Saturday, September 12, 2009

GANYMEDE #5 ISSUE RELEASED

GANYMEDE is a literary/art print journal by and for gay men published quarterly in New York as a paperback book. I'm happy to post this announcement regarding the release of issue #5.

GANYMEDE #5 ISSUE RELEASED
Our biggest ever--a whopping 344 pages!
Gay men¹s lit/art print quarterly published quarterly in New York
as a paperback book.

Table of contents and readable sample pages:
http://www.ganymedenyc.com/
Purchase (print or download) at
http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1308479

--EDMUND WHITE on writing gay
--OSCAR WILDE's delicious 1889 dialogue on art, ³The Decay of Lying²
--GLENWAY WESCOTT's 1928 story of a little boy going to a ball in drag
--BERGDORF BOYS by Scott Hess: first of four parts serializing a complete novel about gay party boys in New York
--TEN gay poets--the finest survey of gay poetry in print today
--EIGHT cutting-edge gay visual artists from around the world
--SUSAN GLASPELL's 1917 story ³A Jury of Her Peers²
--INDIE EYE with tips on obscure movies to rent, including the first
gay Bollywood flick!
--The Paris of Our Dreams: the 19th-century transformation of Paris
coincided with the birth of photography, and the rise of archival
photographers who snapped parts of the city either rising or falling.
Our portfolio shows these precious images.

"When I pulled Ganymede #5 out of its box, I held a spine nearly an inch thick, healthy for an annual but unheard-of for a quarterly. And when I reached the end of its 344 pages, my head was spinning. Nothing remotely like Ganymede has been seen in the gay community in my lifetime. After crucial essays by Edmund White and Oscar Wilde, each section, presented with style and snap, leads you deep into gay male experiences of genuine interest and pungency. Ganymede has already been praised for its textual importance and visual splendor, but with this issue, it rises to real historic grandeur. No literate gay man can afford to miss it."
--Erik Mitchell in AssociatedContent.com

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Lots of Gay Blogs Have Been Deactivated

You may have noticed that many gay blogs have been deactivated recently.

Click here to go to a special blog devoted to this issue. I won't rehash the whole story here. You can follow the link I've included here for extensive details on what's been happening as well as updates on which blogs have closed and which blogs have re-opened.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Happy Guy at Vancouver Pride


Vancouver Pride happy guy, originally uploaded by troutwerks.

I hope this photo, shared with us by Flickr member troutwerks, brightens up your day!