Thom
Nickels
About The Author
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Thom
About The Author |
Thom Nickels is a Philadelphia-based author/journalist/poet and film critic.
He is the author of six published books, including --
* The Cliffs
of Aries * [Aegina Press, 1988] --
a metaphysical / science fiction tale
* Two Novellas:
Walking Water & After All This * [Banned
Books, 1989 : 170pp] -- it was nominated for a 1989 Hugo Award and a 1990 Lambda
Literary Award.
* The Boy on
the Bicycle * [Starbooks Press, 1993
- 94] -- a cult best-seller
* Images of America
* Manayunk * [Arcadia Publishing, 2001
: 128pp]
* Images of America
* Gay and Lesbian Philadelphia * [Arcadia
Publishing, 2002 : 128pp]
* Tropic of Libra
* [Starbooks Press, 2002 : 227pp]
* Philadelphia Architecture *
[Starbooks Press, 2003] -- received
an American
Institute of Architects Journalism Award
Nickels is a regular contributor to the Lambda Book Report and was named a judge in the non-fiction essays/anthologies for the 2002 Lambda Literary Awards.
His story, Sneakers, is included in the erotic anthology, Tough Guys, published in 2002 by Black Books.
His column, Different Strokes, in a Philadelphia non-gay newspaper, was one of the first out gay columns in the nation.
Nickels has written bylined columns, celebrity interviews, theater and art reviews and previews, features and book reviews for Metro, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Style Magazine, City Paper.
He is a columnist for Philadelphia's The Weekly Press, Metro, and Philadelphia's Star newspaper chain (where he also had a weekly film review column), and Pride Vision TV in Toronto, Canada.
Nickels was co-founder of the (now defunct) Coalition for Philadelphia Art and is listed in Who's Who in America 2003-2004.
He is in the process of writing, and will narrate, Revelations: The History of Gay and Lesbian Philadelphia, a documentary film based on his book, Gay and Lesbian Philadelphia -- a production of Longshore Films, Inc.
A book of his essays and short biographies of famous gays and lesbians will be published by the Florida Literary Foundation in late 2004.
French Connection -- 2006
Spotlighting Marilyn Monroe, Thom Nickels,
Mamie Van Doren, TONY CURTIS, Xaviera Hollander,
Charles Manson, SYLVIA MILES, and a great many more!
PARIS, FRANCE (October 26, 2006) - French Connection, publisher of the world-renowned anthology series Van Gogh's Ear, is delighted to announce the much-anticipated release of the masterpiece the series has been building up to since its début: Van Gogh's Ear: The Celebrity Edition (French Connection; $19US). The Lay-Down Date for this addictive like no other book is Monday, November 27, 2006. Made for an increasingly demanding and fast-paced world, this astoundingly diverse compendium is alive with multifaceted realities that can be experienced in any order, allowing a great way to take a quick immediate break and be instantly transported into many and varied emotions. Featuring celebrities, poets, novelists, cultural icons, political activists, and artists from every corner of the globe, Van Gogh's Ear: The Celebrity Edition is a fully illustrated 280-page odyssey that transcends color and culture through the uncensored pens of over a hundred talents from all walks of life. Even just a few minutes of reading this most original and timeless collection can keep your thoughts continually re-visiting it.
Aficionados of the ultimate sex goddess will especially be pleased to discover the real, living, breathing, feeling person that was Marilyn Monroe in never-before-revealed memories by people who actually knew her, such as her personal masseur, Ralph Roberts; her Some Like It Hot co-star, Tony Curtis-whose paintings of Marilyn are also included; bosom Blonde Bombshell Mamie Van Doren; and Actor's Studio friend John Gilmore. Plus
***More***
there are fascinating insights from Norman Mailer and respected Marilyn biographer Sarah Churchwell, not to mention nudes by Demetrie Kabbaz (famous for his international Marilyn art exhibitions), and a never-before-published one-act play by Joyce Carol Oates that brings to life Marilyn's posing for the controversial nude calendar.
If that's not enough, Serbian poet Gojko Bozovic puts us in a bomb shelter during the bombings in Belgrade; Lynette S'phiwe Hlongwane wraps us in the skin of a young person in South Africa's townships, where a gun is put in your hands and you're ordered to kill those you consider your friends; Quentin Crisp, in his final prose piece "What Does It Mean To Be Human?", probes the human condition; Xaviera Hollander brings to nightmare reality her traumas in a Japanese prison camp, shedding light on the human will to survive even the harshest conditions; Charles Manson, in "What You See In Me Is Your Soul" (which appears with a scan of his actual writing), expresses his concern about what's happening to the planet, as well as his feelings on the subject of media abuse; and Patricia Nell Warren, author of best-selling novel The Front Runner, warns about the negation of free speech and the rise of fascism in the USA today in her powerful "An Impassioned Thanksgiving in America."
Van Gogh's Ear: The Celebrity Edition will be launched via prestigious readings and events organized in major cities throughout the world, such as Chicago, Toronto, Paris, London, San Francisco, New York, and Sydney. Distribution in the USA, Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Australia will be extensive.
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