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Middle age threw me a wicked curve
HIV-positive since the '80s, I never expected to grow old -- and I really didn't expect to end up with a crooked penis.
By Peter Kurth Sep 28, 2007
At her majesty's pleasure
After a nightmare flight from New York to London, I was thrown into a Victorian hellhole of a prison alongside drug smugglers and rapists. This is my story.
By Peter Kurth May 1, 2007
Who wants to get married?
I'd hoped that the gay-marriage fight might lead to a reassessment of an institution that's plainly failing masses of people. But that doesn't seem to be on anyone's agenda.
By Peter Kurth Nov 20, 2003
The dreamer of Brooklyn
Jonathan Lethem's astonishing "The Fortress of Solitude" places him in the first rank of American novelists.
By Peter Kurth Sep 12, 2003
"Out of the Flames" by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
The scholar who enraged Calvin and inspired the Unitarians was gruesomely executed for writing a book.
By Peter Kurth Nov 12, 2002
"You Shall Know Our Velocity" by Dave Eggers
Stop squawking about the money, the youth and the fame -- there's a real writer among us, and Dave Eggers' new novel proves it.
By Peter Kurth Oct 31, 2002
Quack record
Bestselling health and fitness guru Gary Null weighs in on AIDS. Almost all of what he says is useless, dangerous and just plain wrong.
By Peter Kurth May 21, 2002
"More, Now, Again" by Elizabeth Wurtzel
The author of "Prozac Nation" describes being neurotic, smart, sexy, rich, self-obsessed and addicted to Ritalin in her latest dysfunctional memoir.
By Peter Kurth Jan 23, 2002
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The author of the new biography of Isadora Duncan discusses the legendary dancer whose short life was a whirlwind of art, stormy love affairs and tragedy.
By Amy Standen Nov 12, 2001
"Isadora: A Sensational Life"
An excerpt from the new biography of dancer Isadora Duncan.
By Peter Kurth Nov 12, 2001
Dancing in the dark
I was racing against death when I signed up to write Isadora Duncan's biography -- and winning wouldn't even be my strangest adventure along the way.
By Peter Kurth Nov 12, 2001
"In the City of Shy Hunters" by Tom Spanbauer
The early days of the AIDS epidemic, seen through the eyes of a beautiful, enigmatic hero who's not gay, not straight, not bisexual.
By Peter Kurth Jun 22, 2001
"The Last Days of Haute Cuisine" by Patric Kuh
A witty, gossipy history of high cuisine shows how America's best restaurants turned into boomer feeding factories.
By Peter Kurth Jun 20, 2001
Duchess dearest
A dodgy new book claims that Wallis Simpson was genetically a man and romanced a much younger gay playboy.
By Peter Kurth Jan 31, 2001
"Afterburn" by Colin Harrison
It's mean. It's tough. It's ugly. It's male. But is it art?
By Peter Kurth Jan 19, 2000
Letters to the Editor
Andrew Sullivan defends his politics
Plus: You don't have a right to privacy on your boss's time; did HIV+ mom make the right choice?
Letters to the Editor Dec 15, 1999
"The Trouble With Normal" by Michael Warner
A sex activist defends the right of gay men -- and everybody else -- to screw around.
By Peter Kurth Dec 8, 1999
"The Season" by Ronald Kessler
An exposé by an author who spends his time playing lapdog to the rich promises juicy tidbits and delivers kibble.
By Peter Kurth Nov 3, 1999
"Pre-Code Hollywood" by Thomas Doherty and "Sin in Soft Focus" by Mark A. Vieira
A fascinating and important study details the "moral anarchy" of the early, pre-censorship talkies; a volume of classic photographs covers the same era.
By Peter Kurth Oct 21, 1999
"Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash"
A close look at garbage comes up with gold.
By Peter Kurth Sep 1, 1999
Disco Bloodbath
Violent death doesn't get more FABULOUS than the murder of drug dealer Angel Melendez by party promoter Michael Alig.
By Peter Kurth Aug 18, 1999
"Tipping the Velvet"
An exuberant, lusty novel about a lesbian adventuress follows its heroine through the underworld of Victorian London.
By Peter Kurth Jul 30, 1999
"Merde"
An investigation of shit yields gold.
By Peter Kurth May 25, 1999
The Diary Of Vaslav Nijinsky
Peter Kurth reviews 'The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky,' edited by Joan Acocella
By Peter Kurth Feb 25, 1999
Turkey Shoot 1998
The worst books of 1998
By Salon contributors Dec 24, 1998
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