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< Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series) > < Zami A New Spelling of My Name: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography (Crossing Press Feminist Series) > < Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center > < The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde > < Borderlands/La Frontera, The New Mestiza: Third Edition > < Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Routledge Classics) > Geraldine Audre Lorde

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(Why hasn't Amazon censored this one?)

(Fantastic Book)

(Thoughts on sister outsider)

(Still Saving Lives)

(Incredible essays)

Since Amazon has removed Zami: A New Spelling of My Name from the sales rankings, I'm surprised to see this one has slipped through the censor's "adult content" filter.
I wish I'd read this book 30 years ago when it came out. It's still as relevant today as it was then--and in many ways just as revolutionary. I'm not black, but it applies to anyone who does not run with the crowd and has a strong desire to look at things honestly in spite of the personal discomfort involved. Things need to change in the US--we need to see ourselves as in this thing together(life, the "American experiment"),and this book drives that home.
If you are looking for some consiousness raising, inspiring, and honest words - then this is the book that will bring that to you.I highly recommend it.
"I have come to work on you like a drug or a chisel" wrote the late Audre Lorde. Her passing created a hollow space in my soul that is now full again, thanks to Audre Lorde. Despite the fact that 'Sister Outsider' is assigned in virtually every women's studies and gender studies 101, do not think it is dry, ultimately a mere 'academic' book. Audre Lorde lived in and for a radical poetics and a radical pedagogy. If you have not discovered her work yet, please get a hold of a copy. It might save your life the way it saved mine, and I am white, male and straight, with a fierce hatred of white supremacy, patriarchy, and homophobia. But never mind my repeating a mantra you have heard, simply read this book as soon as possible.
No poems this time around, folks: prose that gets under your skin and into your head. The late, great Audre Lorde, known primarily for her poetry over the years, wrote what is one of the most compelling books on sociology, sexuality, racism and the nature of human character and existence in the last 20 years. Her charges are damning, but dashed with more than a spoonful of hope when appropriate, and it is impossible to walk away from this book unchanged.

No New Age-isms, no agendas...just common-sense reactions to everyday experiences told in a way that not only everyone can understand, but in a way everyone SHOULD understand.
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< Teacher's Pet > < Diving in Deep > < Crossing Borders > < The Assignment > < Driving Hard > < The Boy Next Door > G A Hauser

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(Just OK !)

(Teacher's Pet)

(Disappointing)

(YUK!)

(TEACHER'S PET by G. A. Hauser)

This is my first GAH endeavor. The story was OK. Not a whole lot of character development and the story was "just OK". The best part of the storyline was our main character, Jeremy, coming to terms with his sexuality and having to deal with informing his family and friends. Aside from that, his relationship with his college professor, Peter, was also just OK. The end of the story was rather rushed. Eventhough this is considered a piece of erotic fiction, I still expect a good storyline and some interesting subplots which were not real evident in this piece. Just OK.
Pursuing a computer engineering degree, Jeremy padded his class load with a couple of art classes, and when he saw the professor who will be teaching them he was happy he did. Jeremy has never been so attracted to anyone in all of his twenty-two years of living but he's afraid nothing will become it, for one, he's not open about his sexuality and two, Professor Peter Foster is married.

At thirty-four Peter is successful enough as an artist that his teaching career is optional, something he do because he enjoys it. When he noticed Jeremy's interest in him he had to admit it felt very nice to have such open adoration directed at him. Living in a marriage from hell, Peter had no intention of leading Jeremy on, but the attraction between them is undeniable.

Teacher's Pet had a difficult time drawing me in. I couldn't connect with any of the characters and found myself not caring if it ended happily or not. I was thoroughly confused by Peter, he's twice married and honestly I wasn't sure if he was interested in men or not until his first sexual encounter with Jeremy. I felt Jeremy was more concerned with losing his friends then being honest and happy with himself, and his personality did a 180 from scared little boy to sexual predator real fast. I also found the women to be extremely nasty, rude and wicked this includes Peter's wife, Jeremy's sister and certain classmates. On top of the character issues the storyline was not very consistent, and there were editing issues that also added to the inconsistency of the storyline. For those who like teacher student romances with extra hot college boys to spare, which I most certainly do, Teacher's Pet may be a good read for you even though I couldn't connect with it.

Ley
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This book was a total disappointment to me.

Over the last 2 or 3 years, I've bought a number of Ms. Hauser's books because her early "gay romance" novel - THE PHYSICIAN AND THE ACTOR - was such a 5-star standout in a genre which seems more and more defined by bad porn film dialogue and tired, ho-hum plots. A few of her more recent books - THE BOY NEXT DOOR, GIVING UP THE GHOST and FOR LOVE AND MONEY (worthwhile sequel to THE PHYSICIAN AND THE ACTOR) - have maintained the high quality of true romance evidenced in that first book. But now that she seems intent on publishing a book per month, others (for example: CRUISING, LOVE YOU LOVEDAY and - notably - TEACHER'S PET), come across as formulaic template with their only saving grace being that she does not usually give us the choppy, truly awful dialogue drivel ("Bed! Now! Want you now! Your hand! Here!") that other female authors in the M/M genre think of as typical gay pillow talk.

There was this beautifully balanced character interplay and sexual tension in THE PHYSICIAN AND THE ACTOR and the two guys (who WERE truly meant for each other) did not consummate their relationship until we had silently cheered them on for 200 pages. In TEACHER'S PET, the professor and his student have hopped into bed with one another after only 50 pages - way before the reader has gotten to really know them. I'm sorry but that's NOT romantic at all. And shouldn't a romance novel be, well, "romantic?"

As a mature gay male, I know I'm probably NOT the typical reader of or targeted audience for the recently developed (and possibly Yaoi influenced) M/M genre. I realize they're mostly written by women for other women. But, dammit, I just happen to like the idea of true romance in the lives of gay male couples to-be. It doesn't matter to me whether the splendor of romance and love-making is depicted by women authors like G. A. Hauser or by gay male authors such as Edward C. Patterson and J. G. Hayes (whose outstanding books, transcending M/M pulp, depict gay male love at its best, most believable - and, sometimes, most heartbreaking). After all I have identified with, read and loved the work of Patricia Nell Warren and Mary Renault over the years. As a gay male who reads perhaps 200 books a year, all I ask is that the characters, plot and dialogue ring true to me.

Hauser's THE PHYSICIAN AND THE ACTOR established itself as one of my favorite gay-themed novels. But most of her recent work hints that she has perhaps become more interested in the quantity of her work rather than its sustained quality. And that's a shame because she is truly capable of meaningful, memorable and literate story telling.

Simply dreadful. The characters are inexplicably flat. the minimal growth they show is almost beyond logic. and - worst sin of all for the genre of
This is a good book. It's not perfect, but the positives far outweigh the negatives.

Jeremy and Peter are great characters. Jeremy is a pretty typical college student in many ways, but he's also very mature. I never really felt like I was reading about a 22-year-old. Sure, he lives with a roommate in a messy college dorm, he drinks when he should be studying, he eats too much fast food, and he fights with his trampy younger sister. But he also deals with some very adult issues that make him seem far older than most college students. Peter is the cool professor everyone wants in college. He dresses casually, he curses in class, and he flirts with his students. He hates the harpy he married on a drunken night in Reno, but he tries to make it work because he's just a nice guy with a noble (though misguided) sense of duty.

My favorite character in this book is Kevin, Jeremy's roommate. Ms. Hauser obviously really liked him, and she did a great job characterizing him. I wish he had played a bigger part in the story. He and Jeremy have great chemistry, and there are a couple of brief exchanges between the two guys that I really wish had been explored further. I'd love to see him get his own book. He needs his HEA.

Peter's brother is another great character in this story, and I wish we'd gotten to know him better, too. Ms. Hauser really could have done great things with him. I hope I get to see him again.

I do have a few complaints about this book, but they're fairly minor. The first is just a personal preference of mine, so take it with a grain of salt: I didn't care much for the tone of this book. I know some pretty serious stuff was happening, but I still don't think it warranted such a melancholy tone. It was only a minor distraction for me, and it may not matter at all to most people, but I still feel the need to address it.

Second, a few seemingly important subplots were seriously neglected. I thought the Kevin issue deserved more attention, and so did the family problems, but the most neglected subplot of all involved the skank wife--and wasn't she pretty central to the story?? The climax of this story was really an anticlimax, and that rarely works for me. I guess I just felt that a few loose ends could have been tied up a bit more neatly.

I have no problem with the infidelity in this story. The wife is a troll. You'll hate her, too, and you'll be happy that Pete cheats on her. I promise. I don't even have a problem with the teacher/student relationship. I'd feel differently if Pete were 60 years old and in love with a minor, but I have no problems with a 34-year-old man dating 22-year-old college guy--even in a teacher/student capacity.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I usually have a hard time relating to Ms. Hauser's writing style or the characters in her books, so I didn't really expect much out of TEACHER'S PET. Though I prefer a lighter tone in my romances, I do love these characters.

All in all, this is a very pleasant read. Good protagonists and supporting characters, great sex, believable chemistry, and an interesting storyline.
When twenty-two year old Jeremy West decided to take a few art classes in addition to his computer engineering degree, he had no idea that one of his professors would knock him off his feet. Professor Peter Foster, a young handsome and talented thirty-four year old professional artist, put Jeremy into heat every time he sat in his lecture hall or attended his sculpture class. Soon, Jeremy's good looks caught his teacher's eye. Finding a way to meet with him after class, Jeremy learns that the object of his desire is living with a young woman he married on one drunken night in Reno a year ago. A relationship becomes inevitable as the two find the physical attraction they share too much to deny. They begin a secret affair together until suspicion is aroused and rumors begin to circulate campus. A relationship between them was inevitable, but will Peter make the changes in his life to open the door for this new love? Or will he be simply just another favored student, the teacher's pet?
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(Stone Butch Blues)

(Cheap)

(Loved this book.)

(Mom loved it too)

(Wonderful)

This book reads like a bad romance novel you would buy off of the shelf at the grocery store. There are WAY too many characters to keep up with and there really is no story line. The book is about Jess, a lesbian butch, trying to find her way through life...aren't we all? There really is nothing special about this book. It does offer SOME insight into how hard it must have been in the 1960's living as a homosexual, but the accounts are short and redundant. I feel like I am reading the same parts over and over again. Not worth reading.
An important historical chronicle, however, the quality of the writing is consistently, unbelievably poor. Clichés permeate the page, the characters are 2-dimensional and belong in after school specials, emotional impact is conveyed through insultingly obvious explanations, the narrator is supposed to be stoic yet she cries every five pages. Strong emotion is not just tears. And while the message is important-- it's completely spelled out for the reader every page-- the fact that this is 6th grade level writing makes everything feel incredibly exploitative and thoroughly unconvincing.
I finally just read this book after having it on my "to-read" list for far too long. I'm appreciative of "Stone Butch Blues" on so many levels! It's amazing to read something that relates to you in a very meaningful way and this book does that for me. I think the author did a wonderful job of injecting details of historic importance into the story. A very needed and well-executed book for our community.
When I first read this book a few years back, I remember crying through parts and never being able to put the book down.
Then my mom requested a copy for her book club. She loved it too.
I needed this book for a class, last minute. It arrived within a matter of days, saving me from getting behind. It was wonderful. :)

Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence.

Woman or man? That's the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950's, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence.

Leslie Feinberg is also the author ofTrans Liberation,Trans Gender WarriorsandTransgender Liberation, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues.

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< Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality > < Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics) > < The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction > < Undoing Gender > < Myths Of Gender: Biological Theories About Women And Men, Revised Edition > < Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us > Anne Fausto-Sterling

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(Never received due to flood)

(It's lengthy but worthwhile reading)

(sex&gender)

(The science of gender)

(Gender seen from a particular perspective)

I didn't receive the book by due date so I emailed the seller and she responded that her basement flooded and could not send the book. I got it somewhere else.
This is an excellent book where the author discusses both the biological and social (environmental) aspects of gender to show the process of how society imprints meaning to our sexual bodies.
Sexing the Body is a thick book, and an important one. The section of footnotes is nearly as long as the text of the book (which can be complicated when reading; I ended up using two bookmarks). That said, it covers the part of the conversation that most of us don't have when we talk about the difference between sex and gender. I have a friend who reads my stuff - she's a feminist, and smart. But whenever I say that we don't really know if there are only two sexes, she always writes "you mean genders here?" in the margin. But no, I mean sex. I mean XX or XY. Or "with penis" or "with clitoris." And that's exactly what Anne Fausto-Sterling covers in this book: how we came to decide that there are two sexes, how (through the times) science came to that standard, and why it's wrong and when it's wrong.
This book is covers the science and politics of gender in a readable language. Fausto-Sterling examines biological experiments on lab animals as well as the history behind our concepts of male and female. She describes gender as an "interaction between small groups of people...[that] involves institutional rules."
It's a well thoughtout book full of useful information to anyone studying gender.
As a transgendered person who is trying to read as much information as possible about gender, this book does supply alot of historic, scientific and theoretical background. It is another important addition to my library. That being said, I was taken aback by her comments regarding transexuals on pp 253 as a "type of human" and "stereotypical member of their sex to be". If I misunderstood the inference, I apologize. If not, I am greatly offended and wonder why marginalizing my existence supports yours. Read Judith Butler as a comparison to this work.
This path-breaking study of gender and sexuality is the first to go beyond the nature/nurture debate to offer an alternate framework for considering questions of sex and sexuality.

Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced.

Drawing on astonishing real-life cases and a probing analysis of centuries of scientific research, Fausto-Sterling demonstrates how scientists have historically politicized the body. In lively and impassioned prose, she breaks down three key dualisms - sex/gender, nature/nurture, and real/constructed - and asserts that individuals born as mixtures of male and female exist as one of five natural human variants and, as such, should not be forced to compromise their differences to fit a flawed societal definition of normality.
Anyone who has been following the new brain science in the popular press--and even those whose casual reading includes journals along the lines ofPsychoneuroendocrinology--will be fascinated by the puckish observations of Brown University biologist Anne Fausto-Sterling, whose provocative and erudite essays easily establish the cultural biases underlying current scientific thought on gender. She goes on to critique the science itself, exposing inconsistencies in the literature and weaknesses in the rhetorical and theoretical structures that support new research. "One of the major claims I make in this book," she explains, "is that labeling someone a man or a woman is a social decision. We may use scientific knowledge to help us make the decision, but only our beliefs about gender--not science--can define our sex. Furthermore, our beliefs about gender affect what kinds of knowledge scientists produce about sex in the first place." Whether discussing genital surgery on intersex infants or the amorous lives of lab rats, the author is unfailingly clear and convincing, and manages to impart humor to subjects as seemingly unpromising as neuroanatomy and the structure of proteins.--Regina Marler
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(Downer On The Farm)

(A wonderful love story)

(Cute, engaging story)

(cardboard cutouts)

(Simply Delicious)

The Tin Star was an OK read and a good way to waste a few hours, but not anything to rave about. The characters and setting are somewhat bland and not very well defined. The two main "cowboys" go from rough and tumble roughnecks in one chapter to over-emotional wusses in the next. It was nice to see the characters as vulnerable, but one characters dog was his "baby" and they called each other "Cowboy" and "Blue Eyes" too much for my liking. Some will likely find this endearing, but if you are going to do a love story about tough ranch hands it could have been more believable if they had been slightly less soft(which admittedly would have taken away much of the romance).

The plot twists in this book are what kept me hooked. Every chapter told a unique story and kept you interested enough to read the next, with several storylines that continued nicely throughout. My only problem with the twists were how abruptly they were dealt with. Without giving away too much, I'll just say that life altering events are tackled and forgotten quickly in The Tin Star, and our heroes are never too down on their luck for the every-other-chapter roll in the hay, which I found myself skipping by the end of the book whenever something in either Jamie or Ethan's "tight Wrangler pants stirred".

It was hard to keep track who's point of view the story was coming from a lot of the time. Each section was from one of the twos POV but I often forgot which one. Maybe just me but this was confusing and the way the story was written totally unnecessary.

I found the book somewhat stereotypical in its portrayal of the two lovers. Ethan was older and wise and always right, although he was rough around the edges and deeply in the closet. Jamie was young and carefree and made a bunch of stupid mistakes that his older lover had to rescue him from. Ethan also threw money at the young guy like it was falling out of the sky. In return, Jamie did all the cleaning and cooking and was more than willing to do anything Ethan asked in the bedroom. Ethan seemed like a "sugar Daddy" to me and Jamie like an oversexed housewife.

Sorry to trash this book! I had high hopes for it, and while I won't call it a complete waste I can't recommend it either.

PS: The author used the term "waggled their eyebrows" at least 4 times in this book. Just a pet peeve I had with the story. Who the heck "waggles their eyebrows" nowadays? Especially in erotic fiction?
I just finished reading "The Tin Star" for the fourth time and I enjoy it more each time I read it. The main characters Ethen and Jamie are very well developed and by the time you finish the book, you fell like you know them and they have become friends. This is a beautifully written love story and it is such a pleasure to see the love and caring that grows between Ethen and Jamie. Love like theirs is something that is hard to find and the book leaves you with a very satisfied and warm feeling. The story line is well developed and the plot carries through the entire book. I highly recommend "The Tin Star" to anyone who enjoys m/m romances. This one is a real keeper that you will want to read over again.
This story is a cute, funny romance between two men. The format is very similar to the short Harlequin romance stories available in grocery stores and drugstores- fairly light on plot and heavy in romance and sex. The characters were all quite likeable and reading this was an enjoyable way to waste an afternoon. The resolution of conflict in the story was rather abrupt, though- an extra chapter or so of resolution would have helped with 'flow' of the story.
If you are looking for descriptions of hot guys having sex, you've certainly got that in this book. The regular spacing of this activity suggests that this book is meant to be read in short bursts, each punctuated with steamy action (bedtime reading?). Beyond this, the characters are cute cardboard cutouts, with the stereotype of an older guy/younger guy, and short hair/long hair. Don't expect a plot. Any potential threat to the idyllic relationship is quickly disposed of: jealousy is written off in a paragraph, a hot guy is noticed but is gone, no issue arises between the couple where one is liberal and out, and the other is conservative and closeted. The biggest threat is the homophobic violence, but the perpetrator is no mystery, and the events that ensue are almost a footnote.

Still, for hot steamy cowboy sex, it is a fun read.
This was romantic and erotic at the same time. The depth of Ethan's emotions for the young, sexy and playful Jamie just simply blew me away. There is nothing like a tall, sexy cowboy falling in love. I reread it 3 times. Now I will hunt for other titles by this author. A truly great read.
When James Killian comes out to his father, he finds himself banished from his home and fired from his job. His savior comes in the unlikely form of Ethan Whitehall, his older brother's best friend. Ethan has always had a soft spot where Jamie Killian was concerned, and he will do whatever it takes to keep his new lover safe. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This book contains explicit homoerotic sex that some readers may find offensive.
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< Sure of You (Tales of the City Series, V. 6) > < Significant Others > < Babycakes (Tales of the City Series, V. 4) > < Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City Series, V. 3) > < More Tales of the City (Showtime Tie-In Edition) > < Tales of the City: A Novel (P.S.) > Armistead Maupin

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(New Beginnings)

(Moving on)

(IS THIS THE END???)

(Mary Ann Singleton - the heroine who betrayed Barbery Lane)

(Not a fairytale ending just painfully realistic)

The Tales of The City series comes to a bittersweet, and for some devoted fans of the series, startling conclusion with Sure Of You. Maupin does have his characters and the readers who have grown to love them face some hard truths. Dramatic changes occur and old bonds are broken, but after all the upheaval, new possibilities emerge and what had seemed to be a sobering conclusion transforms into a promising new beginning.

Some cynics have claimed this is the book that turns the likeable and ambitious character of Mary Ann Singleton into a driven and cold-hearted monster. These cynical readers are wrong and have missed the nuances of Maupin's story. Admittedly, Maupin is particularly kind in his portrayal of Mary Ann; however, he is not entirely unforgiving and we can sympathize to some degree with her choices and the desires that drive them. Mary Ann does make some decisions which deeply wound those she loves and her behavior is sometimes selfish; however, there is never callousness in her actions nor does she lack regret. Furthermore, the choices she makes are driven by a desire to change a life that has fallen into a dark and unhappy rut, which she believes she can only escape by taking a new direction she hopes will finally lead to true happiness for herself, and eventually for Brian. At the end of the novel, while nothing will be the same, new bonds have been forged, some old bonds have been renewed and strengthened, and where some bonds have been severed, there remains the promise of reconciliation between two old friends.
This is a toughie. This is Maupin's most beautifully written entry in the "Tales" series (owing partly to the fact that it was not originally written as a serial), but it's also the most disappointing. To this day, I'm still a bit confused as to why Maupin made Mary Ann turn out the way she did. Over the years, the more people I've talked to, the more I realized I wasn't alone. Some said Mary Ann was never quite the character we perceived her to be from the start but if that's so, why did so many feel so let down by her? Maybe Maupin's ideas of her and the reader's perception never matched from Book 1. Perhaps things would be different had Maupin not had Mary Ann be the first character introduced. We see San Francisco through her eyes, and we identify with her. What's that say about us when she ends up cold and unfeeling?

Time hasn't helped the case for the book either. Once the miniseries came out and Laura Linney became THE Mary Ann, it's even harder to read this final book. In the end, the fact that this book's still has people talking 18 years after it's release shows how much we grew to love these characters. This book is full of sadness, but also hope. Michael has AIDS and San Francisco is a different place than it was only a decade earlier, but we get glimmers of the new activism that rose out of the AIDS crisis, and would eventually help fuel the "gay 90s."

I am glad that Maupin will have a new book out soon that, while not officially a Tales book with its multi-character stories, will feature some of the old gang; it's been much too long. "Sure of You" may have been the end of the series but it's a classy, sad, depressing, troubling, frustrating and great finale.
After reading all of the comments on SURE OF YOU (TOTC, #6), I was a little reluctant to read it. I hadn't even finished reading BABYCAKES(TOTC, #4) yet, and I couldn't wait to get to the sixth and final book of the series, so I peaked at the reviews.

I know, bad move--I should have waited. Well, I finished books 4 and 5 and so, with a deep breath, plunged into book 6.

Needless to say, all of Maupin's engaging writing style is still there along with all the characters we TALES OF THE CITY fans have grown to love.

But, I have to disagree with other fans that say it wasn't a fairy tale ending. It was a fairy tale ending for each of the characters, according to their own stories, being that they got what they wanted...but it wasn't the fairy tale ending I wanted.

As far as Mary Anne becoming a hated character, I don't hate her. Was I ready for what was to come? No...but I understand it.

Perhaps this is what makes Maupin's TALES...series so endearing, because the stories are about people, life and change. And unfortunately people grow apart, life around us changes, and nothing stays the same.

I know this is the final TOTC book and even though MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES is coming out in June '07, Maupin says it won't be TOTC #7. Hopefully, he'll reconsider that or at least write a TOTC #7.

So, if you've read TOTC up to book 5, then you might as well read the last one. No, it won't be the ending you would want or even expect, but at least you'll get closure.

Mary Ann Singleton first saw San Francisco at 25, everyone fell in love with the midwest transplant, but then when fame and ambition made her betray those closest to her ... she ran to New York and away from it all. It was characteristic of the ultimate lesson of the 80's. While the Tales of the City characters galavanted around in adventure during the 1970's ... the 80's greed and ambition transformed TV star Mary Ann into a cruel yuppie. Ending the saga ... culiminating in the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and Mary Ann abandoning all those who supported her throughout the years. Tales began and ended with Mary Ann ... and it was all just bittersweet.
The residents of 28 Barbary Lane first came into my life in 1991 and they've remained firmly amongst my favourite literary characters of all time. Having read several reviews of "Sure of You" expressing feelings of disappointment and betrayal, I felt I had to chip in with my "twopenny" worth.
The evolution of all of the main characters (guided by Maupin's prodigiously talented hand) is achingly believable and, I for one think that, as an epilogue, "Sure of You" hits exactly the right notes. The many Mary Ann fans out there who felt particularly let down are maybe in need of a reality check. Look at what has happened to these people in the 12 tumultuous years from 1976 to 1988. How can we realistically expect the warm, cosy, fun-loving and uncomplicated world of the "20somethings" in "Tales" to be untouched by the passage of time as they approach middle age. Mary Ann, in spite of flashes of good, was always an essentially selfish character (very early on she dropped the flaky, but undeniably good-hearted, Connie like a hot potato once she had no more use for her and her apartment). She only really began to warm to Brian once she found out he was an ex-lawyer giving a very early indication that social standing meant a great deal to her. By book three she was well on her way up the greasy pole and woe be-tide anyone who crossed her. The lusty, heart on his sleeve, happy-go-lucky Brian seemed always pre-destined to be left behind in her wake. None of these observations are to her credit but nor do they make her a monster, just a believable human being of the "ambitious, go-getting type" - a type, incidentally, often highly prized by a Society where people who don't achieve materially seem to be routinely referred to as "losers." Mary Ann achieved fame and fortune and I should hazard a guess that those two things change people for the worse far more often than for the better.
I absolutely agree that the last installment made for uneasy reading, but to rate this excellently written book as a one star turkey just because you don't like the direction of the story and development of the characters seems a little absurd.
Well done Armistead Maupin for so effectively holding up a mirror to our collective faces. Let's not blame him if we don't like everything we see in it. In any case Michael, Mrs M and Brian are as likeable in the last book as they are in the first - Brian perhaps more so.
I only hope Michael Mouse made it (I suspect, however, that it was unlikely that he would). The Tales Anthology is not a fairy story with a happy ending (watch the Wizard of Oz if you want that). It's simply a brilliant series of books with some of the richest characters and best dialogue ever put into print.
"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."
--New York Times Book Review

A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is trheir longtime friend, a gay man whose own future nis even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny,Sure of Youcould only come from Armistead Maupin.

"An old-fashioned pleasure...there's been nothing like it since the heyday of the serial novel 100 years ago...No matter what Maupin writes next, he can look back on the rare achievement of having built a little world and made it run."
--Voice Literary Supplement

"I know I'm not the only one who was up until 2 in the morning withSure of You,promising myself to stop after just one more chapter."
--New York Times Book Review

"A quietly understated small masterpiece."
--USA Today
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< Sure of You (Tales of the City Series, V. 6) > < Significant Others > < Babycakes (Tales of the City Series, V. 4) > < Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City Series, V. 3) > < More Tales of the City (Showtime Tie-In Edition) > freaks

< Mr. Flower Groom > < Mr. Flower Bride > < Chocolate Surprise (Yaoi) (Deux) > < Sense And Sexuality > < Ze Volume 2 (Yaoi) > < Kinky but Kind (Yaoi) (Deux) >

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After a rocky start to their marriage, Ritsu and Kouichirou have tentatively reconciled. . . into an uneasy friendship. Unable to come to grips with his conflicted feelings about the marriage and Kouichirou¹s undisguised affection, Ritsu is shocked by his own jealous reaction to his "wife" bringing a girl home. But when Ritsu¹s attentions towards a past love hurt Kouichirou badly, will the bride and groom be able to bring their marriage safely back from the edge of the cliff?
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< The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks > < The Threesome Handbook: A Practical Guide to SLEEPING WITH THREE > < Threesome: How to Fulfill Your Favorite Fantasy > < The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities > < Women Loving Women: Appreciating and Exploring the Beauty of Erotic Female Encounters > < Lesbian Sex: 101 Lovemaking Positions > Jen Sincero

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(Didn't solve the problem...)

(Pleasure Manual)

(Just plain good fun!!)

(Interesting `How To' and `What With' Manual (3.5*s))

(overhyped and basically useless)

I suppose I can't blame the book because it is geared toward straight women and I identify as bi but the book just didn't solve the problem I was having with women. It's a problem that many men and women experience and should have been better addressed: talking to women I am attracted to. It did not cover this at all and that's what I was looking for. The section on flirting was the shortest and most vague of this normally medically precise book. All it really said was, "Now go flirt with her like you normally do!" Not helpful...

Other than that, this is a great and educational read.
Women can learn about their own pleasure with this sex manual. The tone of this book is all about having fun and forgetting conventionality.

This book is fun. It's all about not being hung up on convention, not getting bogged in old values, guilt or any of that. It's straight talking, like a night out with the girls and Ms Sincero has no hesitation in being very frank and explicit to describe and detail what she is saying.

For we blokes it helps us understand what might be a fantasy or need in our partners and get a feel for that from a woman's perspective, addressing threesomes, anal, toys and pretty much everything, often made properly relevant by Ms Sincero relaying some of her own personal experiences. Happily Ms Sincero also addresses the emotional issues with care and the respect they deserve. Someone exploring somewhere they don't want to go is equally as damaging and tragic as someone not exploring where they do want to go.

It may not be for everyone but Ms Sincero happily lets the reader feel entitled to know what they do or don't want without guilt or pressure and shares her pleasures and celebrates some of her adventures with her readers. Ms Sincero makes me wish I was a woman, she makes `picking up chicks' sound like for a woman it's even more fun than for a man.

So girls, read, laugh, maybe learn a little about your own pleasure, enjoy and, who knows? You may even decide you'd like to share what you enjoy with another woman. Happily Ms Sincero also addresses the fact that such things aren't for everyone, allowing for the fact that, no matter how much denial many of us may live in, the most ideal situation for true Loving Caring relationship beauty can be found in the security of exclusivity and a history of trust and track record. However, for those of us who don't have that in our lives and can use our sexuality as a veritable playground if we want, Ms Sincero provides a manual for some good clean guilt free fun. Cheers-Lloyd

One could wonder if there is a need for this book? The author makes no attempt to supply any data concerning how widespread the desire or practice is for straight girls wanting to engage with other females. Her data collection seems to be rather limited - hardly scientific. In any event, the book is interesting and informative.

The book is mostly a sex manual. It covers positions, techniques, enhancing apparati, protective measures, etc - and quite well. Some of the protection techniques seem obnoxious. Maybe better screening of possible partners is a better alternative. There are some good basic points. Who can argue with the desirability of the female body. And then there is the almost infinite ability for female sustained lovemaking.

Beyond technique, it would seem that straight women would want much more commentary on even beginning such relationships without destroying current situations. Sorry, not much help there. The author's self-debate about whether such activity is indicative of bi-sexuality is pretty fuzzy, but in the end, as she says, is mostly irrelevant.

Perhaps the book can fill a void. It is informative and mildly encouraging for those with the desire but with cold feet.

Ok lets get down to why you should save your money and NOT get this book. First of all the author dedicates two or three chapters on WHY chicks should sleep with chicks. Well if your buying this book then I would think that your already curious or interested, correct? Then the author shares some really great "secrets" on the where and how to pick up other chicks, let me take the time to write some of them down here for you, first this no brainer, "Get them intoxicated, and my all time favorite,"take them behind a dumpster and get them to smoke weed". The author then fills the book up with helpfull hints like, "go put an ad on the internet" Dang, I would have never thought of that!! In summary, you can buy this book if you want, but don't expect anything other than common sense stuff, and I use the term VERY lightly!! Thank you for your time.
"You can't swing a dead cat at a bridal shower without hitting a straight chick who's slept with another woman, who's thought about it, or who's ready to make the move as soon as someone breaks out the booze."

Such are the incisive pearls of wisdom to be heard from straight chick and girl-on-girl dabbler Jen Sincero, author ofThe Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks.A deliciously sexy how-to guide, it gives curious straight women the complete inside scoop on girl-on-girl action -- from pickup lines and virgin jitters to threesomes, techniques, and toys. Drawing on personal experience and hundreds of interviews with straight girls who've slept with lesbians, straight girls who've slept with straight girls, lesbians who've slept with straight girls, and straight girls who've done both or neither, Sincero covers the A to Z of the experience including:

· Obtaining a visitor's pass to the girls-only club

· The super-huge importance of sticking your hand down your pants

· The straight girl's starter kit -- from nail clippers to cocktails to get her in the mood

· "Gettin' Some 101" -- positions, techniques, and instructional photos

· "And Boy Makes Three!" -- how to have a threesome that's fun for all

· Suggestions for further viewing and reading and much, much more

Packed with expertly toned advice that is at once laugh-out-loud hilarious and fundamentally practical,The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicksis ideal for any woman looking to spice things up with a boyfriend, break the ice with a best friend, or simply add a few just-in-case items to her sexual menu.
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< The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks > < The Threesome Handbook: A Practical Guide to SLEEPING WITH THREE > < Threesome: How to Fulfill Your Favorite Fantasy > < The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities > < Women Loving Women: Appreciating and Exploring the Beauty of Erotic Female Encounters > freaks

< Between the Lines > < No Leavin' Love (Matinee Romances) > < Blue Skies > < September Canvas > < Stranded > < Waltzing at Midnight > Bobbi Marolt

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(Second Chances)

(Wonderful story with great characters)

Bobbi Marolt's first book - Coming Attractions from Rising Tide Press- was good, but not great. However, knowing the consistent quality of books from Bold Strokes I was willing to give her second publication a try. I'm very glad I did.

Here she introduces popular mainstream romance author Gail Prescott. Gail is a `non-practicing lesbian' - in other words, she is not in a relationship and hasn't been in a long time. One day, out of the blue, she is contacted by actor Tannen Albright. Tannen wants to make a movie out of one of Gail's early books - Tenfold. Upon learning Tannen's plan, Gail immediately shuts down and refuses to release movie rights. She tells Tannen that any other book would be okay, but Tenfold is off limits.

While continuing to negotiate, Tannen and Gail begin to quickly develop a relationship. Gail invites Tannen to stay in her guest room during the summer while Gail relaxes and Tannen works on an unrelated movie script. There is the undeniable physical pull, but both reluctantly admit there is also something beneath the surface. Gail has a secret in her past that holds her hostage and won't allow herself to fall in love with anyone, regardless of the circumstances. Tannen has issues of her own - specifically, promiscuity.

Bottom Line -- I'm very glad BSB gave Marolt a second chance for success and hope other readers enjoy `Between the Lines' as much as I did.

What I enjoyed most about this story was the sophistication the author has when describing her characters and their lives. The characters are complicated, the story well told. It was also fun to peak in on the lives of the "rich and famous". I hope to see more from this author and wish to congratulate Bold Strokes for bringing another great writer to our attention.
When romance writer Gail Prescott meets British actor Tannen Albright, she develops feelings that she usually only experiences through her characters. Despite Gail's prickly demeanor, Tannen won't be deterred from striking up a friendship. Gail's emotional walls begin to crumble before Tannen's irresistible charms, and she cautiously allows Tannen, and the possibility of love, into her life. Then Gail's tragic history collides with Tannen's equally heartbreaking past, and Gail's life turns into a hurricane of destruction. Hoping to save their love, Tannen asks for the one thing Gail may not be able to give--all of herself. Can their love prevail, or will history destroy all hope for the future? The answer lies between the lines of what has been written and what might be in this sensual, touching romance.
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< Between the Lines > < No Leavin' Love (Matinee Romances) > < Blue Skies > < September Canvas > < Stranded > freaks

< Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity > < Methodology of the Oppressed > < Borderlands/La Frontera, The New Mestiza: Third Edition > < Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Routledge Classics) > < Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism > < Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics) > Chandra Mohanty

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(Excellent book, a must-have for all feminists.)

Feminism Without Borders is an excellent book, one of the best I have ever read. Mohanty is a strong advocate of a transformative, economically and socially just feminist politics. She defines herself as an anti-racist, anti-capitalist feminist. Her feminist vision is one of a truly free world where every person can enjoy true equality, security, and integrity, where there is "economic stability, ecological sustainability, racial equality, and the redistribution of wealth..." (3).

She is against colonization, with all the varying meanings this word carries, against any repressive ruling regimes. Throughout this book, she stresses three main concepts as frameworks of feminist politics: decolonization, anticapitalist critique, and solidarity. She says: "I firmly believe an antiracist feminist framework, anchored in decolonization and committed to an anticapitalist critique, is necessary at this time" (3).

Mohanty believes that feminist politics should be transformative and inclusive to be able to adequately adjust against the recent backlash and challenges posed against feminism. She adopts Franz Fanon's (1963) decolonization framework to deconstruct Western feminism as a tool of methodological colonization of Third World women. "If processes of sexism, heterosexism, and misogyny are central to the social fabric of the world we live in; if indeed these processes are interwoven with racial, national, and capitalist domination and exploitation such that the lives of women and men, girls and boys, are profoundly affected, then decolonization at all the levels (as described by Fanon) becomes fundamental to a radical feminist transformative project" (8).

Mohanty believes that feminism can be of greatest strength if it can find the balance between working with and across borders of division and separation such as those of race, class, nation, sexuality, religion, and disability. "I want to speak of feminism without silences and exclusions in order to draw attention to the tension between the simultaneous plurality and narrowness of borders and the emancipatory potential of crossing through, with, and over these borders in our everyday lives" (2). This vision of intersectionality has been the bases of many great scholarly works in feminist theory and thought recently.

In Chapter One "Under Western Eyes" of Part One "Decolonizing Feminism" Mohanty uses several examples of hegemonic Western feminist works that are characterized by reductionism. It is not possible to understand women's oppressions in simple terms or using a universal yardstick, nor is it objective to even use universal frameworks and ideologies to study and make generalizations about women's oppressions. "There is, it should be evident, no universal patriarchal framework that [Western feminist] scholarship attempts to counter and resist - unless one posits an international male conspiracy or a monolithic, ahistorical power structure" (20). In fact, the very premise that all women around the world are oppressed and victimized by men is a narrowly defined, ethnocentric assumption that only exacerbates divisions, highlights borders, and reiterates Western imperialism. "The assumption of women as an already constituted, coherent group with identical interests and desires, regardless of class, ethnic, or racial location, or contradictions, implies a notion of gender or sexual difference or even patriarchy that can be applied universally and cross-culturally" (21).

While exploring the logic traps that Western feminists fall into while studying "Third World" women and by showing how the binary analytic of "us vs. them" is thus created, Mohanty deconstructs the notion of Global Sisterhood. "Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis" (24). I particularly like the philosophy of feminist solidarity as opposed to, and as a replacement for, sisterhood. "Rather than assuming an enforced commonality of oppression, the practice of solidarity foregrounds communities of people who have chosen to work and fight together. Diversity and difference are central values here - to be acknowledged and respected, not erased in the building of alliances" (7).
Bringing together classic and new writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty,Feminism without Bordersaddresses some of the most pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. Forging vital links between daily life and collective action and between theory and pedagogy, Mohanty has been at the vanguard of Third World and international feminist thought and activism for nearly two decades. This collection highlights the concerns running throughout her pioneering work: the politics of difference and solidarity, decolonizing and democratizing feminist practice, the crossing of borders, and the relation of feminist knowledge and scholarship to organizing and social movements. Mohanty offers here a sustained critique of globalization and urges a reorientation of transnational feminist practice toward anticapitalist struggles.

Feminism without Bordersopens with Mohanty's influential critique of western feminism ("Under Western Eyes") and closes with a reconsideration of that piece based on her latest thinking regarding the ways that gender matters in the racial, class, and national formations of globalization. In between these essays, Mohanty meditates on the lives of women workers at different ends of the global assembly line (in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States); feminist writing on experience, identity, and community; dominant conceptions of multiculturalism and citizenship; and the corporatization of the North American academy. She considers the evolution of interdisciplinary programs like Women's Studies and Race and Ethnic Studies; pedagogies of accommodation and dissent; and transnational women's movements for grassroots ecological solutions and consumer, health, and reproductive rights. Mohanty's probing and provocative analyses of key concepts in feminist thought—"home," "sisterhood," "experience," "community"—lead the way toward a feminism without borders, a feminism fully engaged with the realities of a transnational world.
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< Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity > < Methodology of the Oppressed > < Borderlands/La Frontera, The New Mestiza: Third Edition > < Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Routledge Classics) > < Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism > freaks

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