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An Art-Filled Weekend in Chicago
Despite the ridiculous name change (Painting His World) – to make it more “inclusive” according to the Chicago curator Gloria Groom, I enjoyed the Caillebotte exhibition at the Art Institute (Painting Men). The focus and commentary beside the works remain … Continue reading
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Random Links
La marche des fiertés 2025 par Willam Marx (Le Monde). He’s Here, He’s Queer, He’s the Future King of England, a new Off Broadway play (New York Times).
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Straight Acting: Queer Shakespeare
From the introduction (Prologue) of Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare, Will Tosh, Seal Press, 2024, the best book I have read on this topic: I don’t see the need to look for incontrovertible signs that Shakespeare the … Continue reading
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Yiyin Li remembers Edmund White
A friendship of voracious readers: https://yalereview.org/article/yiyun-li-edmund-white-tribute:
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Gaydar in À la recherche du temps perdu
Baron de Charlus attends his first Verdurin dinner party at La Raspelière with Morel and he misinterprets Dr. Cottard’s gaze as some kind of sexual advance: « Pour M. de Charlus, qui pensait peut-être aux dangers (bien imaginaires) que la présence … Continue reading
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Edmund White on gay literature
In his last book, The Loves of my Life (Bloomsbury, 2025), Edmund White writes these comments which I found interesting : « The Pupil is one of the best gay short stories ever written, unless it’s Conrad’s The Secret Sharer – and he wasn’t even gay! » « Now … Continue reading
Mario Vargas Llosa, 1936-2025
In his appraisal in the New York Times Dwight Garner overlooks El sueño del celta (2010), which, among the novels I have read, is my favorite. Interweaving Roger Casement’s last days in prison with flashbacks from his life, Vargas Llosa presents us with a … Continue reading
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Of course, we must talk about Kafka!
Of course, we must talk about Kafka! The year coming to an end marks the centenary of his death, on June 3 1924, at the age of 40. Author of a multifaceted body of work, the Czech writer has been … Continue reading
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Celebrating the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth
Under this title, Fred d’Aguilar, in December 6th TLS, reviews Baldwin’s memoir, No Name in the Street, “beautifully reissued by Penguin Classics,” and several recently published books on the author, who was born on August 2, 1924, among which: Colm Tóibín’s On James … Continue reading
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Garth Greenwell and the books of his life
Garth Greenwell was recently featured in the excellent The Book of my Life weekly column in The Guardian. Among other things, he talks about Saint Augustine, the author of Confessions (an “autofiction”), his favorite writer, WG Sebald’s The Ring of Saturn, which made him wanting … Continue reading
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