Gay boyz reading

[jawnbc]

I'm reading:

"La grosse femme d'a coté est enceinte" (slowly)--The fat lady next door is pregnant. Michel Tremblay. Taking a looong time due to my barely serviceable French.

'Atonement" Ian McEwan. Apparently fabulous but ploggin so far

A whack of journal articles on HIV/AIDS, injection drug use, homosexuality and social capital.

So what you boyz reading?

Comments

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

I've reading or re-reading on the intersection of culture and capital: "Art History and its Institutions," Elizabeth Mansfield; "Culture Incorporated" (read and just sold my copy on Amazon.com); re-reading: "Visual Display," Lynne Cooke & Peter Wollen; "Trouble in Mind - Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow," Leon Litwack; "Remembering Slavery," with audio - in
conjunction with US Library of Congress; "Mastering Herbalism," Paul Huson; "Plantas Curativas de Mexico," Dr. Luis Cabrera; "Plantas y Yerbas Medicinales de America," Jean Parker.

[jawnbc]

Fantastic!

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

Still reading Fast Food Nation I'm afraid. That and the back of cereal packets....

[jawnbc]

Excellent! Rice Krispies is my fav...the box, not the cereal

[ranger1.livejournal.com]

The Ethical Slut - Dossie Easton & Catherine A. Liszt
Casting Shadows (Babylon 5: The Passing of Technomages, Book 1) - Jeanne Cavelos
a Perl how-to book

[jawnbc]

Have heard of the slut book--apparently there's a gay male version floating about...

[ranger1.livejournal.com]

Because gay men relate to each other so very differently than the rest of humanity.

Sarcasm aside, I find the book general enough to be appliable to gay men... or anybody. YMMV.

sluttiness, volumes one and two,and three...and four.....

[kosseferal.livejournal.com]

Actually, The Ethical Slut is a very gender and orientation inclusive book. One of the authors goes into the development of her slut tendencies and ethic, with a nod to gay men as her mentors.


There IS a Lesbian Polifidelity Primer out on the shelves but I have never seen a gay male book on the subject of poly.

I get asked a lot of questions by the fellows at the g/bi/t men's support group I attend on Monday nights. Only one other fellow I have met has the desire to have multiple lovers. The others basically satisfy their desires either with a pair-bond or casual sex. Interesting.

Re: sluttiness, volumes one and two,and three...and four.....

[jawnbc]

I know a few guys in the States who are polyamory involved...usually co-habitating as a triad. The idea appeals to me, but since it's been a while since I've fallen in love with one guy, I don't much expect it to happen for me...

:)

I am reading...

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Cicero: The life and times of Rome's greatest politician.

and


The Faith: A history of Christianity.


:)

Re: I am reading...

[jawnbc]

GREAT!!!! Thanks!

reading fodder

[kosseferal.livejournal.com]

As Nature made Him, by John Colapinto (for about the 20th time, it is a very engrossing book).


See Dick Deconstruct
http://www.erotic-awards.co.uk/2002/book-see-dick.htm

Ian Phillips has become a favorite author of mine.

Re: reading fodder

[jawnbc]

Fantastic! Thanks!

[stingray1975.livejournal.com]

I recently finished reading The Hours, as you probably read in my journal. I'm currently reading the Saturday Star (www.thestar.com) from cover to cover. ;oP

[schillerium.livejournal.com]

Even the Classifieds?

[jawnbc]

Yisss, and I sense you loved The Hours. I found the book lacking--perhaps because I've not read Mrs. Dalloway. Surprisingly I found the film much more effective....

Ta

[bearchow.livejournal.com]

I totally agree ...

[jawnbc]

aren't we clever ;)

[schillerium.livejournal.com]

I have a nasty habit of having a whole handful of books on the go at once, depending on the mood I'm in, and taking forever to actually finish any one of them. The current assortment:

Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe
Yann Martel, The Life of Pi
Lynn Coady, Saints of Big Harbour
Ken Wiwa, In the Shadow of a Saint
Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct

[jawnbc]

Wowsa--how is the Austin Clarke? I was disappointed he won the Giller over Unless by Shields....? I thought Pi was brilliantly executed but since he lifted the plot from someone else he should've given back the Booker.

But that's just my opinion.... :)

[schillerium.livejournal.com]

The Clarke is quite interesting so far. Not to suggest that this is what was going on for you in particular, but certainly the media tone in general when he won the Giller seemed to imply a sense of "but Carol Shields is Approved CanLit [tm], how dare those presumptuous Giller judges give the prize to some (black) guy nobody's ever heard of?"

So, being the good boy that I am, I decided that I would read both books before casting any judgment of my own. Although, my budget being what it is, I still haven't read (or bought) the Shields book.

As for Martel, again, I'd want to know a whole lot more about the situation before drawing any conclusions. I'd need to know how much he actually lifted from the Brazilian novel -- was it just the basic idea of a child lost at sea, or did he lift the entire thing wholesale? That's one question that was never effectively answered for me in that controversy, and I don't necessarily think that borrowing elements of another writer's work for inspiration is a mortal sin, as long as the resulting work doesn't feel like a WalMart knockoff.

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to say I haven't read any Ken Saro-Wiwa, although I've heard his son interviewed on the radio. Wole Soyinka was very upset at Ken Saro-Wiwa's death and wrote some biting indictments of the government. Nigeria has a legacy in the oil industry that looks VERY pessimistic.

[jawnbc]

yeah, it's a hideous legacy...and the ignorance of most folks in the West/North about it is terrible. The book above is by his son Ken, who lives in (I think) Edmonton or Calgary. Certainly Canada...

[schillerium.livejournal.com]

The book I'm reading is actually by Ken Saro-Wiwa's son, about coming to terms with the legacy of having had Saro-Wiwa for a father. It's quite interesting, and he's a regular contributor to The Globe & Mail.

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

Yes, sirs. I understood that but didn't make myself clear in my response. :-)

[guywithmonsters.livejournal.com]

"The Artist's Way" (and now that I can read again...)
"Mirage" by Perry Brass I just started it - my second of his novels. I'm quickly beoming a fan.
"Turing and the Universal Machine" - Jan Agar. Just started this one as well.

[jawnbc]

very interesting...thanks!

[bookbear.livejournal.com]

Several years ago I picked up The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco. Still can't finish it. Have read much since then, but with teaching, I'm reading what they''re reading, but getting more outta them, like Romeo and Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird

I've recently bought the latest by Gunther Grass and Louise Erdritch. Those are for Summer break.

[jawnbc]

Interesting. For some reason I've not tried Eco...but I often viscerally react to things that are "kewl"--in any circle. Grass' The Tin Drum is one of my all-time favs.

[bookbear.livejournal.com]

The Name of the Rose is definitely Eco's most interesting and accessible, if he can be accessible. Read it along with The Key to The Name of the Rose, which is a small book of translations of all non-English passages (there is a deranged, simple-minded monk character who speaks a mixture of Spanish, Latin, Italian and German), as well as a detailed explanation of the library labyrinth. Eco also has some wonderful collections of essays on pop culture and linguistics. My favorite essay so far, from the collection How to Travel with a Salmon (I think) is called "How not to use a cell phone."