Book Reviews
Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton
I have an unwritten rule which compels me to finish every book I open. My readers know of two of my book reviews, pertaining to an alive
The Lovers
After my last book review, on 25 June (for Lips Unsealed: a Memoir by Belinda Carlisle) I decided to tackle the pile of magazines that had been
Lips Unsealed: a Memoir
Belinda Carlisle wrote her memoir after five years of sobriety. Lips Unsealed doesn’t read like a written memoir and resembles a transcribed interview. Carlisle’s story was a burning
The Life and Death of Andy Warhol
More biographies on Andy Warhol have been written since his death in 1987 than when he was still alive. I have read many of them,
Lesbian Masochist
People always comment on my video and DVD collection, usually with sniggers and gaping mouths. My movies are more accessible than my books and when people come
The Tunguska Fireball: Solving One of the Great Mysteries of the 20th Century
“At 7.14 a.m. on 30 June 1908 a huge fireball exploded in the Siberian sky. A thousand times the force of the Hiroshima bomb, it
C’mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark
This is my first book review for a 2010 imprint. In fact, this book came out in May and I finished reading it on May
Beverly Cleary’s memoirs
Beverly Cleary was my favourite author when I was a child. I was introduced to her fiction when my grade four teacher, Mrs. Burnett, read Ramona