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I really love Gay Talese and this is my favorite book of his. It’s kind of a history of sexuality in the United States. He even goes to this swingers resort and documents the dysfunction of communal living while it slowly ruins his own marriage.
Jan 4, 2022
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This novel from 1992 is being reissued by New Directions in May, and it is hilarious, very sad, and constantly teetering on the brink of being genuinely offensive. But it isn’t offensive! It depicts the fraught, competitive, and co-dependent relationship between gay men and women in a way that not many writers of either group have been able to pull off. I don’t know that many writers at all have attempted to depict this relationship as a primary goal in their texts—it does come up as a consequence of other plots and themes—but that’s what this book is “about.” I was going to add one of my favorite lines from the book here, but out of context it does indeed seem offensive, even if I promise it’s narrated from the perspective of an Emma Bovary character, so you just have to get the book and see for yourself.
Jun 6, 2024
A culturally sophisticated gay man’s wet dream, with performances, set design, and costumes to match. Or for anyone who gets off on rich people problems.
Feb 1, 2024
Picked this up at McNally Jackson based on premise alone & realised halfway through that it’s a metaphor for the AIDS epidemic! Beautifully written, harsh and gory, a great translation from Jeffrey Zuckerman.
Jul 1, 2024
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This is one of my favorite books of all time. It says so many interesting things about groupthink and crowd violence. He hangs out with a bunch of soccer hooligans as they fly around Europe and destroy whatever city they land in. There’s no logic just pure adrenaline. I feel like I have a better understanding of why people act the way they do every time I read it.
Jan 4, 2022
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I watch inside edition YouTube channel all the time because there are a lot of stories that nobody else is covering. One of my favorite video titles is “world’s smallest police dog dies of heartbreak.” They do a lot of really weird pieces where they go to a hotel with a blacklight to see if they changed sheets between guests and stuff.
Jan 4, 2022
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This is a great documentary that I think was on BBC in the 70s or something. They just film an office Christmas party and it becomes a sloppy mess where everyone is chain-smoking and making out in closets and stuff.
Jan 4, 2022