Over 300 route books made by American circuses are being digitized for the first time by Illinois State University, Circus World, and the Ringling Museum of Art. “The Circus Annual” from Ringling Bros ...

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CAT MAN (310 pp.)—Edward Hoagland—Houghton Mifflin ($3.75). Reading this novel about circus life is a little like lifting a splendid rug and finding that unspeakable things have been swept under it.

"A Secret Love" and "Circus of Books," documentaries which premiered on Netflix this spring, each spotlight under-recognized aspects of LGBTQ history — and the subjects of both films didn't understand ...