Literary historical fiction and biography that excavates and explores the erased gay and lesbian past.
“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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