Folsom Street Blues: A Memoir of 1970s SoMa and Leatherfolk in Gay San Francisco
"Stewart's style ... provides a strong sense of community that he found south of Market, that he contributed to, and ... enjoyed to its fullest. ... It catches the heady ferment of the early years [in SoMa]. ... Its matter-of-fact and unpretentious narrative is delivered in a friendly voice. ... A powerful and essential feature of this book is the large number of Stewart's photos [that] complement what his memoir paints ... the combination provides compelling and gritty insight into the remarkable culture that erupted in that place and time"  Lloyd Meeker "Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews.""[A] personal account of what it was like...after Stonewall... It is one thing to have something to say and Jim Stewart does but it is something else to know how to say it. [L]et me tell you, Jim Stewart is a master storyteller and he is all the more special because the stories he tells really happened." Reviews by Amos Lassen"Stewart's jaunty memoir of his years living in the Folsom...[is] chronicled with gusto...a splendid memory, an easy wit and a way with words.  [He] photographed the butch and the beautiful.  For the author's peers this is a breezy trip down memory lane; for younger readers it's a proud remembrance of things past." Richard Labonte "BookMarks""... Stewart's book is novelistic, artfully non-chronological, and it captures its subject matter vividly.  Indeed, in his foreword he pointedly assures the reader: 'Everything written here really happened.'  One soon learns why this assurance is necessary..."  Jim Nawrocki "The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide""'Folsom Street Blues"...is a gritty and intimate look at sex, kink, and art...Through uncovering the truth of someone who came before us we are gifted with the unique opportunity to understand something about ourselves.  This is the strength of Stewart's book. [It has]...heart.  Sassafras Lowrey, "Lambda Literary Review"