Watch a Special Video Message from Kate Clinton on Hosting the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Edit Team in Videos & Trailers
On Monday, June 4th, 2012, join us at the most glamorous LGBT literary event in the country. Over 400 attendees, sponsors, and celebrities will come together to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature.
To buy your ticket for the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards click here.
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception 7:00 pm Awards Ceremony
Hosted by Kate Clinton
CUNY Graduate Center
Proshansky Auditorium
365 5th Avenue (at 34th Street)
New York City
9:30 pm VIP After Party at Slate
54 West 21st Street
New York City
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres with full dinner menu available
Watch a Book Trailer for ‘The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes To Their Younger Selves’
Posted on May 8, 2012 by William Johnson in Videos & Trailers
The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to their Younger Selves , out this month from Arthur A. Levine Books, is an anthology composed of “ sixty-four award-winning authors and illustrators such as Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Jacqueline Woodson, Terrence McNally, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, and Armistead Maupin[...] telling their younger selves what they would have liked to know then about their lives as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people.”
Watch Zach Wahls, Author of ‘My Two Moms,’ Discuss His Book on The Daily Show
Posted on May 5, 2012 by Edit Team in Videos & Trailers
“On January 31, 2011, Zach Wahls addressed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in a public forum regarding full marriage equality. The nineteen-year-old son of a same-sex couple, Wahls proudly proclaimed, ‘The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character.’ Hours later, his speech was posted on YouTube, where it went viral…” (more…)
Watch John Irving Discuss the Bisexual Character in His New Novel ‘In One Person’
Posted on May 4, 2012 by William Johnson in Videos & Trailers
“John Irving’s In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love–tormented, funny, and affecting–and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of the novel’s bisexual narrator and main character, Billy Abbott. As Billy says: ‘We are formed by what we desire.’”
(via BookLounge)
Daniel Radcliffe Talks About Playing Allen Ginsberg in ‘Kill Your Darlings’
Posted on May 1, 2012 by Edit Team in Videos & Trailers
Kill Your Darlings, a film based on the murder that supposedly brought the Beat Poets together, is slated for release in 2013. Daniel Radcliffe will star in the film–along with with Elizabeth Olsen (as Edie Parker) and Ben Foster (as William Burroughs).
(Via HuffPo)
Awww the Unique Aroma of Old Books! Why Do Old Books Smell?
Posted on April 12, 2012 by Edit Team in Videos & Trailers
“Walk into a used bookshop and you will encounter the unique aroma of aging books. The smell is loved by some, disliked by others, but where does it come from?”
The folks from AbeBooks’ Book Collecting Guide explain all. (more…)
Watch The Beanie Baby Hunger Games
Posted on March 27, 2012 by William Johnson in Videos & Trailers
Hunger Games mania has seemingly over taken the world–the LGBTQ community included. Did you read the books? See the movie? Well here is a campy revision for your viewing pleasure.
Long live Katniss Ever-bean!
[via nymag]
Watch a Full-Length Reading of the Play ’8′ with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Martin Sheen, and Chris Colfer
Posted on March 5, 2012 by Edit Team in Videos & Trailers
Last week, we reported that a star-studded reading of Dustin Lance Black’s Prop 8 play, 8, would stream live online. The full length reading of the play is now available for viewing. (more…)
Rob Reiner Announces Live Stream Reading of Dustin Lance Black’s “8,” Starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney
Posted on March 2, 2012 by Edit Team in Videos & Trailers
In this Youtube clip, posted February 28th, Rob Reiner announces ”a history-making live streaming ” of 8, Dustin Lance Black’s play about the Prop. 8 trial.
Watch the Oscar Winning Short ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’
Posted on February 27, 2012 by William Johnson in Videos & Trailers
Whimsy Alert! On Sunday, February 26th, Moonbot Studios took home the Oscar for Best Animated Short for their adorable film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. (more…)
