Browsing the archives for the Tales of the City tag

Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin

What a delight that a new Tales of the City novel published this month. It’s been just over three years since Michael Tolliver Lives debuted and now Armistead Maupin brings us a Mary Ann centric story with Mary Ann in Autumn. I couldn’t put this book down, finishing it off within about 36 hours of [...]

Armistead Maupin’s Michael Tolliver Lives

I zipped through Armistead Maupin’s Michael Tolliver Lives over this past week, and it was a wonderful read. It’s cliched to say, but it’s true that this felt like a visit with old friends. Michael Tolliver Lives is told from Michael’s point of view (as opposed to other Tales of the City books that were [...]

Friday Geek Out: Armistead Maupin & Tales of the City

“Mary Anne Singleton was twenty-five years old when she saw San Francisco for the first time.” That’s how Armistead Maupin kicked off Tales of the City back in 1978 when it was a column in the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1989 the last Tales of the City book came out, titled Sure of You, was [...]

Hockey, Submission & Maupin, Oh My

A couple weeks ago I mentioned how there were so many conflicting priorities going around, and this week is no different, but at least it should be a fun week with this stuff going on: There is lots of hockey this week. I’ve got two days of Bluestreak training ahead, and only five sessions left [...]