The Unsinkable Bambi Lake

The Unsinkable Bambi Lake
Author: Bambi Lake
Publisher:
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1996
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Introduction by Exene Cervenka In the wake of hit movies TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERY THING, and PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT comes a personal account of one individual's evolution from innocent, suburban Johnny Purcell into fabulous, sophisticated Bambi Lake. From a fantasy filled childhood to San Francisco's queer salad days in the 70's absolutely nothing is off-topic in this sexy, revealing drama.

Why Aren't You Smiling?

Why Aren't You Smiling?
Author: Alvin Orloff
Publisher: Manic D Press
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2011-10-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1933149590

When 14-year-old Leonard decides to quit being a Dweeb and instead joins the Burnouts, his “good boy” persona is abandoned as he embarks on a comically painful journey of self-discovery through an unconventional friendship with Rick, an older Jesus-freak barefoot hippie. Growing up in the 1970s has never before been portrayed with such delightful ludicrousness and heartrending tenderness.

Gutterboys

Gutterboys
Author: Alvin Orloff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Gutter Boys is a twisted tale of steamy gay sex and unrequited love in Lower Manhattan in the early 80s. Filled with scenes of humorous debauchery and explicitly depicted anonymous sex, this wanton outing portrays a carnal world of orgiastic delights that may never exist again. Jeremy, a shy 19 year old falls madly in love with Colin, a disturbed, yet brilliant, older hustler. Though he rejects Jeremy as a lover, Colin takes him on as his protege, and introduces him to the hilariously depraved world of new wave nightclubs and gay bars in the days before AIDS.

Golden Goddesses

Golden Goddesses
Author: Jill C. Nelson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 950
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781593934071

This is the hardback version. Golden Goddesses vibrantly casts light upon twenty-five significant women involved in the erotic film industry during its Golden Era, between the years 1968-1985 when participation in adult productions was illegal. Profiling performers, directors, scriptwriters and costumers, Golden Goddesses is a palate of insights, intimacy, vulnerability and strength, as it immerses readers into the lives of these celebrated and audacious females. Featuring the author's own interviews with Marilyn Chambers, Seka, Kay Parker, Rhonda Jo Petty, Serena, Georgina Spelvin, Juliet Anderson, Candida Royalle, Sharon Mitchell, Gloria Leonard, Annie Sprinkle, Ann Perry, Jody Maxwell, Barbara Mills, Veronica Hart, Kelly Nichols, Ginger Lynn, Kitten Natividad, Amber Lynn, Laurie Holmes, Christy Canyon, Julia St. Vincent, Roberta Findlay, Nina Hartley and Raven Touchstone, Golden Goddesses also includes film highlights and more than 300 photos. These fascinating women of classic adult film are presented with depth, sensitivity, and historical scope while capturing the quintessence of a rebellious spirit from days gone by.

Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left

Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left
Author: Malik Gaines
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1479837032

Nina Simone's quadruple consciousness -- Efua Sutherland, Ama Ata Aidoo, the state, and the stage -- The radical ambivalence of Günther Kaufmann -- The Cockettes, Sylvester, and performance as life -- Afterword : a history of impossible progress

Disasterama!

Disasterama!
Author: Alvin Orloff
Publisher: Three Rooms Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781941110829

A compelling memoir of social life in the queer underground of San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles at a time when the manic frivolity of gay rights and youth collided with the deadly reality of plague.

The Vertigo Years

The Vertigo Years
Author: Philipp Blom
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465020291

Examines how changes from the Industrial Revolution prior to World War I brought about radical transformation in society, changes in education, and massive migration in population that led to one of the bloodiest events in history.

Silent Words

Silent Words
Author: Ruby Slipperjack
Publisher: Saskatoon : Fifth House
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Set in northwestern Ontario in the 1960s, Silent Words tells the story of a young Native boy and his journey of self discovery.

Raving

Raving
Author: McKenzie Wark
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2023-02-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1478024046

What is an art of life for what feels like the end of a world? In Raving McKenzie Wark takes readers into the undisclosed locations of New York’s thriving underground queer and trans rave scene. Techno, first and always a Black music, invites fresh sonic and temporal possibilities for this era of diminishing futures. Raving to techno is an art and a technique at which queer and trans bodies might be particularly adept but which is for anyone who lets the beat seduce them. Extending the rave’s sensations, situations, fog, lasers, drugs, and pounding sound systems onto the page, Wark invokes a trans practice of raving as a timely aesthetic for dancing in the ruins of this collapsing capital.