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In Paperback
Now! Thursday July 28th/Friday 29th: Tracy on BBC-5's Up All Night 9:30 pm Eastern USA/2:30 am GMT with Dr. Petra and Dotun Read an excerpt |
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| Thursday, July 31, 2003 A big thank you to everyone who made the Rocky Sullivan reading so lively and successful!! What a great audience. Lisa McLaughlin is a terrific organizer and Dan from Shakespeare & Co was on the case -- delightful and supportive. The Q&A was fun. A sampling of questions: Something about washcloths. (Don't ask.) What about Mary Magdalene? Which character is you? (All of them.) To cap it all off, this v. enigmatic guy showed up and recited some lines of Robert Frost: "Better boughten pleasure at my side. Provide... provide." He disappeared before I could thank him. Sunday, July 27, 2003 My next event! Wednesday, July 30 at 8 pm Meet me at Rocky Sullivan's Wednesday for a reading, Q&A and book-signing. 129 Lexington Ave. (btwn 28th & 29th Sts.) New York, NY 10016 1-212-725-3871 Midnight Cowboy is a period piece about male prostitution that has held up. The most violent scene in Midnight Cowboy is very hard to watch -- for all the right reasons. (As compared to another period piece, Klute, which becomes ludicrous as things get more violent.) The director of Midnight Cowboy, John Schlesinger, died this week and the Guardian reprinted a lovely speech in which he argues that "Midnight Cowboy would not likely be made today, when so much rides on blockbuster special effects." I don't know if that's true or not. Elder statesmen often make global statements about the arts which can be a little ...over the top. Perhaps Midnight Cowboy would not be made today because it's already been made. But his speech was very moving. Schlesinger was grateful for "the opportunity to make statements about the human condition." One such work was Midnight Cowboy which he describes as "the story of two human beings finding each other among the millions of souls wandering through the streets of New York, intersecting at a place where their dreams, their hopes collided." This gave me the shivers. Not one word about hustling, prostitution, sex work or, for that matter, dishwashing, the occupation that his prostitute character escapes from. Perhaps there was a bit of old-fashioned restraint which caused him to dignify the prostitute character or perhaps Schlesinger was just being himself. He then goes on to talk about what we now call "coming out of the closet," but again, his language is more delicate and more emotionally thorough. His speech is worth reading. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1006285,00.html Then, curiously, I see an obit for the director on VOA (Voice of America.) The overwhelming theme of this obit is "tolerance" but prostitution is not mentioned. Instead, Midnight Cowboy is described as a movie about homosexuality. Okay, but ... when VOA does not mention the prostitution aspect, I see it differently. Double standard on my part? Perhaps. Short but interesting, especially if you are into reading tea leaves: http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=A2C85713-0743-4C16-AE437263929687D1 Friday, July 25, 2003 In this morning's e-mail: A note from Doug Henwood sending me to the front of the Guardian website. Under Today's Comment: a sharp opinion piece by Ana Lopes and Callum Macrae. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1005526,00.html Tuesday, July 22, 2003 My next event! Wednesday, July 30 at 8 pm I will be reading at Rocky's and signing copies of the new paperback... All questions answered (within reason.) Meet me at Rocky Sullivan's next Wednesday: 129 Lexington Ave. (btwn 28th & 29th Sts.) New York, NY 10016 1-212-725-3871 Books provided by Shakespeare & Co! Friday, July 18, 2003 Autograph copies in Manhattan If you're looking for an autograph copy of my book, check out these two independent sellers. You can order over the phone using a credit card, as well! Come Again Erotic Emporium, 353 East 53rd Street (between First and Second Aves, closer to First) New York, NY 10022 Phone: 1(212) 308-9394 St. Mark's Bookshop, 31 Third Avenue (corner of 9th Street) Phone: 1-212-260-7853 Hours: open til midnight 7 days! Web: www.stmarksbookshop.com Saturday, July 12, 2003 Radio Date: Monday July 14 in Baltimore I'll be on at 8:10 am Eastern Time with KIRK, MARK, AND LOPEZ 98ROCK Baltimore WIYY-FM For more info... http://www.98online.com Tonight: Saturday July 12 in Texas KLLI-105.3 FM Saturday evening July 12 going into Sunday: 12:30 Central, 1:30 am Eastern The Dan & Tasos Show http://www.live1053.com/onair.asp Sunday, July 06, 2003 People say I've been quite remiss about posting new stuff. So ... here's a random update. Stay tuned! My interview with C&C: http://www.crimsonandcherry.com/sex/tracyquan.html Next radio date: Texas KLLI-105.3 FM Saturday evening July 12 going into Sunday: 12:30 Central, 1:30 am Eastern The Dan & Tasos Show http://www.live1053.com/onair.asp Next reading: New York, Rocky Sullivan's Wednesday July 30 at 8 pm http://www.rockysullivans.com Latest City Paper column: My Sun-Kissed Summer http://citypaper.net/articles/2003-06-12/cover10.shtml Signed books Philly: Brentano's, The Shops at Liberty Place, 16th and Chestnut Streets, 1 (215) 557-8443 Philly: Tower Records, Avenue of the Arts, Broad Street corner of Market, open til midnight, 1 (215) 568-8001 New York, Manhattan: Barnes & Noble, 105 Fifth Avenue (SE corner 18th Street), 1 (212) 807-0099 |