Thank you to all the friends out there for the incredible support.  [Video: Karina Melendez of Word Is Up]

We’re Reading This Week | Outsiders

February 16, 2010 in books by Antonio Cerna | No comments

Nice cover right?

Nice cover right?

Every fag (and fagette) you love to read is included in this slim volume of OUT essays assembled by Editor-in-Chief, Aaron Hicklin. Bonus points for the Bruce Weber-esque cover art. “Outsiders” collects the best of OUT for those of us who don’t make time to read magazines ever. And frankly, who doesn’t want to read essays by literary icons like Michael Cunningham, Sarah Waters, Mark Doty, Andrew Sullivan, Daniel Mendelsohn, Dale Peck, Josh Kilmer Purcell, Gregory Maguire, and that cutie Mike Albo? Best essay titles by far:  T Cooper’s “Manhunt is for pussies,” Andrew Sullivan’s “Yes, Actually,” and Daniel Mendelsohn’s “The World is a Ghetto.” Buy it here.

Be my literary e⋅Valentine

February 11, 2010 in Online, books by Antonio Cerna | No comments

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Just in time for V-Day, Russian poet Vera Pavlova and her husband and translator Steven Seymour have put together free e-card from Knopf, featuring poems from Pavlova’s new book, “If There is Something to Desire.”

RuPaul Werks it Out: A TV show, a Book deal, and Billboards galore

February 5, 2010 in Television, books by hadjalexiou | No comments

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LET’S BE REAL: RuPaul has taken over New York City. Her p*ssy-perfect picture is plastered on subway ads, the sides of buses and every other LOGO commercial from here to next Sunday. Last week was (after mad anticipation from homos across North America) the first episode of season two of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” (We’ll get to that too honey, I promise.) But in a perfectly-timed media storm, this week also saw the release of Ru’s new book: “Workin’ It!: RuPaul’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style”.

For anyone that wants to curl up with the soothing love of RuPaul’s voice before falling into slumber, this guide to living fabulously is like a pink fluffy hand-warmer that you put in your socks before skiing. Full of cheerful advice and hilarious anecdotes, it really does feel like the spice of her personality was caught and put into this 172-page coffee table liner, complete with flawless photos and bullet lists of How-To’s. Werk.

Lady Gaga | The Book

February 5, 2010 in books by Antonio Cerna | 2 comments

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What!? Yes. Lady Gaga has new bio-book coming out from Overlook Press on March 2, 2010. Ready to for the title? “Behind the Fame,” by Emily Herbert. It’s unclear if this will be an authorized biography. Either way, we want a copy stat. Jack Lamplough are you reading this? We smell an E! True Hollywood Story in the making.