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Queer Literati @ Lambda Literary Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

May 29, 2009 in Literature by smhayhurst | 1 comment

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Authors Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and Edmund White -- founders of the legendary Violet Quill Club -- honored @ Lambda Literary Awards Thursday night in New York (Photo: SMHayhurst)

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Some of the biggest names in GLBT literature held court at the 21st annual Lamba Literary Awards hosted by Scott Nevins on Thursday night. Their names may not be familiar but their literary impact cannot be underscored enough. Everyone from past Lammy winners like Lambda Board Chair Christopher Rice, to our current obsession Dennis Cooper, to Edmund White, to one of our favorites Andrew Holleran, to Felice Picano, to Scott Heim, to up-and-coming new voices like Shawn Ruff and my friend and NYTimes columnist Bob Morris. If you’ve never read any of the nominated books, I suggest you take a look at the winners list. You won’t be disappointed. Who says 20-somethings don’t read? We saw plenty of young faces. And pictures don’t lie. Photos by Homo-Neurotics SMHayhurst and Shutterbug.

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Book News; Hugh Hefner may (or may not)
have let a dude go down on him

June 24, 2008 in Literature by Antonio Cerna | 1 comment

In a new tell all published by Wiley, of all places, author Stephen Watts recounts two previously unpublished stories of Hugh Hefner’s already overexposed sex life. Here’s an excerpt from Mr Playboy due in October:

Hefner’s thirst for sexual experience became so strong that he even had a one-time homosexual experience. One evening in downtown Chicago he was propositioned and, according to Sellers, he ‘thought, what the hell. Found it an interesting experience. As far as I know, the guy just gave him [oral sex].

  • Bio Details Gay Sex, Incest in Hugh Hefner’s Past [gaywired]
David Sedaris is kicking Augusten Burroughs ass on the New York Times Bestseller Lists. So much so, that Burroughs’ A Wolf at the Table has dropped onto the extended list. Bet you didn’t know there was an extended list, did you?

Homo-neurotic is set to interview Craig Seymour about his new memoir All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C. on Friday. Let’s see if he can teach us a few stripper moves. Also coming soon are reviews/interviews of Joel Derfner’s Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever and What Ended Up Happening Instead, and Fellow Travelers (Vintage) by Thomas Mallon.

WW Norton is re-releasing all of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series including The Talented Mr. Ripley and Ripley’s Game this month. A collectors edition $100 ($63 on Amazon) box-set The Complete Ripley Novels is set to release in October 2008. If you don’t know who Patricia Highsmith is, please log off right now. Because she could be one of the most interesting (tourtured) writers of the past century.

Want more Broadway Bares nakedness? Buy the book Backstage Pass: Broadway Bares by event creator and Executive Producer Jerry Mitchell. The book features sizzling behind-the-scene photos, performance shots, and stunning studio stills of half-naked boys. Proceeds from the sales of Backstage Pass benefit BC/EFA—so you can feel like you’ve done your philanthropic duty for the month.