Armistead Maupin News

 
Obama's Gay Marriage Evolution: A Societal Shift?
NPR
As the debate over the political calculations behind President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage continue, Host Scott Simon checks in with acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Armistead Maupin to talk about this as a cultural moment.


 
BBC News
Scissor Sisters: 'Albums are a waste of songs'
BBC News
Jake: A year ago, I went into production on my musical [an adaptation of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City] and I was exhausted. I was thinking, "How the hell are we going to make another album?" My strategy was not to worry about it and go into the ...

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Salman Rushdie to headline Pen Pals series
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Other guests include mystery writer Dennis Lehane, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, Minnesota native Alice Kaplan, who has written a number of books about France, and "Tales of the City" author Armistead Maupin. All lectures will take place at the ...
Pen Pals 2012-2013 season announcedExaminer.com

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On the Town: Where to go, what to do
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego Talks and readings Armistead Maupin: "Mary Ann in Autumn." 9:30 am Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., SF (415) 749-6355. www.gracecathedral.org. Out to eat Sam's Chowder House: Few restaurants have the close-up ocean views as this ...


 
“The Letter Q” Book Give Away
Lez Get Real
The book itself is described as: An anthology “in which sixty-four award-winning authors and illustrators such as Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Jacqueline, Woodson, Terrence McNally, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, and Armistead Maupin, ...


 
OFFBEAT: Valparaiso's Michael Essany returning to broadcast with new TV venture
nwitimes.com
Author Armistead Maupin ("Tales of the City") is 68. Actor Franklyn Ajaye and actress Zoe Wanamaker ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") are 63. Singer Stevie Wonder is 62. Basketball star Dennis "The Worm" Rodman is 50.


 
Publishers Weekly
In New Anthology, LGBT Authors Speak to Their Younger Selves
Publishers Weekly
On May 14, Levine, Moon, and contributing editor James Lecesne hosted a reading at Scholastic headquarters in New York City, which featured a number of the book's contributors, including Armistead Maupin reading his work over Skype from his office in ...