Gregg Shapiro
The Real Magic Mike: An Interview with Actor/Illusionist Michael Carbonaro
Michael Carbonaro has made magic cool again. His wildly popular hidden camera show “The Carbonaro Effect,” which took illusion and tricks to a new level, established him on a global scale. Of course, it helps that he has movie star good looks that leave David Copperfield (remember him?) in the dust. Those looks also came…
The Search For Love: An Interview With Raymond Luczak
Here’s a funny, gay, “small world” story. In the 1990s, years before I actually met Raymond Luczak, we were both published in the long-running (1976-1995) gay culture magazine Christopher Street. In fact, “Lincoln Avenue,” the short story of mine published in the issue of Christopher Street which featured Luczak’s “Notes of a Deaf Gay Poet” article…
A Matter Of Taste: An Interview With Alison Riley
Even the best cooks and bakers among us know that not every attempt at food preparation turns out to be the way it was intended. Part essay collection/part cookbook, writer and creative-director Alison Riley’s Recipe for Disaster: 40 Superstar Stories of Sustenance and Survival (Chronicle Books, 2023) folds in humorous and heartfelt tales to satisfy almost…
The Persistence of Pansy Division: An Interview With Jon Ginoli
Long before there was ever a Lil Nas X (seriously, before Lil Nas X was even born), the LGBTQ musical act Pansy Division had the right combination of in-your-face lyrics and unexpected public exposure. With the good fortune of having shared a record label (Lookout Records) with Green Day, as well as a similar punk…
