Category: On Books and Publishing

Book reviews and author interviews, as well essays on the state of publishing.

Books about AIDS

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 26, 2008

“There’s no community around Black women with HIV and AIDS.”

The Day I Stopped Being Pretty by [Lofton, Rodney]

On Books and Publishing

Louis Bayard’s The Black Tower

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 8, 2008

Bayard’s recreation of 1818 Paris is devoid of sentimentality.

Chicago Chronicles On Books and Publishing Reporting

Diverse books part of read-out

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 1, 2008

The American Library Association (ALA) marked its 27th Annual Banned Books Week. Among the events was a read-out during which authors and Chicago Tribune columnists like Dawn Turner Trice read selections from their favorite banned or challenged books.

Chicago Chronicles On Books and Publishing Reporting

Banned books to take center stage

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 24, 2008

Since 1982, the American Library Association (ALA) has been hosting a Banned Books Week during the last week of September. The week begins with “Read Out!” featuring several authors and celebrities reading from their favorite banned books.

On Books and Publishing

Susan Hahn takes “Note”

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 17, 2008

“It’s about somebody trying to get some answers as to why things are why they are. But nothing seems to quite work.”

Image result for susan hahn the note she left

On Books and Publishing

Gabriella Turnaturi’s Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 3, 2008

As anyone who’s been involved with involved people will tell you, the possibility of betrayal is sometimes the only thing that keeps a relationship going, whether between the betrayers or between spouses and partners.

On Books and Publishing

Ruth Perkinson’s Piper’s Someday

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 13, 2008

The figures of the lower class like, Victor and Clover, are pitted against lesbians and gays who are, it seems, uniformly heroic and literate and kind.

On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Alistair McCartney’s The End of the World Book: A Novel

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 16, 2008

This is the sort of book writers might write for other writers.

On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Michael Luongo’s Gay Travels in the Muslim World

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 2, 2008

When it comes to travel, it seems that only Westerners travel ironically and self-consciously and write tales of their adventures, while Easterners merely fester in their chains.

On Books and Publishing

Ryan White’s mother speaks at Center

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 2, 2008

According to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the latest statistics on HIV indicate that the populations at greatest risk for new infections are African-American men who have sex with men, and African-American women. This is a marked shift from the early years of the epidemic, when HIV/AIDS was perceived—and stigmatized—as a white gay men’s disease.