book rage by mark hernandez
Unfriendly Fire
Everyone in our community should know about Na-
thaniel Frank and his book Unfriendly Fire. He’s recently
appeared on Rachel Maddow, The Daily Show, countless
newspapers and at our own LGBT Center. His book is
pretty much the definitive compendium of all that’s
known about gays serving in the military both here
and abroad, and in fact there’s a campaign to send his
book to every member of congress in the run-up to the
upcoming debate on abolishing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. There are some
surprising revelations, including how the politicians and the brass who created
the policy ignored the extensive research available and essentially “made stuff
up” because they didn’t want to deal with the issue. Amazingly, Nathaniel has
gotten these same men to admit and regret that they did exactly that. The book
also focuses on how the policy has actually harmed our effectiveness, especially
with the discharge of so many Arabic translators. He loves to tell the story of how
an intercepted message went untranslated on the day before 9/11 that said,
“Tomorrow is the day.”
No Strings
Mention Gerri Hill and most women will buy her books
sight unseen. Her new novel No Strings takes place in
sleepy Lake City located somewhere in the beautiful
and serene Colorado mountains. It’s no surprise that the
story involves a female sheriff and a female forest ranger,
and right there moseys along nice and easy. And in kind,
these two women strike up a bargain to get together on
a no-strings-attached basis, which seemed perfectly
reasonable at the time. But winter sets in and they spend
more and more time together in close quarters, keeping
warm and all that, and things just get better and better and their bargain ends
up being something that just doesn’t fit the situation anymore, not to mention
that the sheriff is scheduled to return back to her previous job as a police chief
in the big city. Gerri Hill offers another superbly written character-driven (and
sometimes “sizzling”) story that is sure to delight both old and new fans of her
Writer spotlight
writing.
Jon ginoli E-Male
life in a gay rock Band Well, with spring having just officially arrived and
In Jon Ginoli’s new tell-all book Deflowered - My Life in Pansy Division, he tells even though here in San Diego it always feels like sum-
the story of the arrival of the first openly-gay pop-punk band. In San Francisco mer, perhaps you’ll be in the mood for some good ol’
in the early 1990s, Jon was determined to start a band that didn’t pretend it gay pulp fiction beach-reading-kind-of-a-thing. E-Male
wasn’t gay and he chronicles his life and times pushing the band up the lad- is the latest Scott & Scott light-hearted romance novel,
der of success in the pursuit of recognition, and a music label, not to mention all of which are simple (but not simple-minded) love
gender-bending the envelope and opening new doors. An accomplished stories with happy endings. They all involve cute guys,
guitarist, singer and songwriter, Jon has plenty of great stories to tell which mildly naughty sex, but lots of heart and lots of fun. In
got his book published by a large press and, well... now he’s an author too. this episode, Kory Miles is secretly the brains behind a
Of course, how could the stories not involve anti-gay homophobia, fights, very popular dating website, unbeknownst to his friends
(lots of) sex, drugs, groupies plus the standard fare in the life in a touring gay at work. He decides to take things to the next level and create a romantic gay
rock band. There’s a strong San Diego connection, too. Jon’s smoothly written getaway, but after traveling to the hot-spot he’s got in mind, things don’t turn out
easy-to-read book takes you from his childhood in Illinois and brings you to to be much like he was led to believe. Will he be able to rescue the situation and
the present. In addition, a DVD just has been released in conjunction with turn fantasy into reality? There’s nothing worse than disappointed gay guys on
the book titled Pansy Division - Life in a Gay Rock Band, all available at fine gay vacation. While it’s no secret the book has a happy ending, you’ll have to find out
bookstores near you. exactly what it took to make it happy!
Books available at Obelisk Bookstore
20 RAGE monthly | APRIL 2009
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