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Who was the first tortured poet? Maybe the ancient Egyptian who wrote, sometime in the 15th century BCE, "My beloved stirs my heart with his voice. He causes illness to seize me.... My heart is smitten." Maybe the poet Catullus, whose heartbreaks lit up ancient Rome: "I hate and love," he explained in Latin, "and

From RuPauls memoir to Tana Frenchs latest mystery, the best new books coming in March will help you spring into the new season. Pulitzer Prize finalist Percival Everetts James reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a liberation narrative. Helen Oyeyemis mind-warping novel, Parasol Against the Axe, will leave your head spinningin a good way. Adelle

In May, David Steward, a former president of TV Guide, and his partner Pierre Friedrichs, a caterer, hosted an uncomfortably crowded cocktail party at their Manhattan apartment. It was a typical gay fund raiserthere were lemony vodka drinks with mint sprigs; there were gift bags with Calvin Klein sunglasses; Friedrichs prepared little blackened-tuna-with-mango-chutney hors doeuvres

Video of a slam poetry performance by a twenty-year-old University of North Carolina drama student is going viral, with nearly 70,000 views on YouTube. The controversial title and message of his poem: God is gay.

But not all teams pay their top players the way the Golden State Warriors pay Curry or the way the Los Angeles Lakers pay LeBron James. In all, 11 players are making at least $30 million this season, and 26 teams have at least one player making at least $20 million. And then there are