Book Review - My Lover Is a Woman

Customer Review

Lyrical! Passionate! Exquisite!
This book is amazing. I don't usually care much for poetry, as I often find it dull or impossible to relate to. But this poetry was beautiful and moving. I could hardly put it down, wanting to wallow more in the luscious words, but at the same time I wanted to save the poems, to make the experience last as long as possible. The experience did last - I have read these poems over and over again, and each time I love and appreciate them more.

One of the things that struck me about this collection, aside from the beauty of the language and images, was how different the poems are. They don't get jumbled together or become dull. Even though they are all linked by a single theme - the love shared between two women - the individual themes of the poems are strikingly diverse, including heart attacks, palsy, long-distance relationships, racism, pregnancy and menopause, and death. Even these sometimes hard and painful realities are approached with a beauty that makes the hardship captivating rather than distressing. And many of the poems have a light tone, even playful, and tender. There are poems about old women and young, black and white and asian, married and untouched. Poems for every woman in the world.

Every woman, regardless of sexual preference, should read this book!

Book Review - Queer Globalizations: Citizenship and the Afterlife of Colonialism

Globalization has a taste for queer cultures. Whether in advertising, film, performance art, the internet, or in the political discourses of human rights in emerging democracies, queerness sells and the transnational circulation of peoples, identities and social movements that we call "globalization" can be liberating to the extent that it incorporates queer lives and cultures. From this perspective, globalization is seen as allowing the emergence of queer identities and cultures on a global scale.
The essays in Queer Globalizations bring together scholars of postcolonial and lesbian and gay studies in order to examine from multiple perspectives the narratives that have sought to define globalization. In examining the tales that have been spun about globalization, these scholars have tried not only to assess the validity of the claims made for globalization, they have also attempted to identify the tactics and rhetorical strategies through which these claims and through which global circulation are constructed and operate.

Contributors include Joseba Gabilondo, Gayatri Gopinath, Janet Ann Jakobsen, Miranda Joseph, Katie King, William Leap, Lawrence LaFountain-Stokes, Bill Maurer, Cindy Patton, Chela Sandoval, Ann Pellegrini, Silviano Santiago, and Roberto Strongman.

Book Review - Keeping Mr. Right : The Gay Man's Guide to Lasting Relationships

In his 2000 best-seller, Mr. Right Is Out There, Dr. Kenneth George helped countless gay men find long--lasting love. But now that they've found it, what do they do? In this comprehensive follow-up book, Dr. George offers, in the same warm and wise manner, guidelines for gay men on forming successful male couples. Included in this book are tips on:

Negotiating changes rather than living with annoying differences. .
Defining your relationship with a "job description." .
Resolving conflicts rather than walking away. .
Maintaining your friendship within the context of your partnership. .
Having a great sex life. .
Developing a willingness to continue working on the relationship.

Known for a common-sense, honest approach to relationships, Dr. George explores the issues facing gay couples and offers advice on working through them rather than letting them become insurmountable.

Kenneth D. George, Ph.D., is the author of Mr. Right Is Out There: The Gay Man's Guide to Finding and Main-taining Love. He is a former professor at the University of Pennsylvania and runs a private practice in psychotherapy, working with gay men and male couples. He and his partner, Christopher S. Beck, have maintained their love for each other for over 10 years.