Posts Tagged ‘Andre Aciman’
On How Incredibly Fucked Up: Book of Closet Cases Wins Lambda Literary Award for Men’s Fiction
31May08
In which The Gay Recluse is rather perturbed. Hey, apparently all it takes to win a Lambda Literary Award for Men’s Fiction — even if you’re not gay! — is to write a seriously homophobic treatment of a teen romance, get a bunch of testimonials from important straights, and put a smokin’ hot cover on […]
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Tags: Andre Aciman, Gay Voice, Homophobia, Lamda Literary Awards
In which The Gay Recluse reads an acclaimed book of contemporary fiction and is more than disappointed. When we first received our copy of Call Me By Your Name (FSG, 2007) by Andre Aciman, we were a bit startled (but pleased, to be sure) that a book about a love affair between a 17-year-old boy […]
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Tags: Andre Aciman, Bad Books, Call Me By Your Name, Closet Case, Gay Voice, Homophobia, Stereotypes
The Gay Recluse 