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In the mystery novel, The Name of the Rose, literary critic Umberto Eco describes a medieval monastery where some monks believe that the monastic library is a threat to their existence because "the books talk among themselves."

These monks believed that information was dangerous. It had a way of spreading from book to book -- knowledge becoming stronger the more channels it flowed through, the more details it picked up and the more minds that filtered it. A library, then, as an immense link between readers and books, was a potent force to be feared.

The monks tried to remove a few books, thinking that some knowledge would be stopped from spreading; the result was bloodshed.

Today, the WorldWideWeb is our library. Sites talk among themselves. The GLSEN/DC Bookstore will present you with some selected books which we think will continue this conversation, this sharing of ideas, elaborating on the issues that concern our community, and, ultimately, expanding the information we all will have related to meeting the challenges of eradicating homophobia from ours schools, our workplaces, our families, and our lives.


This Month's Featured Author: Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin (a favorite of your WebSpinner) is a gifted novelist and an outspoken advocate for the rights and visibility of gay men and women. Before moving to San Francisco in 1971, Armistead Maupin lived a different life: he was raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, the son of an archconservative lawyer; worked for a stint under reactionary Jesse Helms as a reporter for Raleigh's WRAL-TV. Following a tour in Viet Nam as a communications officer, he returned to build housing for disabled Vietnamese veterans, an effort which earned him a Freedom Leadership Award from then-President Nixon.

Rising out of his own struggle with silence and falsehood, Armistead Maupin seeks to tell the truth in his life and his work. In 1974, he came out publicly as a Gay. In his fantastically popular (two-million copies sold in ten languages) six-book Tales of the City series, Maupin writes about the interactions of gay and straight communities in San Francisco.

Maupin's stories, though, are more than justentertainment -- they are a valuable commentary on our judgmental society. His latest book, Maybe the Moon, recounts the story of Tamara De Treaux, a 31-inch actor, whose greatest film role was playing E.T. Though Tamara was a Hollywood myth, says Maupin, "she was only made acceptable by her rubber suit. And the point is, we're all wearing rubber suits."

Check out these direct links to Armistead Maupin's books
offered for sale by Barnes and Noble.
Click on the book jacket for the link.

Tales of the City

More Tales of the City

Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City #3)

BabyCakes: Continuing Tales of the City (Tales of the City #4)

Significant Others (Tales of the City #5)

Sure of You (Tales of the City #6)

Maybe the Moon

Question of Equality: Gays & Lesbians from Stonewall to the Present

Also available are:
Back to Barbary Lane: The Final Tales of the City Omnibus
and
Twenty-Eight Barbary Lane: The Tales of the City Omnibus
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