Email Author Keith Bowers

2010 Stories by Keith Bowers

• Paradox in Portraiture

  published December 29, 2010

  Geoff Chadsey examines gay life in his portraits, especially its enigmas and fears. Unlike the fiercely graphic homoerotic scenes photographed by,... More >>

• Ground Zero in the Culture Wars

  published December 29, 2010

  Simon Sheppard's reading series has been attacked on Fox News, and it's no wonder. First of all, he writes gay porn, and the very name of the... More >>

• The Horror, the Humor

  published December 29, 2010

  Serena Cole embraces laughter and terror in equal parts. On one hand, the characters she creates from ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and... More >>

• Musicals Get a Gay Tune-Up

  published December 29, 2010

  Showtunes: They're quite possibly the gayest thing in the universe, loaded with equal parts camp, pageantry, and flamboyance. They've also been... More >>

• Hallucinations Made Clear

  published December 29, 2010

  Don Lattin deals in deconstruction. Part detective, part historian, he uses interviews, documents, the public record, and his own experience to... More >>

• All in the (Royal) Family

  published December 29, 2010

  Holiday family gatherings can bring out the worst in people, renewing rivalries and battles that were all but forgotten. Make that family the... More >>

• Light in the Darkness

  published December 22, 2010

  As the pages of the calendar turn and the darkness gradually gives way to light, this is a natural time to reflect on the year behind us and the... More >>

• Bowled Over

  published December 22, 2010

  We love to dress up on New Year's Eve. Unless you're fabulously well-to-do and frequent high-end events with power brokers, fashion mavens, and... More >>

• Picturing Queer Literary History

  published December 22, 2010

  The AIDS crisis hit San Francisco like an atom bomb in the early 1980s. In a community that had finally found its voice and strength, people (most... More >>

• Absurdism Without Borders

  published December 22, 2010

  Westerners seeking enlightenment in Eastern religion are nothing new in works of art or for artists themselves. The Beatles spent time with... More >>

• Unwrap Before Eating

  published December 22, 2010

  Victoria Mimiaga’s oil paintings of food – vegetables, candy, even raw meat – are colorful, beautifully rendered still lifes that... More >>

• The Lighter Side of Heavy

  published December 22, 2010

  Truth that's embedded in humor is no less powerful than truth delivered by serious means. In fact, it can be more powerful — just ask... More >>

• Shout Out to the Satanists

  published December 15, 2010

  There's hating the holidays (whine, whine, whine), there's doing something about it (boycott, protest, volunteer), and there's having a devilish... More >>

• That's Forked Up

  published December 15, 2010

  The dramatic tension in a holiday play might be palpable (will Christmas be saved?), but its outcome is usually about as predictable as that of a... More >>

• And a Monkey Shall Lead Them

  published December 15, 2010

  Curious George always seems to have such a good time in spite of what's going on around him, much of it his own doing. He escapes any and all... More >>

• Ubiquitously Invisible

  published December 8, 2010

  Comic artist R. Crumb was known to spend hours sitting outside with pen and sketchbook, drawing urban landscapes that he could use as backdrops... More >>

• Share Yourself

  published December 8, 2010

  It's easy to be jaded this time of year, what with retailers aiming for our hearts using doublespeak that would make a politician jealous. They... More >>

• They Give Us Those Nice Bright Colors

  published December 8, 2010

  For those who've seen her, her image is unforgettable. Her piercing green eyes. The blood-red scarf draped over her head and shoulders. Her dark... More >>

• Hammering the Nutcracker

  published December 8, 2010

  Choreographer Katy Alniz Rous is accustomed to putting things in the blender. She learned ballet at age 3, samba at 5, flamenco at 8, and Russian... More >>

• Who Are You? And How Do You Know?

  published December 1, 2010

  Think of a milestone or institution in San Francisco's queer community, and Rink Foto has documented it with his camera. Harvey Milk's... More >>

• Vulnerably Vulgar

  published December 1, 2010

  Mary Van Note looks as if she shouldn't have taken the stage. She's too nervous to move or even breathe much. She clutches the microphone with... More >>

• Naughty Nautical Nutcracker

  published December 1, 2010

  For any GOP stalwart looking for more evidence that our fine city is a haven for homosexuals, deviants, and socialists, add this to your list: The... More >>

• In Space, No One Can Hear You Laugh

  published December 1, 2010

  Author Mary Roach goes strange places to get a story. She once accompanied a small army of doctors practicing facelifts on severed heads.... More >>

• Buck You

  published November 24, 2010

  Bucky Sinister knows how to hold a room by the balls. With his poetry, he has you terrified one moment, in tears the next, and then soon breaking... More >>

• Wake Up and Give Thanks

  published November 24, 2010

  The graffiti on Alcatraz confronts visitors to this day. “You are on Indian land,” one proclaims. “Custer had it coming,”... More >>