Giovanni's Room

Giovanni’s Room with Michael Horvich

Hello! In some ways, the characters in this book were my first lovers. Today we meet Michael Horvich and we’re talking about the queer book that saved his life: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. Michael is a retired Elementary School Educator and University Instructor. In addition he’s many things, here’s just a partial list: Poet,…

Read More

I’m not willing to lead a double life with Gary Nygaard

In this episode, we talk with Gary Nygaard (he/him) about the book Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. This book is a classic of LGBTQ literature. For Gary, he read it as a cautionary tale of how destructive it can be to pretend to be straight and how damaging it can be for yourself not to…

Read More