Category Archives: Author interviews

EVA KAPITAN, NOVELIST, PUBLISHER, JOYOUS LAUGHER, DIED APRIL 4, 2018

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

Author of the novels Lovers, Grapes and Crimes and Murder at the Wine Cask Inn, also proprietor of A Few Good Books Publishing, Eva selected quotations to appear on A Few Good Books Publishing web page that tell more about her than I could … Continue reading →

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“If you don’t push against the mirror, how do you know you’re standing in front of it?”

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

The quote above is from my interview with Martin Pousson, whose PEN award-winning novel Black Sheep Boy, also an L.A. Times Pick of the Week, inspired Susan Larson (NPR The Reading Life) to say: “An unforgettable novel-in-stories about growing up gay in French Acadiana, so vivid and almost … Continue reading →

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LATE LAST NIGHT BOOKS ONLINE MAGAZINE WELCOMES FIVE NEW COLUMNISTS

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

As managing editor of Late Last Night Books online magazine, soon to begin its fifth year, I’m honored to welcome five new columnists: Ron Cooper, author of The Gospel of the Twin, Purple Jesus, Hume’s Fork and philosophy professor, University … Continue reading →

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Reading to survive

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

 I’m pleased to have Mike Albo as a guest on Late Last Night Books http://latelastnightbooks.com/…/mike-albo-gross-time-looki…/ . Mike Albo, MA creative writing, Columbia, authored the novels Hornito, The Underminer (with Heffernan), the novellas The Junket and Spermhood, and the plays Sexotheque, … Continue reading →

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A Modest Inheritance by Carol Bird

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Gary Garth McCann

  A MODEST INHERITANCE, BY CAROL BIRD, takes us to West Virginia in a tightly drawn, subtle mystery in which much is behind the scenes and the apparent monetary stakes aren’t as high as the spiritual and emotional ones. I enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Read my interview with Lambda mystery award-winning Katie Gilmartin

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Gary Garth McCann

  At http://latelastnightbooks.com/ I invite you to read my interview with Katie Gilmartin, author of the Lambda Award-winning mystery, Blackmail, My Love. In writing about gay life under 1950s police and societal brutality, Gilmartin also in effect wrote about what … Continue reading →

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Who’s the sexy guitarist at the Hard Rock Bahrain?

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Gary Garth McCann

Author Garry Craig Powell during his years in the Middle East. Read about his novel, Stoning the Devil, below.

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Here are three questions for Garry Craig Powell, author of Stoning the Devil.

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Gary Garth McCann

Q: You’ve hooked me on wanting the feel of being an ex-pat in Dubai. Imagine that you and I are sitting in a Dubai hotel bar. (You’re buying, because that sweetens the fantasy for me; I’m cheap.) Who would be … Continue reading →

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