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  The Lambda Literary Foundation has selected 119 finalists for the prestigious 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award, which identifies and celebrates the best of lesbian and gay books in the year of their publication. Finalist readings are being held in San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles. On Friday, May 11, Lambda [...]

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Best Erotic Romance (Cleis Press, 2012) offers a sampling of work from some of the best authors writing in the erotic romance genre today. Editor Kristina Wright introduces Best Erotic Romance by saying, “These are the stories that touched my heart and ignited my libido, that made me think about the nature of desire and [...]

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What is “BLE”?  It’s Best Lesbian Erotica of course!  Simply Google the title and you’ll find nothing but praise for this anthology of steamy hot stories. This is the fourth year that friend of our site, Kathleen Warnock, is editing the anthology – and she’s looking for submissions for Best Lesbian Erotica 2013 to be published by [...]

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Last Looks At The Happiest Medium In 3-D – Pull Your Glasses Out

by Stephen Tortora-Lee November 21, 2010 Art

For those of you who attended the Happiest Medium’s 1st Anniversary Party (in 3-D) you may have seen these slide shows already. They feature the great performers we had there, and some of their upcoming projects. Here is the main slide show with the normal as well as 3-D-ified images that will jump out at [...]

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How Do You Measure A Year? With A Party! *THE HAPPIEST MEDIUM IN 3-D!*

by Karen Tortora-Lee October 7, 2010 Art

Things are really buzzing at The Happiest Medium.  We can hardly believe it, but we’re about to celebrate our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!  Was it only yesterday that we swung wide the virtual doors and hung out our THM shingle? Related Posts:No Related Posts

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2nd Ave Poetry – Volume 3 Launch

by Karen Tortora-Lee September 25, 2010 Books

2nd Ave Poetry, vol 3: The Occult Saturday, September 25 5-7 pm FREE (or with suggested donation) The Creek and The Cave 10-93 Jackson Ave, Long Island City (on the E, G, & 7 train, B61 bus) featuring readings & multimedia performances by mitch HIGHFILL   *   toni SIMON  *  hector CANONGE * charles BORKHUIS  [...]

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Another Universe Is Just A Click Away: Meet Mardi-Ellen Hill – Multi-Media MENDtm Maven

by Karen Tortora-Lee July 21, 2010 Books

In a time when full immersion is the key to any good entertainment experience Mardi-Ellen Hill has managed to create a multi media-universe that allows the participant to be drawn into a world of her creation through any number of doors.  Choose your favorite: book, game, music, and let the hidden mystery that is the [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day From THM

by Karen Tortora-Lee May 9, 2010 Books

The Happiest Medium would like to wish all the Moms, all the children of moms, and all the fans of TV Moms a happy day today. Feeling Nostalgic for Carol Brady, or even Peg Bundy?  Then check this out: Related Posts:Saying Goodbye To FX’s Nip/Tuck

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You Can Help Girls Write Now

by Karen Tortora-Lee March 23, 2010 Books

Do you want to share your craft and work one-to-one with an aspiring teen writer? Apply to be a Volunteer Writing Mentor today! Press Release from Girls Write Now: Girls Write Now is a community of professional women writers—educators, editors, poets, novelists, playwrights, journalists, literary agents, publishers, and more—on a mission. Since 1998 we’ve provided [...]

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NYCIP Presents “New York, The Super-City”

by Karen Tortora-Lee March 8, 2010 Art

Press Release from New York Center for Independent Publishing: New York served as the model for Gotham City, inspired Will Eisner as he created the noirish adventures of The Spirit, and became a recurring character during the 1960s resurgence of Marvel in comics such as Spider-Man and Iron Man. Comics expert Peter Gutiérrez will moderate a high-energy round-table on the relationship [...]

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22nd Annual Indie And Small Press Book Fair

by Karen Tortora-Lee March 5, 2010 Books

Admission is free! March 6th & 7th from 10:00 – 5:00 General Society Library 20 West 44th Street (btw. 5th & 6th Aves.) 10:00 am – 5:00 pm both days Saturday, March 6th: 11:30 – 12:00 PM Maria Filice of  Food & Fate Publishing will presents Breaking Bread in L’Aquila Reviewed in Library Journal as [...]

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Two Turns Adaptation Of Henry James’ Novella Successfully Merges Theatre & Philanthropy

by Diánna Martin February 18, 2010 Books

Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw is one of my favorite works committed to paper, being a wonderful macabre pastime that my Grandmother and I used to share together, acting out the roles as we read along. I feel it is truly one of the most important staples of Gothic Literature. With every read [...]

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Book/Movie Tie-Ins: Alice In Wonderland

by Diánna Martin January 15, 2010 Books

I’m very excited about Tim Burton’s new take on Alice In Wonderland. I honestly can’t think of anyone else who could bring the tale to the screen and give it that surreal (read: trippy) quality that it properly deserves. The cast is amazing and includes Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska, Stephen Fry, Crispin [...]

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A Stocking Full Of The Happiest Holiday Media Just For YOU!

by Karen Tortora-Lee December 23, 2009 Art

Before heading off for a long winter’s nap, I thought it would only be fitting to send you into the holidays with visions of sugarplums and such. So, here is my Christmas wish for you all, and if you don’t celebrate Christmas, here’s hoping the Internet waves simultaneously translate my wishes and retrofit them to [...]

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Meet Julie Powell

by Karen Tortora-Lee December 17, 2009 Books

Who wouldn’t want to read a book with a subtitle as searing and juicy (yes, I’m going for a steak vibe here) as “A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession“? One part of Julie Powell‘s life has just been immortalized on film in “Julie & Julia“, but Ms. Powell has a lot more memoir in [...]

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Once Upon A Time … An Evening With Charles Strouse

by Karen Tortora-Lee October 30, 2009 Books

Charles Strouse isn’t a name that immediately rings a bell with most people the way, say, Andrew Lloyd Webber does.  If you say “the great musical composer, Charles Strouse”  people don’t go “Ahhhh, right, of course”.  But mention some of his iconic songs and right away the “wow, I didn’t know he wrote that“s and [...]

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Meet Lidia Bastianich

by Karen Tortora-Lee October 29, 2009 Books

In the early part of the century (yes, that would be the year 2000) I became fascinated with Lidia Bastianich and made a point of telling everyone that I wanted to go to her restaurant, Felidia (243 E. 58th New York, NY 10022). People tend to like me (what can I say?) so everyone made a [...]

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