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Stephen C. Bird
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Reviews / Quotes from Reviews of From G to PG to R to X
" 'From G to PG to R to X' follows the devolution of national politics, sexual politics and political correctness in the polarized nation of Amourrica Profunda. Loaded with caricatures, including a talking octopus, who disappear and reappear, the story shatters literary conventions. In [From G to PG to R to X] unpopular capitalist and former chancellor Tumerico Inflammatorio ... has an oddball fam
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| Death, dreams, dystopia, hallucinations ... Abuse, rebellion, political turmoil, gender confusion and morphing identities ... Secret ceremonies, sacrifice, epiphanies and transformation ... Inform the chaotic worlds of this tragicomic novella. | |
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| I was looking for a therapist and during one consultation this book was recommended to me. This work addresses problems that are classically inherent to gay men: body fascism, objectification, perfectionism, inauthenticity, "instamacy", abuse / self- ...more | |
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| This book changed my life, as did Camille Paglia's "Sexual Personae" when I first read it 19 years ago. "Literary Outlaw" is a great window onto the post-WWII-beatnik culture--specifically the friends & people constituting Burroughs' Columbia Univers ...more | |
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“By the way [or as they say on Fakebook – BTW]”
― Any Resemblance to a Coincidence Is Accidental
― Any Resemblance to a Coincidence Is Accidental
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“Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest. They are both amoral and immoral, consciously breaking rules. Their ''evil'' look at such times is no human projection: the cat may be the only animal who savors the perverse or reflects upon it”
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“Gay men are guardians of the masculine impulse. To have anonymous sex in a dark alleyway is to pay homage to the dream of male freedom. The unknown stranger is a wandering pagan god. The altar, as in pre-history, is anywhere you kneel.”
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“The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men, but rather their conqueror, an outlaw, who controls the sexual channels between nature and culture”
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“You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't be a way of life - the important part of writing is living. You have to live in such a way that your writing emerges from it.”
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“Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.”
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Hi Stephen... thanks for the friend invite!
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Stephen,I would like to thank you so much for being my friend here on GoodReads. I really enjoyed reading your novel 'Catastrophically Consequential' and look forward to reading more of your ..."
Thanks Lucinda --
I greatly appreciate the support !!!
Cheers -- Steve Bird
You're welcome ChattyKat! All the best -- Steve Bird