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Sky Gilbert
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 St.
Stephen's by Sky Gilbert
Sky Gilbert Boldly Challenges the boundaries of
gay politics and politically correct intellectualism in St. Stephen's,
an intriguing and sexually charged story of a university
professor's trysts with his younger male students. Never afraid to
confront even the most taboo of taboos, Gilbert sets his novel in
a conservative, small town university, allowing him the platform
he needs to bring the difficult subject matter to the fore.
St. Stephen's relies on humor, too, to
propel the suspenseful plot through its tortuous twists to the
end. Gilbert's skill as a dramaturge is most evident here, as he
delivers his off-the-wall ramblings in the intimate style that is
now his trademark. His approach allows a much wider audience a
chance to explore the world of gay subculture, unhindered and
unintimidated.
St. Stephen's is the sequel to his
critically acclaimed debut novel, Guilty.
 Ejaculations
from the Charm Factory by Sky Gilbert
Kissing and telling .. You've heard about Sky
Gilbert: he's loved by fans of his novels, plays, poetry, and
columns; hated by the Toronto Sun and by some members of the gay
community. His alter ego Jane, a drag queen, was charged with not
wearing a seat belt in a cab, took the case to trial, and won:
"The judge said I was a reasonable person." Gilbert's
theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, was almost closed by The City of
Toronto for sponsoring S/M workshops in 1990, and yet he was
awarded the Pauline McGibbon Award for directing in 1985, has
directed two plays at the Shaw Festival, and had his work
performed across North America. The Religious Right has campaigned
against him, yet some men argue that his work has changed their
lives.So, what's Gilbert all about, what makes him tick? Is he a
drag queen? An award-winning artist? A complete slut? Or, maybe,
all three? Many are going to be angered by this book, many more
will be entertained. One guarantee: everyone is going to be
reading Ejaculations from the Charm Factory to see if their names
are in it. And yes, they are. But there's also a whole lot more.
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Biography
Writer, filmmaker, director, or drag queen
extraordinaire, Sky Gilbert is one of North America’s most
controversial artistic forces. Born in Norwich, Connecticut in
1952, he made Toronto his home in 1965. Co-founder and artistic
director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (North America’s
largest gay and lesbian theatre) for 18 years, his hit plays
include The Dressing Gown, Drag Queens on Trial and The
Emotionalists: A Play About Any Rand. In Toronto,
he received the Pauline McGibbon Award for directing, and two Dora
Awards. His plays have been produced in New York City, Chicago,
San Francisco, Houston, Phoenix, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal,
Washington D.C., and London England. Gilbert’s third feature
film My Summer Vacation was recently released released
(through Waterbearer Films) to video stores in the USA and Canada.
His first full length collection of poetry Digressions of a
Naked Party Girl was published by ECW Press in October 1998.
He recently published two novels: Guilty (1998) and St. Stephen's
(1999).
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Organizations & Institutions
 | Founder of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in
Toronto Canada |
| University of Toronto -- PhD Candidate |
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Fields of Study
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Edwardian Queer
Playwrighting |
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AIDS plays |
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I'm a novelist
poet and playwright, part time actor as well, and a
filmmaker. |
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Published Works
Ejaculations
from the Charm Factory. (ECW Press, 2000)
The
Emotionalists. (Blizzard Press, 2000)
St.
Stephen's.
(Insomniac Press, 2000)
Digressions
of a Naked Party Girl. (ECW Press, 1998)
Painted,
Tainted, Sainted: Four Plays. (Playwrights
Canada Press, 1996)
Play
Murder. (Blizzard Publishing, 1995)
This
Unknown Flesh: A Selection of Plays. (Coach
House Press, 1995)
Dressing
Gown. (Playwrights Canada, 1989)
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Sky Gilbert's Poetry in
Collections
Sue Golding, ed. Eight
Technologies of Otherness. (Routledge,
1997)
Peter McPhee, ed. Carnival:
A Scream in High Park Reader.
(Insomniac Press, 1996)
Lynn Crosbie and Michael Holmes, eds. Plush:
Selected Poems. (Coach House Press, 1996)
Michael Holmes, ed. The
Last Word : An Insomniac Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Poetry.
(Insomniac Press, 1996)
Michael Connor, ed. Desire,
High Heels, and Red Wine: a collection by four gay and
lesbian writers (Insomniac Press, 1995)
Denis Denisoff, ed. Queeries:
An Anthology of Gay Male Prose (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1993)
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Current Projects
My next novel I Am Kasper Klotz (an AIDS
dissident novel) will be published in fall of 2001 by ECW Press.
I am presently working on my Ph.D. thesis on
Edwardian gay playwrights for the University of Toronto
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