Can there be a chasm deeper than the hollow left in a broken human heart? In this by turns romantic, harrowing, and elegiac novel, best-selling Hollywood biographer James Spada turns to a 19th century celebrity--Edgar Allan Poe. Spada imagines six months in the life of the tortured author of some of the eeriest tales ever written. Narrating this story is handsome twenty-year-old student Jeremiah Delaney, an aspiring poet for whom his idol Poe becomes a mentor. The moment Jeremiah meets Poe's beautiful young wife, he falls obsessively, dangerously in love with her. At the same time he is caught up in Poe's downward spiral into depression, alcohol and opium. Both of these factors, one in Jeremiah's control and the other out of it, set in motion a series of events that threatens to destroy him. "I know in my heart that I am as much at fault as Mr. Poe," Jeremiah admits as he begins this reminiscence. "I cannot blame him more than I blame myself for what knowing him made me desire, made me become, made me do."

The third collection of James Spada's male nude photographs, "Eye Candy" features nearly 90 new color and duotone images of some of the most delectable men in America. REVIEW BY BOSTON ART CRITIC SHAWN HILL: "The feeling that comes from this sexy collection of photographs is intimacy. These young men, the objects of someone else's affection at last, pose comfortably and naturally, exulting in the attention coming their way. Spada chooses comforting, homey settings; wooden fixtures, patterned bed spreads, old-fashioned furniture that is tasteful but not distracting, to serve as backdrops for what viewers can imagine as lover's retreats, weekends away from daily strife, vacations where walls come down and lovers reveal their innermost thoughts. "Spada's few captions provided just hints of insight to his models, leaving the rest appropriately to our imaginations. One model, Jake, is described as a muse, and you can see their dialogue developing in the many images of this young man with perfect skin and a few artfully placed tattoos. Erections come and go, glimpsed almost in passing. Even the body builder, Marco, slows down enough to get in Spada's indolent erotic vibe. These guys are odalisques." REVIEW BY BOSTON ART CRITIC SHAWN HILL: "The feeling that comes from this sexy collection of photographs is intimacy. These young men, the objects of someone else's affection at last, pose comfortably and naturally, exulting in the attention coming their way. Spada chooses comforting, homey settings; wooden fixtures, patterned bed spreads, old-fashioned furniture that is tasteful but not distracting, to serve as backdrops for what viewers can imagine as lover's retreats, weekends away from daily strife, vacations where walls come down and lovers reveal their innermost thoughts. "Spada's few captions provide just hints of insight to his models, leaving the rest appropriately to our imaginations. One model, Jake, is described as a muse, and you can see their dialogue developing in the many images of this young man with perfect skin and a few artfully placed tattoos. Erections come and go, glimpsed almost in passing. Even the body builder, Marco, slows down enough to get in Spada's indolent erotic vibe. These guys are odalisques."

A biography of Bette Davis, revealing a life replete with scandal, sex, violence, courage, sacrifice and heartbreak.;After three years of research and more than 150 interviews, James Spada has written a revealing biography of one of the greatest Hollywood Legends. Spada has convinced Bette Davis's relatives and friends to speak out for the first time, and he has gained new access to court documents, long-lost inquest transcript, and personal correspondence to paint a portrait of one of the most complex and misrepresented women in Hollywood history.;This book reveals Bette Davis' oddly close relationship with her mother (who bathed her until she was in her teens); her ambivalent feelings about the sex act, as revealed by a director/lover; her possible role in the brain damage of her adopted daughter; the bizarre behaviour of her husband Gary Merrill and the vicious custody battle for their son, Michael; her pursuit of much younger men she entered her sixties; and her tragic and courageous last days.