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Steve’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Steve’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Steve Turtell’s Followers (50)
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Steve Turtell
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Her Name Is George
“All that is prearranged is false . . . . . How do I know what I think until I see what I say,”
E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel p. 101
In 1995, I was forty-five, in the MFA program in poetry at Brooklyn College, and teaching for the first time in my life. In the single class we had in how to teach basic composition, one of our assignments was a brief autobiographical essay. I wrote about my very
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Peter Hujar: Speed of Life
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2017
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Heroes and Householders
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2012
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Portraits and Places
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Letter to Frank O'Hara (ReBound Series, #3)
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2011
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"The Art of Being a Stranger is a beautiful surprise. A slim epic, an ode, an homage, a poem, a diary no one was meant to see . . . the fact that it defies categorization makes the read all the more pleasurable. Bermann's artwork partners the terse te"
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Patricia's review
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The Art of Being a Stranger: A Family Memoir:
"This book is amazing. The writing is lyrical, funny, and somber, the story tragic, the art gorgeous. Even the paper is luscious. It's a quick read and well worth rereading. "
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Charlie's review
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The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek:
"A stunning portrait of two brilliant, troubled, and artistically clairvoyant mid-late 20th century artists, by one of my favorite contemporary writers. I have known Hujar’s work for years, but this book (and Primary Information’s brilliant Stay away "
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The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek
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“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
― William Shakespeare
― William Shakespeare
“Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top.”
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“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
Queereaders
— 21426 members
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A group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and supporters interested in fun and stimulating conversation about books, movies, art, ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Magnus Books
— 145 members
— last activity Jul 14, 2013 01:39AM
Book discussion group for readers and writers of LGBT literature. Magnus Books is an imprint of Riverdale Avenue Books. We publish widely in both LGBT ...more
THE Group for Authors!
— 13013 members
— last activity Apr 22, 2026 06:28PM
This is a group for authors to discuss their craft, as well as publishing and book marketing.
My Story Book Club
— 103 members
— last activity Mar 28, 2013 05:52PM
My Story is a Young Adult online LGBT book club featuring a LGBT author every month. Lambda Literary Foundation’s My Story Book Club, in association w ...more
¡ POETRY !
— 22533 members
— last activity Apr 13, 2026 03:25PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
LGBTQIAP+ Lit Lovers
— 221 members
— last activity Jun 27, 2025 04:39PM
For those who appreciate LGBTQIAP+ literature across various genres, we are a welcoming and supportive community that offers a non-judgmental space fo ...more
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How cool that you have gay books and my friend Lynda Mapes' tree book in your list. I met Peter Hujar in the 1970s will look at your book some time soon. You might enjoy my recently published autobiography, "Left, Gay & Green; A Writer's Life." Some reviews and other info on Amazon.com about my book, and others I have done. I'm new on Goodreads. Best wishes to you.
Hi Steve, thanks for accepting my friend request! You have great taste in books.
Cheers, Steve
Allen wrote: "How cool that you have gay books and my friend Lynda Mapes' tree book in your list. I met Peter Hujar in the 1970s will look at your book some time soon. You might enjoy my recently published autob..."