In his two Pulitzer-winning plays Tennessee Williams puts the light on the shadowy corners of desire.
Category: Gay stuff
Five gay things I learned from The Boy In The Dress
A story of a murder in the 1940s becomes a much bigger, and queerer, tale of Australia’s history.
Five new queer films to add to your watchlist
My pick of the recent Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
How gay is the Iliad?
In the spirit of speculating about sexuality (something that is only ok for ancient fictional characters!), here’s a ranking of Iliad retellings by gayness.
How many men are turned into flowers in Ovid’s Metamorphoses?
Adonis, Narcissus, Hyacinthus: all run afoul of the gods in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Patrick White spills the tea in Voss
Patrick White was the first Australian to win a Nobel Prize for literature. He was also a huge homo.
Glittering ichthyosaurs in Heart of Darkness
My favourite imagery in all of literature comes from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.