Sexy, sardonic, and unerringly on target, this story of love and intrigue among Hollywood's gay community sparkles with all the wit and delicious fun of a Jackie Collins bestseller combined with the sensibility of Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City".

Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This first full critical and historical study of Howl brilliantly elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives striking new portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Drawing from newly released psychiatric reports on Ginsberg, from interviews with his psychiatrist, Dr. Philip Hicks, and from the poet's journals, American Scream shows how Howl brought Ginsberg and the world out of the closet of a repressive society. It also gives the first full accounting of the literary figures—Eliot, Rimbaud, and Whitman—who influenced Howl, definitively placing it in the tradition of twentieth-century American poetry for the first time. As he follows the genesis and the evolution of Howl, Jonah Raskin constructs a vivid picture of a poet and an era. He illuminates the development of Beat poetry in New York and San Francisco in the 1950s--focusing on historic occasions such as the first reading of Howl at Six Gallery in San Francisco in 1955 and the obscenity trial over the poem's publication. He looks closely at Ginsberg's life, including his relationships with his parents, friends, and mentors, while he was writing the poem and uses this material to illuminate the themes of madness, nakedness, and secrecy that pervade Howl. A captivating look at the cultural climate of the Cold War and at a great American poet, American Scream finally tells the full story of Howl—a rousing manifesto for a generation and a classic of twentieth-century literature.

Lottie Person is a glamorous fashion blogger living her best life in L.A. at least that s what she wants you to think. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING finds Lottie putting the past behind her and trying to make the best of a bad situation„her life! Lottie's new bestie is an emotional roller coaster: first she died, and then she killed someone. Who will Caroline hurt next, and what is her brother Virgil doing here? What secret is Detective John Cho seeking in the desert? Why did Cutegirl ghost her sister? Is Normgirl really going to marry Ashley? And what in god's name did Sunny ever see in Charlene? These questions and many others may possibly be answered in SNOTGIRL, VOL. 2: CALIFORNIA SCREAMING! IGN calls SNOTGIRL Ê"Fresh and different!" and says "its sheer weirdness, creativity, and heart will appeal to fans of Scott Pilgrim and Seconds!" Collects SNOTGIRL #6-10

Sortez les mouchoirs ! Lottie Person est une blogueuse mode hyper tendance de L. A. qui vit la vie parfaite - du moins, c'est ce qu'elle essaie de faire croire à tout son réseau. Dans ce nouvel arc, Lottie essaie de laisser son passé derrière elle et de tirer le meilleur d'une sale situation - sa vie, en gros. Il faut dire que la nouvelle meilleure copine de Lottie, c'est quelque chose. D'abord, elle meurt et ensuite elle tue quelqu'un ! Qui Caroline va-t-elle blesser ensuite et qu'est-ce que son frère Virgile fait ici ? Quel secret le détective John Cho cherche-t-il dans le désert ? Qu'est-ce que Cutegirl a bien pu faire à sa soeur ? Est-ce que Normgirl va se marier avec Ashley ? Et qu'est-ce que, au nom du ciel, Sunny trouve à Charlene ? Toutes ces questions et bien d'autres que vous ne vous êtes pas encore posées trouveront - peut-être - une réponse dans le deuxième volume de Snotgirl, la nouvelle série déjantée de Bryan O'Malley, le créateur de Scott Pilgrim !

Here are 13 daring and innovative tales dealing with "skinheads, x-ray patients, whores, lovers, fetishists, and other lost souls" who populate landscapes as diverse as ancient Babylon, India, and contemporary San Francisco. Part fiction, part reportage, these narratives are laced with a bleak and bitter humor, and portray a dazzling array of characters.

Turn on, tune in drop dead - June, 1967. In San Francisco, the summer of love is in full swing. In fact, it's about to hit its highest moment - or its lowest. Reporter Rennie Stride is covering the Monterey Pop Festival, where her two best friends will be appearing along with rock titans: Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, the Byrds, the Mamas & the Papas. And sharing the spotlight with blazing new comets: Janis Joplin, Jim Hendrix, Otis Redding, the Who - But not far from Monterey, an anti-festival is also happening - Big Magic. As both events unfold, Rennie encounters old friends and new enemies. And when people start turning up dead in the psychedelic crossfire, she goes looking for justice - or vengeance - for them all.

Horror has the gripping ability to captivate...and enthrall. It hooks you with unnerving stories of dread and evil, pushes your limits and pokes every phobia. Audiences love to be scared but behind every muffled scream is something deeper and even more fascinating. In Screaming for Pleasure, S.A. Bradley takes you on a wild journey exploring horror, where you'll discover what is so tantalizing about terror, including: Rare insights about some of the greatest fright directors of all time, like David Cronenberg, Guillermo Del Toro and John Carpenter, culled from hundreds of interviews.An in-depth look at 6 of the most impactful horror films by women directors, plus a list of over 15 women directors you should be watching now.Relive the most terrifying and shocking moments in horror film history with detailed breakdowns of over 100 films. Plus, you'll uncover how horror lets you peek in at what may be lurking within yourself. Screaming for Pleasure thrills you with the beauty and depth of the horror genre, dissecting films, literature and music, that reveals how horror constantly reinvents itself and reflects the anxieties of each generation. Whether you're frightened to watch scary movies alone or a horror obsessive, Screaming for Pleasure is the entertaining guide to help cinephiles of all types fall in love with horror again.