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New Book ‘Gay & Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer’ Explores Issue from Diagnosis to Recovery
VIA PRESS RELEASE
(New York, NY) June 12, 2018 – On June 19, LGBTQ scholarly publisher Harrington Park Press will release their latest book, “Gay & Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer (from Diagnosis to Recovery).”
Like previous titles from the imprint, such as “Transgender Sex Work and Society” and “LGBTQ Hospice and Palliative Care,” the book is not only the first of its kind, but also necessary and timely.
Medical science has conspicuously–and shamefully–been complicit in valuing straight white men above all others. Women, racial minorities, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) communities are underrepresented in clinical trials, which limits our ability to identify their needs and to respond to them thoughtfully.
The LGBTQ community has been described as experiencing an “ignored epidemic” and characterized as a “growing and medically underserved population” in the area of cancer care.
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Book Review: Hype: A Doctor’s Guide to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims and Bad Advice, by Nina Shapiro, MD with Kristin Loberg
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“Hype: A Doctor’s Guide to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims and Bad Advice –
How to Tell What’s Real and What’s Not” by Nina Shapiro, MD with Kristin Loberg
c.2018, St. Martin’s Press $26.99 / $34.99 Canada 304 pagesFor the last few days, you’ve had a tickle in your throat.
It’s not much, just a hrrumph that’s gone from occasional to annoying. You’ve looked it up online and, well, it’s either allergies, a cold, or you’re going to die. But, as author Nina Shapiro, MD says in her new book, “Hype” (with Kristin Loberg), be careful what you think you know.
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Book Review: Tough Mothers: Amazing Stories of History’s Mightiest Matriarchs, by Jason Porath
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“Tough Mothers: Amazing Stories of History’s Mightiest Matriarchs” by Jason Porath
c.2018, Dey Street $24.99 / $31.00 Canada
244 pagesYour mom is tough as nails.
The minute you were placed in her arms, she became your personal warrior, cheerleader, and banker. She remembers the good things you did and (sigh) the dumb things you tried. She pretends to forget why she ever gave you That Look. And in the new book “Tough Mothers” by Jason Porath, you’ll meet other women just like her.
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Book Review: Tough Mothers: Amazing Stories of History’s Mightiest Matriarchs, by Jason Porath
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“Tough Mothers: Amazing Stories of History’s Mightiest Matriarchs” by Jason Porath
c.2018, Dey Street $24.99 / $31.00 Canada
244 pagesYour mom is tough as nails.
The minute you were placed in her arms, she became your personal warrior, cheerleader, and banker. She remembers the good things you did and (sigh) the dumb things you tried. She pretends to forget why she ever gave you That Look. And in the new book “Tough Mothers” by Jason Porath, you’ll meet other women just like her.
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Book Review: The Language of Kindness, by Christie Watson
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“The Language of Kindness” by Christie Watson
c.2018, Tim Duggan Books $27.00 / $32.95 Canada
336 pagesThere was a time in your life when you tried everything.
Full-time, part-time, gig-worker, entrepreneurship, you changed jobs like most people change clothes. It’s exhausting and disheartening and author Christie Watson had the same experience: café worker, milk deliverer, video shop clerk, she tried them all but in the new book “The Language of Kindness,” she tells how she settled upon her best job of all.
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Book Review: The Language of Kindness, by Christie Watson
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“The Language of Kindness” by Christie Watson
c.2018, Tim Duggan Books $27.00 / $32.95 Canada
336 pagesThere was a time in your life when you tried everything.
Full-time, part-time, gig-worker, entrepreneurship, you changed jobs like most people change clothes. It’s exhausting and disheartening and author Christie Watson had the same experience: café worker, milk deliverer, video shop clerk, she tried them all but in the new book “The Language of Kindness,” she tells how she settled upon her best job of all.
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May Featured Author: Sue Katz
Author and Activist Sue Katz Author Sue Katz’s business card identifies her as a “wordsmith and rebel.” A lifelong activist for social justice, she has lived and worked on three continents: first as a martial arts master, then promoting transnational volunteering, and most recently teaching fitness and dance to seniors and elders. She earned her BA from Boston University in 1970, her Tae Kwon Do Black Belt in 1975, and her MA in English Literature in 1985.
Sue’s fiction and non-fiction work has been published for decades in anthologies, magazines, and online. Her journalism includes travelogues, dance reviews, and political commentary. Her two most recent books are her collection of short fiction about the love lives of older people Lillian’s Last Affair and other stories, and her novel about the love affair between two old women in senior housing Lillian in Love. She is now working on a collection of “flash fiction” – extremely short stories.
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Featured Book: From Whence We Come, by Maurice W. Dorsey
Meet the author! Author Maurice W. Dorsey will be at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, May 27 (Baltimore). See details here.I met author Maurice W. Dorsey at the Rainbow Book Fair two years ago. His first book, Businessman First, was the masterful telling of the life of Henry G. Parks. Jr., an African American businessman and entrepreneur. The biography soon became a QBR Wheatley Book Award Finalist.
With the recent release of From Whence We Come, author Dorsey has returned in full force with the story of Seymour Rose, an African American man who is gay and whose life has taught him that coming to terms with family, love, loss, and one’s own identity, can come at high cost.
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Book Review: The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, and Then Some 1976-1988, by Martin Duberman
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, and Then Some 1976-1988” by Martin Duberman
c.2018, Duke University Press $27.95 / higher in Canada
242 pagesParts of your life are missing.
Maybe you’ve forgotten, purposefully or by accident. You were overwhelmed and didn’t look, too influenced by love, anger, or adult beverages to take full notice. Sometimes, you wonder what’s missing but in the new book, “The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, and Then Some 1976-1988” by Martin Duberman, one man’s gaps are filled.
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Book Review: My Patients and Other Animals, by Suzy Fincham-Gray
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm SezMy Patients and Other Animal, by Suzy Fincham-Gray
c.2018, Spiegel & Grau
$27.00 / $36.00 Canada 288 pages
Lions and tigers and bears, Oh, my!
You probably don’t have any of those in your house right now – at least not in their full-size versions – but the kitty and puppy lying nearby might sometimes seem as ferocious as their larger cousins. Oh, my, as you’ll see in the new book “My Patients and Other Animals” by Suzy Fincham-Gray, we’re wild for our pets!
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‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ Now Available In Audiobook
It’s all read and done: ‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ has just released in audiobook. You can find it now on Audible, Amazon, and coming soon on iTunes. Narrated by Audible Approved narrator Fred Wolinsky, the audiobook brings to life the first book in the Marshall James series. Wolinsky’s steady, experienced narration lets the writing come through and the characters speak for themselves. Listeners will hear the tale of a world-weary man deciding now is the time to talk, to tell a story or three about some murders he was involved in back in the day, Hollywood, 1983. Are you listening? -
‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ Receives Stellar Review at The Novel Approach
Mark McNease did a terrific job writing Marshall James’s story. The murder mystery was intriguing and suspenseful and made this a page-turner for me. – Maryann
I knew it was coming, but I didn’t know if it would be negative, positive, or mixed. Imagine my delight at getting a stellar review, calling ‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ a page turner. Just the shot in the arm a writer needs now and then. And listen for the audiobook arriving any day now, narrated by the fabulous Fred Wolinsky.
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Book Review: Would You Rather? A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out, by Katie Heaney
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez“Would You Rather? A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out” by Katie Heaney
c.2018, Ballantine Books
$16.00 / $22.00 Canada 256 pagesSometimes funny, sometimes self-depreciatingly cringe-worthy, “Would You Rather?” is a refreshing change over the I’ve-known-since-I-was-a-child LGBTQ memoirs. Readers may also notice that it’s a bit overboard.
You’re late!
Oops, you overslept, got caught in traffic, the elevator was slow. Phone lines were down, email was down. You forgot, and you’re late, sorry. Or, as in the new book “Would You Rather?” by Katie Heaney, your understanding was just a bit delayed.