Through the creaking of bedazzled branches and the soft rustle of jeweled leaves, deciduous qween explores the queer world all around us—how we, like our environment, wear and shed different identities in our performance as human, as drag queen, as ancient tree. This collection reveals in the natural world those ephemeral moments which reflect our own truths and confront our fear of death, of loneliness, and of fail ...
That Man from C.A.M.P., Jackie Holmes, says: «And away we go! Back to that little room. No, not that one–the one just on the other side of that place they call the dining area. The kitchen, of course. Now, I'm sure you know your way around the other rooms, especially the one with the queen-sized you-know-what, but as I'm prone to mention from time to time, one of the ways to a man's heart is through his stomach, which means you&ap ...
A woman is a female human being. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. The term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as «women's rights». Women with typical genetic development are capable of giving birth from puberty until menopause. Womanhood is the period in a human female's life after she h ...
The Erotic Contemplative (eBook) is a companion study guide and notes to the video lecture series <i>The Erotic Contemplative</i> (1994) by Michael Bernard Kelly. Recently digitised and reissued, the lectures explore traditional modes of Christian contemplation in the context of spirituality in the lives of lesbians and gays. The lectures are affirming and healing words for this generation from a gifted scholar and counsellor.<br ...
Since the end of the nineteenth century, traditional historiography has emphasized the similarities between Italy and Germany as “late nations”, including the parallel roles of “great men” such as Bismarck and Cavour. Rethinking the Age of Emancipation aims at a critical reassessment of the development of these two “late” nations from a new and transnational perspective. Essays by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars examin ...
"An exhilarating, multi-layered new play."—The Guardian"Stirring and stylishly told . . . McCraney's crispest and most confident work."—Daily News"Greatly affecting. . . . It takes a brave writer to set his language against the plaintive beauty of the hymns and spirituals . . . but McCraney's speech holds its own, locating poetry even in casual vernacular and again demonstrating his gift for simile and metaphor." ...
"Mr. Shinn is among the most provocative and probing of American playwrights today."—The New York Times "Chris Shinn explores politics and ethics without moralizing and finds justice and beauty in intimate life, keenly observed and rendered scrupulously, unapologetically, fearlessly . . . I admire his work enormously."—Tony Kushner When a campus tragedy makes national headlines, Gabe, a senior who runs the Queer Stu ...
– "Clean House and Other Plays" sold over 18,000 copies since Oct. 2006, now in its 6th printing. – «Dead Man's Cell Phone» sold 8,000 copies since publication in June 2008. Third printing is sceduled for September 2009. – Will release «Passion Play» on December 2009. -Most produced woman playwright in the U.S for the past three years. ...
"Honestly strange and strangely honest. . . . Remarkably compelling and powerful. Weaver's authenticity of characters, situations, and bygone eras emanates from sheer originality of style. This amazing novel is a stellar achievement—gritty, funny, fresh, and bold. It will make your eyes bug out and your pulse race. And how it shines, shines with humanity!"—Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife"Southe ...
