Secret City Booker Prize 'A gripping ride through the

'A gripping ride through the heartlands of need and hurt

activism and addiction

Achike Okoro is an up-and-coming actor

Ruby Thomas' debut play probes contemporary ideas about sexuality

she and Charlie will have to figure out who wants Charlie dead and why before the campaign's 30 days or their lives are over

Secret City Booker Prize 'A gripping ride through theThe Hidden History of Gay Washington Washington, D. C., has always been a city of secrets. Few have been more dramatic than the ones revealed in James Kirchicks Secret City. For decades, the specter of homosexuality haunted Washington. The mere suggestion that a person might be gay destroyed reputations, ended careers, and ruined lives. At the height of the Cold War, fear of homosexuality became intertwined with the growing threat of international