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Volume 16, Issue 1
January 2016
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Calendar of Events
Jan 3 Roundtable of LGBT of Community Leaders 3 PM at Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, 505 Riverside Drive, Dayton, OH 45405
Jan 7 Greater Dayton LGBT Center monthly meeting 6:30 PM @
Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, 505 Riverside Dr, Dayton 45405
Jan 8-24 The Dayton Theatre Guild present: “Night Watch”
For more info: http://www.daytontheatreguild.org/
Jan 12 PFLAG Dayton monthly meeting 7 PM @ Harmony Creek
program: R. J. McKay presents.
Jan 13 Rainbow Alliance (WSU) meets 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Jan 19 Transgender/Allies Support Group (Gatlyn Dame Group) meets
7 PM For more info: www.gatlyndamegroup.com
Jan 22-1 The Dayton Playhouse presents: “The Roar of the Greasepaint
The Smell of the Crowd” For info: daytonplayhouse
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by: Terri Schlichenmeyer
aka: “The Book Worm”
[email protected]
“What We Left Behind” by Robin Talley c.2015, Harlequin TEEN
$18.99 / $20.99 Canada
416 pages
Years from now, it’ll all seem so sweet.
There’ll always be a soft place in your heart
for your first kiss, your first I-love-you, and
for the person who gave them to you. You’ll
never forget the electricity of holding hands or
the rush of being together even after, as in the
new novel “What We Left Behind” by Robin
Talley, you start to pull apart.
Gretchen Daniels wasn’t sure why she didn’t
tell her girlfriend, Toni, that they’d be attending
college in different cities.
Last spring, Toni applied to Harvard and
Gretchen applied to Boston University – same
city, opposite ends - both reasoning that they
could at least spend weekends together. At the
last minute, though, Gretchen decided to attend NYU.
She didn’t tell Toni until the night before she left.
They were juniors in their all-girl high school when Toni first saw
Gretchen at a dance and was instantly in love. Everybody thought they
were the cutest couple: Gretchen conferred upon Toni a new-found
popularity. Toni taught Gretchen what it was like to be genderqueer – or, at
least she tried.
But the secret that Gretchen held all summer bugged Toni, and she
was rightfully upset. She really didn’t have much to say to Gretchen, a
silence complicated by Toni’s immersion into a campus group she joined.
Freshmen weren’t allowed to be officers of the Undergraduate BGLTQIA
Association but upperclassmen let her hang out with them and, under their
tutelage, she began to explore labels for herself. She began to think about
gender fluidity, and transitioning.
Toni’s lack of communication baffled Gretchen, and she discussed it
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as much as did Gretchen. He was just one of the new friends she’d
acquired, but she missed Toni and the closeness they had. She didn’t
quite understand why Toni was questioning so much about herself, and
she wasn’t sure how she’d fit in her girlfriend’s life if Toni became Tony.
Would that change, change everything?
Better question: by the end of this book, will you care?
I have my doubts.
“What We Left Behind” is very, very slow; in fact, it sometimes seemed
to me that it was twice as long as its 416 pages of overly-detailed, sameold dialogue and young adults who were way too angst-y for my tastes.
Yes, these kids do things that only increase the melodrama amongst
themselves, which is ultimately not all that interesting but which creates
an uneasiness in plot, making most of author Robin Talley’s characters
mighty unlikeable.
And yet, I persevered. I was hoping to learn something from Toni’s
gender-questioning. What I got instead was an abundance of language that
seemed rather clinical and not always clear. Was that the point? Shrug.
Romance readers may find a tiny smidge of amour here, if they’ve the
time to look for it, but I really wasn’t a big fan of this book. For the most
part, I think, “What We Left Behind” is a title that should be heeded.
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Gift Buying Made Simple!
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Shopping is easy. You do it at least once a week, just because. It’s fun, relaxing, enlightening, and social. You love to shop… except when you have to
shop for a gift for someone and you don’t know what to buy. Gah.
In that case, how about a book? How about one of these books…..
FICTION
Who doesn’t want a thriller for mid-winter reading? For sure, your giftee
will, and “The Jaguar’s Children” by John Vaillant is the one to wrap. It’s the
story of Hector, who’s being smuggled into America from Mexico when the
truck he’s in breaks down. He’s sealed inside and the smugglers have left
but he has a cell phone and your giftee will have a page-turner. Wrap it up
with “A Free State” by Tom Piazza, a thrilling novel of a former slave who,
in conjunction with the leader of a minstrel troupe, concocts a dangerous
ruse so that he can make music on-stage with white performers. Oh, did I
say that a slave hunter is on his trail?
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Music lovers know what they like, and I’ll bet yours will like “Playboy
Swings” by Patty Farmer. It’s the story of how an iconic men’s magazine
(and the empire that sprang from it) changed the way we find, enjoy, and
listen to music. Wrap it up with “The Song Machine” by John Seabrook, a
book that examines why we listen to and love the music we can’t get out of
our heads.
Is there a lover of All Things Southern on your list? Then wrap up “Southern Living: 50 Years: A Celebration of People, Places, and Culture.” This
heavy, huge compilation of half a century of the iconic magazine is jampacked with photos, short articles, photos, pictures and… did I say “photos”? If Beatlemania has hit someone on your gift list, then the gift to give
this year is “The Complete Beatles Songs” by Steve Turner. This large-sized
book is full of lyrics from the Fab Four, as well as stories of how the songs
came to be, and plenty of photos of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. It could
be the Ticket to Ride.
The gardener on your list will plant her fanny down and read, once you’ve
given her “The Reason for Flowers” by Stephen Buchmann. It’s all about
flowers, their history, the places they’re grown – even the critters that help
them bloom. Wrap it up with a pair of garden gloves and a pretty trowel.
The giftee you know who loves things that go STOMP in the night will also
love opening “The Bigfoot Book” by Nick Redfern. It’s a book about large,
hairy creatures: Yeti, Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Little Red Men, and other critters
you don’t want to meet on a dark and stormy night.
HISTORY
For the historian on your list, you can’t go wrong with “Black Earth: the
Holocaust as History and Warning” by Timothy Snyder. This huge, comprehensive book takes a long, hard look at the years leading up to World
War II, as well as the Holocaust itself and its aftermath, and how it still
resonates today.
Want to hear a whoop of pleasure when the gifts are opened? “A Little History of the United States” by James West Davidson will make that happen.
It’s a lively, not-so-little look at the little ways that people from all walks of
life, cultures, backgrounds, and incomes came together to make a nation.
LGBT STUDIES
If there is a young adult on your list who’s recently come out – or who
knows someone who has – then “This Book is Gay” by James Dawson has
answers to a lot of questions, including those from people who’ve come out
already and who offer advice. It’s a quick-to-read, easily browse-able book
that treats all subjects factually. Bonus: you can borrow it back if you have
questions of your own…
Here’s a different book that your giftee might like: “Not Gay: Sex Between
Straight White Men” by Jane Ward. This book takes a look at what defines
gay, for a man. Are “straight” men who flirt with men really straight? Is
there a fine line in sexuality, or none at all? This is a thought-provoker, so
be prepared to discuss…
Do love and politics make strange bedfellows? Your giftee will know, once
you’ve wrapped up “Don’t Tell Me to Wait” by Kerry Eleveld. This book,
written by a former Advocate reporter, takes a hard look at the Obama
administration and how the LGBT community helped change policy.
If there’s someone on your list who’s fascinated by (or uninformed of)
LGBTQ history, then “The Gay Revolution” by Lillian Faderman could be
the best gift he (or she!) gets this holiday. This brick of a book is filled with
over 700 pages of tales of the fight for basic rights and the triumphs as they
happened. Wrap it up with a book that looks at another facet of LGBTQ
history: “QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology,” edited by Raymond Luczak.
It’s a book filled with stories – 48 of them – written by authors who explore
what it’s like to be disabled and gay.
If you’re at a loss or can’t find what you want to give this holiday, help is
at hand! Get yourself to your nearby bookstore and throw yourself at the
mercy of the lovely / handsome bookseller, the one with the great bi smile.
He or she has SuperPowers when it comes to this kind of thing. Seriously.
And Season’s Readings!
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The Year, 1815. How Different Things Can Be in Just 100 Years!
* The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
* Fuel for cars was only sold in drug stores.
* Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
* Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
* The maximum speed limit most towns was 10 mph
* The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
* The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.
* The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
* A competent accountant could be expected to earn $2,000.00 per year.
* A dentist could make $2,500.00 per year.
* A veterinarian could make between $1,500 and $4,000 per year.
* A mechanical engineer could make about $5,000 per year.
* More than 95 percent of all births tool place at home.
* Ninety percent of all doctors had no college education. Instead, they
attended so-call medical schools, many of which were condemned in the
press and the government as “substandard”.
* Sugar cost four cents per pound.
* Eggs were fourteen cents for a dozen.
* Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
* Most women only washed their hair once a month. They used Borax or
egg yolks for shampoo.
* The five leading causes of death were: Pneumonia and influenza,
Tuberculosis, diarrhea, Heart Disease, and Stroke.
* The American Flag had 45 stars
* The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30.
* Crossword puzzles, canned beer and iced tea had not been invented yet.
* Two out of every 10 adults could not read or write.
* Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high School.
* Marijuana, heroin and morphine were all available over the counter
at local drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, “Heroin clears the
complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach, bowels
and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health!”
* And last, there were about 230 reported murders in the entire United
States!
It is truly amazing how fast everything around us is changing. It is
impossible to imagine what it will be like in another 100 years!
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