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Now in paperback, Love, West Hollywood, features thoughtful, humorous, and insightful stories about glbtq Los Angeles. Edited by Chris Freeman and James J. Berg. Finalist for the 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Anthology.

From New Orleans (Love, Bourbon Street) to San Francisco (Love, Castro Street), Alyson's richly detailed, highly acclaimed series finds its way to the sun-dappled land of Southern California. The story of Los Angeles' gay history is often overshadowed by the mystique of Hollywood, as well as the notion that the gay community was centered in the City by the Bay or the Big Apple. Now, Los Angeles' rich literary and cultural heritage is revealed in these thoughtful, humorous, and insightful essays.

See the Table of Contents, Introduction, and Contributors' bios.

The Christopher Isherwood button links you to material related to my research on the Anglo-American writer, including information on my book, Isherwood on Writing.

"Peppered with Isherwood's comments on Hollywood, his working relationship with W.H. Auden, and his friendships with E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, and Stephen Spender, these lectures from the '60s hold fresh insights into the author's life."

The Advocate

News update: the new documentary, Chris and Don: A Love Story, screens on the Sundance Channel in June 2009. Check your local listings, as they say. The film, by Tina Mascara and Guido Santi, features interviews with Isherwood scholars Jim Berg and Chris Freeman. See a compilation of reviews at metacritic.com.