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More copies of this ISBNeBook editionsMy Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Themby Michael Montlack
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler, and Diana Ross to Queen Elizabeth I, Julia Child, and Princess Leia, these divas have been sister, alter ego, fairy godmother, or model for survival to gay men and the closeted boys they once were. And anyone—straight or gay, young or old, male or female—who ever needed a muse, or found one, will see their own longing mirrored here as well. These witty and poignant short essays explore reasons for diva-worship as diverse as the writers themselves. My Diva offers both depth and glamour as it pays tribute with joy, intelligence, and fierce, fierce love.
Finalist, Lambda Book Award for LGBT Anthology, Lambda Literary Foundation Review:"In very short, very tender essays, a variety of gay male writers, from poets to playwrights to a standup comic, pay homage to an even wider variety of women who have inspired them. Peter Dub writes how the photography of Claude Cahun suggested 'a delirious world of possibilities'; Jeff Oaks recalls a childhood of wearing wristbands fashioned from paper cups to emulate his 'model of power,' Wonder Woman; Christopher Lee Nutter looks back on his closeted teenage years and how Sade taught him 'that there was a world somewhere that suited them better than the world they'd been born into.' While a few essays are disappointingly shallow ('More than smart and fabulous, Parker Posey is fall-on-the-floor ridiculous'), such standout pieces as Mark Doty on Grace Paley are elegant and affectionate tributes to how these muses have been 'fairy godmothers' and 'older sisters,' as Montlack's introduction explains, and illustrate how complex, sustaining and lifelong are the bonds between gay men and their divas." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:From Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler, and Diana Ross to Queen Elizabeth I, Julia Child, and Princess Leia, these divas have been sister, alter ego, fairy godmother, or model for survival to gay men and the closeted boys they once were. And anyone—straight or gay, young or old, male or female—who ever needed a muse, or found one, will see their own longing mirrored here as well.
About the AuthorMichael Montlack is professor of English at Berkeley College in New York City. He has published two chapbooks of poetry, Girls, Girls, Girls and Cover Charge. This book was inspired by his love for Stevie Nicks. Table of ContentsIntroduction—Michael Montlack Sappho (630 BC): Love, I Implore You in Polyester Lapels—Michael Broder Queen Elizabeth I (1533): Heart of a King—Patrick Letellier Virginia Woolf (1882): This Perpetual Revision of Thought—Brian Teare Margaret Dumont (1882): Duchess of Dignity—Christopher Murray Bessie Smith (1892): Empty Bed Blues—Sam J. Miller Claude Cahun (1894): Masks, Makeup, Meaning—Peter Dubé Gracie Allen (1895): Comic Muse—Lloyd Schwartz Lotte Lenya (1898): Divine Weltschmerz—David Bergman Gloria Swanson (1899): Sunset Boulevard—Edward Field Agnes Moorehead (1900): Afternoons as Endora—Richard Blanco Marlene Dietrich (1901): Falling in Love Again—Walter Holland Joan Crawford (1905) and Bette Davis (1908): "But ya AHHH, Blanche!"—David Trinidad Lucille Ball (1911): Flaming Redhead—Lawrence Applebaum Mahalia Jackson (1911): Divine One—Forrest Hamer Julia Child (1912): Life's Ingredients—Bill Fogle Billie Holiday (1915): Lady Day—Alfred Corn Edith Piaf (1915): A Share of Pain—Gregory Woods Evita Perón (1919): Santa with a Soundtrack—Guillermo Castro Grace Paley (1922): O Stone! O Steel!—Mark Doty Ava Gardner (1922): Small Town Girl—Chris Cleo Creech Aurora de Albornoz (1926): Tia Divina—Scott Hightower Joan Sutherland (1926): Dame Joan and I—Gary Ljungquist Eartha Kitt (1927): Purrrfectly Detached—D. A. Powell Betty Berzon (1928): Dinners with the Diminutive Diva—Jim Van Buskirk Jeanne Moreau (1928): Living Dangerously with Jeanne—Collin Kelley Two Fat Ladies (Jennifer Paterson) (1928): Cocktails with Jennifer—Jack Lynch Audrey Hepburn (1929): Adoration and the Icon—Joseph Campana Elizabeth Taylor (1932): The Über-Diva—Scott F. Stoddart Anna Moffo (1932): Her Funeral—Wayne Koestenbaum Ms. Kiki Durane (Depression Era): Her Sound and Fury—Christopher Schmidt Nina Simone (1933): I Got It Bad for Bangles & Diamonds—Regie Cabico Julie Andrews (1935): My First Maria—Mark Wunderlich Tina Turner (1939): Tina & I—Jim Elledge Karen Black (1939): Diva of the Deranged—Michael Schiavi Raquel Welch (1940): As My Mother—Ron Palmer Julie Christie (1941): The Cocteau Girl—Cyrus Cassells Helen Reddy (1941): Before Anarchy—Richard Tayson Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter) (1942): Exploring the Amazon—Jeff Oaks Diana Ross (1944): How to Reign Supreme—Jericho Brown Rocío Dúrcal (1944): The Day She Died—Rigoberto González Bette Midler (1945): First Loves—Steven Cordova Jessye Norman (1945): Als Ob Ich Säuseln Hörte—Dante Micheaux Liza Minnelli (1946): Everybody Loves a Winner: Five Lessons from Liza—Jason Schneiderman Cher (1946): History (1987–2)—Aaron Smith Laura Nyro (1947): All She Asked of Living—Michael Klein Stevie Nicks (1948): "And Wouldn't You Love to Love Her?"—Michael Montlack Jessica Lange (1949): Isn't It a Laugh?—Allen Smith Patti Lupone (1949): Patti's Turn, In the Key of Diva—Jonathan Howle Wendy Waldman (1950): Seeds and Orphans—Paul Lisicky Cyndi Lauper (1953): The Sadness in Her Rasp—Steven Riel Rickie Lee Jones (1954): The Duchess of Coolsville—Timothy Liu Annie Lenox (1954): Desire, Despair, Desire: Some Notes on Annie Lennox & Tension—RJ Gibson Siouxsie Sioux (1957): Black Eyeliner and Dark Dreams—Benjamin Harper Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell) (1958): "I'm Going to Open Doors for You, Doors You Never Even Dreamed Existed"—Lewis DeSimone Kate Bush (1958): The Invisible Diva—Reginald Shepherd Jamie Lee Curtis (1958): When the Artist Met His Muse—Vince A. Liaguno Sade (1959): The Other Material Girl—Christopher Lee Nutter Taylor Dayne (1962): "Tell It to My Heart"—Peter Covino Björk (1965): With Regards to Ms. Gudmundsdottir—John Dimes Kristin Hersh (1966): "Is Sticky Ever Blue?"—Mark Bibbins Céline Dion (1968): Cirque du Céline—Jim Nason Parker Posey (1968): A Pocket Full of Posey—Michael J. Andrews Margaret Cho (1968): How to Break Every Oriental Stereotype in the Book—Kenji Oshima Mary J. Blige (1971): I Take Shallowness Seriously—Jeffery Conway Princess Leia (1977): Leia's Kiss—Christopher Hennessy Contributors What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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