The Lavender Salon

   A Gay & Lesbian Book & Film Discussion Group for the Fox Valley, WI

 

 

Books & films we've discussed, or are going to discuss are listed to the right. Underlined items are links to Amazon.com. If you decide you want your own copy of the book or film, consider purchasing it through Amazon.com. Up to 15% of the cost of your purchase will go towards the purchase of upcoming videos for future discussions if you use the links.

Note: There is no club requirement that you buy books through Amazon.com. Feel free to take advantage of the best deals you can find.

This website last updated:
September 25, 2003

 

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What we've read and watched over the years


2001

Dec cover The Hours by Michael Cunningham
 
Nov cover Old Rosa: a novel in two stories by Reinaldo Arenas
 
Oct cover All About My Mother
 
Sep cover Little Death by Michael Nava
 
Aug cover Density of Souls by Christopher Rice
 
Jul cover Broken Heart's Club
 
Jun cover Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
 
May cover The Arrow's Flight by Mark Merlis
 
Apr cover Parting Glances
 
Mar cover Losing Matt Shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay Murder by Beth Loffreda
 
Feb cover Men from the Boys by William Mann
 
Jan
cover
Queer as Folk, episodes 1 & 2  

2000

Dec cover Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me Any More by Michael Thomas Ford
 
Nov cover Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity by Bruce Bawer
 
Oct cover Lilies
 
Sep cover Wonder Bread and Ecstasy: The life of Joey Stefano by Charles Isherwood
 
Aug cover Bruce!: My Adventures in the Skin Trade by Bruce Vilanch
 
Jul cover Get Real
 
Jun cover Meeting by the River by Christopher Isherwood
 
May cover The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant : An Adoption Story by Dan Savage
 
Apr cover Bent
 
Mar cover

The Men With the Pink Triangle by Heinz Heger

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Mar cover The Pink Triangle by Richard Plant
 
Feb cover Now and Then by William Corlett.
 
Jan cover Happy Together
 

1999

Nov cover

Best Little Boy in the World by John Reid

 

 
Nov cover

and

Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up by Andrew Tobias

 
Oct cover Gods and Monsters
 
Sep cover A Short History of a Prince by Jane Hamilton
 
Aug cover That's Mr. Faggot to You: Further Trials from My Queer Life by Michael Thomas Ford
 
Jul cover Twilight of the Golds
 
Jun cover Strachey's Folly by D.E. Stevenson
 
May cover Getting Over Homer by Mark O'Donnell
 
Apr cover Wilde
 
Mar cover Hood by Emma Donoghue
 
Feb cover The Dreyfus Affair by Peter Lefcourt
 
Jan cover Wild Reeds
 

1998

Dec cover Closet by R.D. Zimmerman
 
Nov cover The Beauty of Men by Andrew Holleran
 
Oct cover All Over Me
 
Sep cover Pawn to Queen Four by Lars Eighner
 
Aug cover Man of the House by Stephen McCauley
 
Jul cover Rock Hudson's Home Movies
 
Jun cover Naked by David Sedaris
 
May cover All-American Boy by Scott Peck
 
Apr cover Love! Valour! Compassion!
 
Mar cover Arkansas: Three Novellas by David Leavitt
 
Feb cover Cracks in the Iron Closet: Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia by David Tuller
 
Jan cover Poison
 

1997

Dec cover Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories
 
Nov cover

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue

 
Nov cover

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Gay Fairy & Folk Tales: Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men by Peter Cashorali

 
Oct cover It's My Party
 
Sep cover Gay Money: Personal Finance for Gay Men and Lesbians
 
Aug cover Honor Bound: A Gay Navel Midshipman Fights to Serve His Country by Joseph Steffan
 
Jul cover Jeffrey
 
Jun cover B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy
 
May cover Perfect Enemies: The Religious Right, the Gay Movement and the Politics of the 1990s by Gallagher & Bull
 
Apr cover Coming Out Under Fire
 
Mar cover Mothers by Jax Peters Lowell
 
Feb cover Geography of the Heart by Fenton Johnson
 
Jan cover French Twist
 

1996

Dec cover House and Home by Steve Gunderson & Rob Morris
Nov cover Farm Boys: Live of Gay Men by Will Fellows
Oct cover Priest
Sep cover Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
Aug cover Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life 1918-1945
Jul cover Celluloid Closet
Jun cover Written on the Body by Jeannette Winterson
May cover Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley
Apr cover Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Life
Mar cover Wrestling with the Angel by Brian Bouldrey
Feb cover Skin: Talking about Sex, Class and Literature by Dorothy Alison
Jan cover The Sum of Us

1995

Dec   Discussed our favorite books    
Nov cover The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing
 
Oct cover One Nation Under God
 
Sep cover Becoming a Man by Paul Monette
 
Aug cover The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse by Mabel Maney
 
Jul cover Maurice
 
Jun cover Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
 
May cover Scissors, Paper, Rock by Fenton Johnson
 
Apr   I Heard the Mermaids Singing (out of print)    
Mar cover Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
 
Feb cover A Place at the Table by Bruce Bawer
 
Jan cover Sex Is...
 

1994

Dec cover Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
 
Nov cover Stranger at the Gate by Mel White
 
Oct cover Closet Case by Robert Rodi
 
Sep cover Swoon
 
Aug cover Are You Two Together? by Lindsay Van Gelder
Jul cover The Man Who Understood Cats by Michael Dymmoch
 
Jun cover Parting Glances
 
May cover Ryan White: My Own Story by Ryan White
 
Apr cover Angels in America by Tony Kushner
 
Mar cover Ceremonies by Essex Hemphill
 
Feb cover Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
 
Jan cover Was by Geoff Ryman
 

1993

Dec cover Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
Oct cover Blue Heaven by Joe Keenan
Sep cover Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Jul cover Making History by Eric Marcus
Jun cover Boys of Life by Paul Russell
May cover The Children's Hour
Apr cover Vital Ties by Karen Kringle
Mar cover Behind the Mask by Dave Pallone
Feb cover Prick Up Your Ears
Jan cover My Own Private Idaho