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Girl in the Picture (Skye Borgman, 2022).

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Remembering Gospel Truths Amidst Evil | For The Church

by Michael Nelson | Mass shootings are no longer rare events in our nation.  Many will remember the shootings at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, Virginia Technical University on April 7, 2007, Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14, 2012, or at Parkland High School only 4 years ago.  When these events occurred, there was shock among many in our nation...

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gay people

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The snow is falling down

It's colder day by day

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A Gorey Spotlight

If the thin, elegant figures and exquisitely depicted furnishings on this dust jacket look familiar, it is because this is the artwork of Edward Gorey. Gorey worked in the art department of Doubleday from the mid-1950s to 1960 where he created cover art for dozens of books. Our copy of A Room in Chelsea Square was published in 1959 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in New York. There is an ownership stamp of the Gay People’s Union Library in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a hand-written notation that states “Said to be written by Edward Gorey.” 

The speculation over the authorship of this novel is because it was initially published anonymously due to explicit gay content. Though there is no author mentioned in the book, the text on the jacket flap states “ You may wish you had never heard of A Room in Chelsea Square. But you will hear of it, and more than likely you will - as you read it - agree that it is the work of a highly skillful and sophisticated writer and that it is a very funny book indeed.” The author is British novelist Michael Nelson (1921-1990). Set in the early part of the 20th century and featuring characters who current critics may describe as camp, the novel continues to be relevant as a work of early gay literature. It was last republished by Valancourt Books in 2014. 

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Christine (2016)

Directed by Antonio Campos

Cinematography by Joe Anderson

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I can see a better time

When all our dreams come true

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Don't put me back together

I wanna be broken in two