Literary historical fiction and biography that excavates and explores the erased gay and lesbian past.
Vietnam War-era tale a serious, sexy, joyous memoir by: Charles Francis Duffel packed, the new high school graduate could not fall asleep. “On the night before my departure, I stared […]
“The Original” rescues both our history and the dignity of an immensely popular star who re-engineered herself over decades to survive. by: Charles Francis At last, there is a novel […]
By: Charles Francis As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s “1984” now existed, U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Rufe ordered the government to restore a historical exhibit in […]
by: Charles Francis ‘The Director’By Daniel KehlmannSummit Books, 2025 Garbo to Goebbels, Daniel Kehlmann’s historical novel “The Director” is the story of Austrian film director G.W. Pabst (1885-1967) and his descent down […]
by: Charles Francis ‘American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives’By Robert W. Fieseler “What’s with Florida?,” Bobby Fieseler, disgusted, asked after completing his initial research into […]
by: Charles Francis Now that the acid bath of authoritarian government is undermining the foundations of our democracy, historians will ask, “Who were the big enablers, the billionaires who collaborated? […]
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