O Solo Homo is a diverse; definitive; and hugely entertaining collection representing the cutting edge of queer solo performance. The pieces in O Solo Homo touch nerves that run deep — from sex; politics; community; and health to the struggles and joys of family; friends; and lovers. Peggy Shaw; of Split Britches; revisits how she learned to be butch. The late Ron Vawter; of the Wooster Group; juxtaposes the lives of two very different men who died of AIDS: diva filmmaker Jack Smith and Nixon crony Roy Cohn. Tim Miller; one of the NEA Four; surveys the landscape of gay desire before and after the advent of AIDS. And Carmelita Tropicana; the “National Songbird of Cuba;rdquo; makes an unforgettable; hilarious return to Havana.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. An incomplete storyBy K. PelletierI watched the movie about him; and I really wanted to know what happened to his family after he died. I hoped this book would tell me. The last section of the book said nothing about them after his death; and moved far too quickly through this portion on his life and career. I also wanted to know more about his interaction with the Beatles; but the book only focused on the infamous "lost weekend" with John Lennon.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A pleasant surpriseBy PabloThe best test of a good biography is how it holds your interest....its even better when you have no preconceptions of what youre getting into. I think weve all read biographies where we hurry through the last 50 pages so the person can die already......I picked up this book with only a passing interest in Harry Nilsson (when I was eleven years old; I laughed at "Youre breaking my heart"....it had the f word in it.... and I remember necking in the basement of my parents house to "Without You"...not much else). 300 plus pages later; I went to another side of and bought the 17 disk retrospective on his RCA career.Mr. Shipton presents a very well researched; entertaining look at a complex individual. From his beginnings as a child of a broken home; his early days as a song plugger (and computer programmer); some pretty funny stories of his rowdy behavior; and the somewhat unhappy end to his life; you will be hooked.Highly entertaining; and very much recommended...whether you like Harry or not2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. God bless Harry!By crimson dynamoBetween the recent RCA albums box set (17 discs) and this book; I have been in an all-Nilsson fugue state/vortex for the past 7 weeks. Alyn Shipton is a great writer who handles his subject without affection and presents the balance of Nilssons lust for good times with the self- abuse that ended his life (not to mention his career) prematurely. He really delves into some of the parts of his childhood that drove his compulsions later in life without being overly melodramatic or prosaic and all the while providing the reader with a glimpse of just how charming a character Nilsson was. Nilsson was one of our great all-time loons and such a wonderful creative force when he was on his game. Plus; that half court shot; you gotta give it up for that.