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Crusoe: Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox, and the Creation of a Myth by Katherine Frank

On May 20, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

Where did Crusoe come from? And what is the secret of his endurance? Crusoe explores the intertwined lives of two real men, Daniel Defoe and Robert Knox, and the character and book that emerged from their peculiar conjunction. It is the biography of a book and its hero: the story of Defoe, the man who wrote Robinson Crusoe, and of Robert Knox, the man who was Crusoe.

The Patron Saint of Gay Men? Essay by Author Max Markham

On May 16, 2012, in Guest Writers, Max Markham, by Editor

Philippe was the younger son of King Louis XIII and his queen-consort Anne of Habsburg. Philippe became Duke of Orleans upon the death of his uncle Gaston, Duke of Orleans. During the reign of his brother he was known simply as Monsieur; the traditional style for the King’s next brother. Unabashedly camp and notoriously homosexual, he nonetheless fulfilled his dynastic duty by marrying twice and begetting numerous legitimate children.

The Blind People, A Short Story from India by Joy J. Kaimaparamban

On May 15, 2012, in Guest Writers, Joy J. Kaimaparamban, by Joy J. Kaimaparamban

Joy J. Kaimaparamban is not only a passionate story teller. He envisions people and events, past or present, in his native India as material for unwritten works. These visions and the ability to transform them into fascinating stories about his country is a trademark of his novels.

T. E. Lawrence, Gay Murder Victim? An Essay by Author Max Markham Part 2

On May 15, 2012, in Guest Writers, Max Markham, by Max Markham

The official version of Lawrence of Arabia’s death is that, riding home fast on 13 May 1935 on his Brough Superior motorcycle, he found two boys riding on pushbikes ahead of him. He was travelling at speed, so he pulled out to overtake them. While doing so, he lost control of the motorbike, which ran off the road. Lawrence was thrown clear but hit his head against a tree.

The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

On May 11, 2012, in Book Reviews, Essays, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

Educator, writer, critic, intellectual, film-maker—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been widely praised as being one of America’s most prominent and prolific scholars. In what will be an essential volume, The Henry Louis Gates Reader collects three decades of writings from his many fields of interest and expertise.

Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher, A Biography by Thomas Bethell

On May 11, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

Eric Hoffer was unknown in the American literary and philosophical scene in 1951 when he published his first book, The True Believer. Almost overnight, the San Francisco dockworker became a public figure, helped by a 1956 profile in Lookmagazine that identified Hoffer as “Ike’s Favorite Author”—elevating this blue-collar working man to the level of President Eisenhower’s bedside table. Recognized as a highly original thinker, he became known as the “Longshoreman Philosopher.”

The Lost Irish Regiments of the British Army: Essay by Author Max Markham

On May 4, 2012, in Guest Writers, Max Markham, by Max Markham

Following the Irish War of Independence six Irish regiments of the British Army that had recruited mainly in the counties that would now form the Irish Free State were disbanded. On 12 June 1922, at a solemn ceremony at Windsor Castle, King George V received the colours of five of these Regiments and a regimental engraving on behalf of The South Irish Horse, since they possessed no colours or standards.

iGerman: Oh God! I Just Published a Gay Erotic Novel!

On May 2, 2012, in Articles, iGerman, Wilfried F. Voss, by Editor

Max Markham wrote The Indigo Bird – An Erotic Novel. The Indigo Bird is about James Graveney, a young Major in a respectable regiment, is outwardly conventional. Son of an English country gentleman, well educated, good-looking and sporty, James cheerfully sleeps around but does not ‘do love’. In private James is bisexual, with a strong urge for his own sex.

Blood Knots by Luke Jennings: Reviewed by Author Max Markham

On May 1, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Guest Writers, Max Markham, Nonfiction, by Max Markham

Buy this book! In my last post, dated 24 April, I briefly mentioned, and recommended, Blood Knots by Luke Jennings. This book was originally published in 2010, to very complimentary reviews. It has subsequently been reprinted as a paperback and a new American hardback edition has now issued.

Against Wind and Tide: Letters and Journals, 1947-1986 by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

On April 30, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

More than any previous books by or about Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Against Wind and Tide makes us privy to the demons that plagued this fairy-tale bride, and introduces us to some of the people—men as well as women—who provided solace as she braved the tides of time and aging, war and politics, birth and death. Here is an eloquent and often startling collection of writings from one of the most admired women of our time.

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