Long self-identified as a gay man, America's greatest playwright Williams' candour in his book about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug use was found shocking in and of itself. Here, more than thirty years later, Williams' look back at his life is not quite so scandalous as it once seemed.

In 1998, Taschen introduced the world to the masterful art of Touko Laaksonen with The Art of Pleasure . This title showcases the range of Tom's talent, from sensitive portraits to frank sexual pleasure to tender expressions of love to his haunting tributes to young men struck down by the AIDS epidemic.

'Crackpot' is a collection of essays reflecting Water's skewed but thought-provoking worldview. This edition contains new material to coincide with the ongoing success of 'Hairspray' on Broadway.

Tells the story of one man's journey from belief to un-belief and back again. The author explores his own spiritual and religious adventure and observes how this has been echoed in contemporary society.

Cookie Mueller was a fiction writer, cult movie star and art critic in New York until her death from AIDS in 1989. Included here are highlights from her art columns for Detail magazine, her agony aunt column, and her strongest pieces of fiction.

Thus begins John Water's autobiography. Opening with his upbringing in Baltimore, it covers his friendship with his muse and leading lady, Divine, detailed accounts of how Waters made his first movies, stories of the circle of friends/actors he used in these films, and finally the sort-of-fame he achieves in America.

Deals with the process by which the hope of a society was sabotaged and plundered in the name of a mis-defined freedom and a utopia of the now. This book explores a language to excavate the journey of Irish society from what appeared to be profound in its traditional faith to a moment of what may have been taken as a moment of nihilistic clarity.