Mark AdnumTemple of Low Men (Part Three)In 1959, Robert Bloch (who lived near Plainfield, Ed Gein’s hometown), wrote his first novel, Psycho. A senior contributor to pulp horror…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Mark AdnumThe Gay Island Paradise of Fascist ItalyIn 1938 a Sicilian mayor did the local homosexuals an inadvertent favor, and all in the name of currying favor with Mussolini. Anxious to…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Mark AdnumMatthew Shepard: some factsJournalist Stephen Jimenez spent 13 years researching The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard, which argues…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Mark AdnumInterview with Camille PagliaAuthor’s note: This interview comes from 2005, when blogging was all the rage and I had a little blog of my own. I was stunned when…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Mark AdnumThe Sailor Who Fell From Grace:“I want to sit on rococo furniture wearing Levi’s and an aloha shirt; that’s my ideal of a life-style.” — Yukio Mishima, 1959.Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Mark AdnumLarry of Arabia: Larry Kramer at the MoviesWe appreciate Larry Kramer as an accomplished playwright, activist, and author, and rightly so. Larry wrote six plays over a 20 year…Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Mark AdnumTemple of Low Men (Part Two)“Victorian science would have left the world hard and clean and bare, like a landscape in the moon; but outside that limited circle of…Apr 5, 2020Apr 5, 2020
Mark AdnumTemple of Low Men (Part One)“Every time you say you don’t believe in fairies, a fairy dies.” J.M. Barrie, Peter PanApr 4, 2020Apr 4, 2020