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The First Time I Met Frank O'Hara The First Time I Met Frank O'Hara Rick Whitaker Those who first met Rick Whitaker through his unrepentant memoir know that he was not a typical prostitute. This "Wittgenstein- and Freud-quoting" hustler is at core a thinker—and a voracious reader,… OL13619436W
Letters between Forster and Isherwood on homosexuality and literature Letters between Forster and Isherwood on homosexuality and literature E. M. Forster "The correspondence between E.M. Forster and Christopher Isherwood is a fascinating record of the professional and personal lives of two major British writers from the 1930s to the 1960s. The letters… OL14989447W
The road of danger, guilt, and shame The road of danger, guilt, and shame Carol Efrati This book is a close study of A.E. Housman's poetry, including light verse, parodies, juvenilia and workshop material, as well as the well-known poems of A Shropshire Lad, Last Poems, More Poems, and… OL15963995W
The poor bugger's tool The poor bugger's tool Patrick R. Mullen viii, 213 p. : 25 cm OL16283155W
Stagestruck Stagestruck Sarah Schulman In Stagestruck noted novelist and outspoken critic Sarah Schulman offers an account of her growing awareness of the startling similarities between her novel People in Trouble and the smash Broadway h… OL1849405W
"We will be citizens" "We will be citizens" James Fisher "A dozen essays--by a range of established scholars and performing artists on issues in post-1969 American gay and lesbian theatre and drama--cover playwrights, millennial dramatists, and actors whil… OL18626682W
Sexual textualities Sexual textualities David William Foster "Author continues his work on gay studies by questioning the makeup of the canon and the occlusion of the queering rhetoric. Includes essays on homoerotic writing by Chicano authors, lesbian desire i… OL1863074W
Closet devotions Closet devotions Richard Rambuss Religion and sex, body and soul, sacred and profane: In Closet Devotions, Richard Rambuss traces the relays between these cultural formations by examining the issue of “sacred eroticism,” the literar… OL1883021W
Reconstructing illness Reconstructing illness Anne Hunsaker Hawkins xxii, 289 pages ; 22 cm OL1926550W
Gay novels of Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1881-1981 Gay novels of Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1881-1981 Drewey Wayne Gunn "Arranged chronologically from the appearance of the first gay protagonist to works from the onset of the AIDS epidemic, in-depth entries discuss each book's publication history, plot and significanc… OL20001804W
MZH MZH Boris Paramonov "Boris Paramonov (born in 1937 in Leningrad [Saint Petersburg], emigrated to the West in 1978), an eminent contemporary philosopher, journalist, human rights activists, defender of Russians abroad, l… OL20021685W
So famous and so gay So famous and so gay Jeff Solomon "Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) and Truman Capote (1924-1984) should not have been famous. They made their names between the Oscar Wilde trial and Stonewall, when homosexuality meant criminality and perv… OL20055273W
Particular Voices Particular Voices Robert Giard In 1985, photographer Robert Giard set out to create an archive of portraits of gay and lesbian writers from across the United States. His intention was to present visible evidence of their presence … OL3349109W
Another Kind of Love Another Kind of Love Christopher Craft In a study that will be of interest to all those concerned with the politics of gender, the history of sexuality, and the erotics of reading, Christopher Craft investigates questions fundamental to a… OL3933812W
Playing the Game Playing the Game Roger Austen Austin has traced the history of the homosexual novel from its murky beginnings in the dim past, into the hesitant 20s, the gay pulps of the 30s, the breakthrough in the 40s, the rising (and hostile)… OL4078139W
William Beckford William Beckford Malcolm Jack 170 p. ; 24 cm OL4083285W
Gay and After Gay and After Alan Sinfield Argues that ideas of gayness are becoming more complicated as gays are vilified over AIDS, courted as consumers and urged to be queer and/or bisexual. This volume explores, through books, film and mu… OL450388W
From gay to queer From gay to queer Lasse Kekki This study explores the works of two contemporary American gay authors, David Leavitt and Tony Kushner by bringing both writers within the purview of Queer Studies. The book provides an extensive cri… OL6047335W
Whitman possessed Whitman possessed Mark Maslan "Whitman has long been more than a celebrated American author. He has become a kind of hero, whose poetry vindicates beliefs not only about poetry but also about sexuality and power. In Whitman Posse… OL7795704W
Between Men Between Men Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies… OL9243005W
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