AmosL
05-20-2008, 09:53 AM
Lessard, John, editor. “To Quote a Queer: A Compendium of Wit, Wisdom and Devastating Remarks”, Quirk, 2008.
I Wish I Had Said That
Amos Lassen
I just finished going through (reading is not the correct word) John Lessard's “To Quote a Queer” and am sitting here at my computer trying to figure a way to review it. An anthology on one and two lines like this is really hard to write about. But let me say that this is the kind of book that every gay person needs to have in their library. It gives you the thing to say for every occasion. After all as both the introduction and Matthew Arnold said that culture is defined by “the best which has thought and said in the world”. And we, the GLBT community seem to have a lot to say.
We are now in a place where the nations of the world are aware of our existence, so it is only right and timely that our quotes be compiled, organized and saved. The diversity of our community gives us something to say about almost everything. It is pure fun to read “To Quote a Queer” and there is so much to be learned here. Lessard has organized the book alphabetically by topics and should you want to find a quote about anything at all, it is easy to do so. I absolutely love this big, little book and I always try to find a suitable quote to add to the bottom of my emails. It makes letter writing so much fun.”To Quote a Queer” has a prominent place on my desk so it is always available.
I Wish I Had Said That
Amos Lassen
I just finished going through (reading is not the correct word) John Lessard's “To Quote a Queer” and am sitting here at my computer trying to figure a way to review it. An anthology on one and two lines like this is really hard to write about. But let me say that this is the kind of book that every gay person needs to have in their library. It gives you the thing to say for every occasion. After all as both the introduction and Matthew Arnold said that culture is defined by “the best which has thought and said in the world”. And we, the GLBT community seem to have a lot to say.
We are now in a place where the nations of the world are aware of our existence, so it is only right and timely that our quotes be compiled, organized and saved. The diversity of our community gives us something to say about almost everything. It is pure fun to read “To Quote a Queer” and there is so much to be learned here. Lessard has organized the book alphabetically by topics and should you want to find a quote about anything at all, it is easy to do so. I absolutely love this big, little book and I always try to find a suitable quote to add to the bottom of my emails. It makes letter writing so much fun.”To Quote a Queer” has a prominent place on my desk so it is always available.