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:
January 2, 2007

 

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What we've read and watched over the years


2004

Dec   No meeting held    
November cover American Studies
October cover Latter Days
Sep cover Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
Aug cover Take me Out by Richard Greenberg
Jul cover Relax...it's just sex!
Jun cover The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
 
May cover The Notorious Dr. August: His Real Life and Crimes by Christopher Bram  
Apr cover The Deep End
Mar   Slide Presentation: St. Sebastian as an erotic icon throughout the ages by Salon member, Larry Danielson    
Feb cover Death in Venice by Thomas Mann  
Jan Food of Love  

2003

Dec cover The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
November cover Palimpsest: a memoir by Gore Vidal
October cover The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
Sep cover Going the other way: Lessons from a life in and out of major-league baseball by Billy Bean
Aug cover Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America by Dan Savage
Jul cover Urbania
Jun cover Lands End by Michael Cunningham  
May cover The Wild Man by Patricia Nell Warren  
Apr cover Burnt Money
Mar cover Letters to Montgomery Clift by Noel Alumit  
Feb cover The Winter of our Discotechque by Andrew W. M. Beierle  
Jan cover The Fluffer  

2002

Dec Favorite Books Discussion  
Nov cover In the City of Shy Hunters by Tom Spanbauer
Oct cover L.I.E.
Sep cover Blinded by the Right by David Brock
Aug cover Little Book of Neuroses by Michael Ford Thomas
Jun cover I'm the one I want by Margaret Cho
Jul cover Bedrooms & Hallways
May cover   Virtually Normal by Andrew Sullivan
Apr cover Like it Is
Mar cover The Big Book of Misunderstanding by Jim Gladstone - author in attendance!
Feb cover Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
Jan cover Before Night Falls

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