Benoit Denizet-Lewis asked our country’s leading queer writers to suggest five indispensable books.
About Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Benoit Denizet-Lewis is an editor-at-large with The Good Men Project magazine, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, and the author of two books, including America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life.
The Dan Savage Interview
May 16, 2011 By 21 Comments
Ping-Pong Prowess
November 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
GMPM editor Benoit Denizet-Lewis, who isn’t good at much, has nonetheless never lost to a white person at ping-pong.
America Anonymous
November 9, 2010 By 20 Comments
Why do we fail so spectacularly at treating addiction? Maybe because we’ve never been able to agree on what it is.
Man-to-Man with Dr. Drew
November 9, 2010 By 10 Comments
Dr. Drew Pinsky on treating celebrities, his own struggles with codependency, and being confused with Dr. Phil.
The Magic Bullet
November 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The pharmaceutical industry hopes to do for addiction what it did for depression. But does addiction demand a scientific solution?
Young, Gay, and Still Married
October 25, 2010 By 8 Comments
Benoit Denizet-Lewis, who wrote a New York Times Magazine cover story about young, gay, married couples in Massachusetts, checks in with the couples nearly three years later about the strength of their unions.
It Gets Better
October 15, 2010 By 4 Comments
Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns tells gay kids, “It gets better.”
Everyone Is on the ‘Down Low’ These Days
September 14, 2010 By 16 Comments
(I’m often asked what has happened to a particular person, or trend, that I’ve written about in The New York Times Magazine. People want to know what happened to the transgender middle-schooler, M., who was secretly living as a boy. Or they want to know how the young gay married couples I profiled are doing [...]
Another Study Debunks the Marijuana-as-Gateway-Drug Theory
September 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Add a University of New Hampshire study to the host of others that have found that marijuana is not a gateway drug, and that harder drug use depends more on social or environmental factors than on whether a person smokes weed. “There seems to be this idea that we can prevent later drug problems by [...]
Photo of the Day: Taking a Stand Against Television
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
30 Dates. 30 Days. 30 Cities.
August 16, 2010 By 27 Comments
Kevin Richberg, a 32-year-old gay man (and good man) from Boston, is looking for the love of his life. He’s picked an unusual way to find him.
Crash Into Me
July 12, 2010 By 18 Comments
Benoit Denizet-Lewis is obsessed with Dave Matthews. His friends—and his therapist—think this might be a problem.
Brother’s Keeper
June 20, 2010 By 7 Comments
When Your Stepmom Looks Like Your Mom
June 6, 2010 By 7 Comments
Unparalleled Parking
June 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
Vocalyze
“When I was in a men’s group in 1972, I distinctly remember feeling edgy when we would hug.”
“My son and daughter keep reminding me that things are changing.” The times they are a changin’ (comment and Marco Magnani video cover of Bob Dylan song.)