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Stories written by Keith Stern
Keith Stern has been telling the life stories of prominent people for nearly twenty years, reaching an audience in the millions on the Internet and in print. His encyclopedic collection of 900 mini-biographies, Queers in History, was published as a trade paperback by Benbella Books in 2009, and has been a perennial seller since it first appeared as a digital book in 1993. He has produced some of the most popular biographical websites on the Internet. Since 1997 he has been collaborating with Sir Ian McKellen on that actor's autobiographical website, McKellen.com. He has also produced websites for Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, the late Lynn Redgrave, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Spinal Tap (SpinalTap.com, since taken over by MGM), Gods and Monsters and others for movie stars and movies. Stern’s new novel, Freezing Time, based on the life of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge will be published by Shoreham House in 2011.

When Did the Indians Become Straight?: A Review

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Mark Rifkin shows how the “romance plot” of “normal” heterosexuality and the nuclear family was used to justify destruction of the fabric of Indian life and set the stage for settler claims on Indian territory. Sallustius wrote of the myths of Attis that, “This never happened but it always is.” It’s appropriate for Mark Rifkin [...]

May 15th, 2011 | Posted in Reviews | Read More »

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