#hughryan

[maddpool]

How long have you been here? Since midway through the fourth show. That… That was in January! Yes. Okay….

[maddpool]

thehughjackman I always knew we’d sail off into the sunset. I just didn’t know it would be so soon. 

[maddpool]

thehughjackman🥳 @vancityreynolds

[maddpool]

thehughjackman He’s not taller. His hair is just higher!

[lucsbooks]

When Brooklyn was Queer: A History by Hugh Ryan

"When Brooklyn was queer" is not your usual feel-good book. It's a research project spanning back centuries on queer history and what it was to be queer in America. I did not expect this book to be so heavy, not when it comes to making the reader feel sad or impotent but because it is so well researched. It is the kind of book that makes you feel hopeful because, in the face of hardship, they persevered, they formed their own community, their own families when the ones they had been given were not enough. I particularly liked the fact that there are photographs of some of the people that are talked about. It felt nice to look at people who History was not able to erase or pretend didn't exist just because the world was not ready for them. This is a book that will probably be a lot more interesting for American audiences though. Thank you to St. Martins Press and Net Galley for this ARC.

4/10

[benningtonwritingseminars]

Snapshot Recap, Day Eight. . . . #benningtoncollege #benningtonwritingseminars #benningtonmfa #juneresidency #manuelgonzales #hughryan #markwunderlich #robertfrostgrave