2 NEW BOOKS!

MICHAEL MUSTO'S DISH WARMED OVER



The Advocate:

Kudos on a terrific title. What’s the story there?
Michael Musto:

There was a cater waiter at Robin Byrd’s house on Fire Island who once told me that the motto of the Pines is “fork on the left, knife in the back, spoon up the nose, dish, dish, dish.” I thought it would be too unwieldy to run the whole thing, so I just went for the first half.

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JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND'S TANGO:

It’s difficult to pin down exactly what sort of literary debut Justin Vivian Bond has made with "Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels."

Is it a bruising chronicle of gender identity struggles, told from the other side of the mountain? Is it the funny/sad tale of a budding trans kid cut down by small minds before he could bloom? Is it a steamy bisexual tween-to-teen confession of first base romps with chicks and dangerous role-playing liaisons with the neighborhood bully?

At a very busy 132 pages, the slim and sassy "Tango" fires in too many directions-but rarely does it miss the mark.



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