Actor and Martyr Jean-Paul Sarte     1952     640p     6 x 9 Saint Genet is Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic biography of Jean Genet—thief, convict, queer—a character of almost legendary proportions whose influence grows stronger with time. Saint Genet is at once a compelling psychological portrait, literary criticism, and one of Sartre’s most … Continue reading Saint Genet →

Peter Shaffer 1964 One of Shaffer’s early plays in which the Spanish expedition under Pizzaro to the land of the Incas told in dazzling spectacle and moral chiaroscuro. After general absolution for any crimes they may commit against the pagan Incas, the conquerors set forth upon the sea. The Inca god is a sun god, … Continue reading The Royal Hunt of the Sun →

On Men, Women and the Rest of Us Kate Bornstein   1995   272p   5 x 8 Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a trans woman. $3-10 Other works involving gender, sexuality, trans, theater

Antonin Artaud 2001 253p 5.5 x 8 “I am the man,” wrote Artaud, “who has best charted his inmost self.” Antonin Artaud was a poet who wanted to live in the infinite and asked that the human spirit burn in absolute freedom. To society, he was a madman. Artaud, however, was not insane but in … Continue reading Artaud Anthology →

Peter Shaffer     1974     145p     5 x 8 Equus. . . . This is a play about a disgruntled child psychiatrist who takes on the case of a young man who’s blinded six horses. Over the course of trying to treat the youth, everything is called into question for the … Continue reading Equus →