David Gilmour's 2024 'Luck and Strange' tour hit only two U.S. cities, but fans will get to experience it September 17 when ...

In “Circus of Books,” Mason’s documentary about her parents’ bookstore, she explores what it meant for her “nice, straight Jewish parents” to own a gay porn and adult goods store in ...

For over 35 years, the gay porn shop Circus of Books gave Los Angeles’ LGBT+ community a space to socialize and celebrate themselves without judgment. Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Circus ...

In fact, Circus of Books was a purveyor of hardcore porn and a center of gay life in West Hollywood, Calif., until the internet swept it away. Every good film reveals unexpected dimensions as it goes.

Circus of Books also provided a genuine haven for a primarily gay male clientele under siege from repressive powers-that-be, in addition to a disease (AIDS) that was quickly decimating the community.

The story behind Circus of Books, which is expanded upon greatly in the documentary, goes like this. The store first opened as Book Circus sometime in the 1960s, though no one involved with the ...

Netflix's 'Circus of Books' documents the work of Karen and Barry Mason, two of America’s most unlikely gay porn distributors and producers. By Paddy Johnson • 04/25/20 8:00am ...

“Esme Dooley & The Kirkkomaki Circus” is the second book by Jane Donovan and Holly Trechter featuring spirited 11-year-old Esme and her cousin Tommy, who debuted in “Esme Dooley” in 2013.

Internet killed the video store in the documentary “Circus of Books,” which examines the history of a long-running porn shop and adult goods store in West Hollywood that closed in 2019.

About the Author Lee Stath (Marilees) is a circus cather who retired and looks back to the wonderful life he had lived at the circus, the place where he met his beloved wife, Mary. His book "She ...