Gay Comic Books: Bookslut interviews Tim Fish

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Bookslut posted an interview with author and artist Tim Fish. He writes gay-themed comic books and is published by Poison Press

Benoit Denizet-Lewis’ new book excerpted in the Times

Benoit Denizet-Lewis, an out gay man and contributor to the New York Times Magazine, wrote about his experience as a sex addict in this Sunday’s Modern Love column in the New York Times.

He writes about trolling the Internet for hook-ups: “[M]y sex addiction is unfortunately very real; it has cost me a job, romantic relationships, friendships and, on many days, my sanity and self-respect.”

The column is an excerpt from Denizet-Lewis’ new book America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life (Simon & Schuster).

I’m happy to see a new book by an out gay author get some promotion. Though I have to admit I’m a bit frustrated. LGBT relationships are rarely featured on the Modern Love column. Now that the Times editoris finally take the opportunity to feature an LGBT person, they use Modern Love to explore sex addiction. Sure sex addiction is a worthy topic, but why must it be a gay writer pushing this envelope? I feel like Denizet-Lewis works to extract shock value from his homosexuality.

Denizet-Lewis did an interview with  a herf=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-kramer-bussel/exclusive-inyti-reporter_b_154774.html”>The Huffiington Post about the book.

UPDATE: Gawker accuses Denizet-Lewis of “still riding the addiction train to literary success!” OMG.

The Accidental Aciman

I just happened to read this essay about a search for a discontinued cologne in the Wall Street Journal. I didn’t notice the name of the writer and just dug in.

I liked the second half of this essay much better than the first. The essay started to feel oddly familiar. I was thrilled to realize I discovered an essay by Andre Aciman. Aciman also wrote Call Me Your Name — the best “gay novel” I read in 2008

Both the essay and the novel have this fresh tormented sense of longing delivered with few words. Both also point to a unique father/son relationship. The novel and the book work hard to evoke Italy.

Call Me Your Name won a Lambda Literary award and received a lot of NYTimes love

The Gay Recluse says the book is “homophobic” but I didn’t read it that way.