In which The Gay Recluse again laments the suffocation of the gay voice in American literature. If you’re like us, when you scanned through the list of books included in New York Magazine… more →
The Gay Reclusegayswithoutborders wrote 1 month ago: Abdellah Taïa: Openly Gay Moroccan Writer Takes on Homophobia in the Muslim World Chronicle Journ … more →
alexhopkins wrote 1 month ago: It is not easy to get a gay novel published. Possibly our most celebrated gay writer, Edmund White, … more →
matteilar wrote 2 months ago: Today I was able to spend a little time in the library, and because I have been watching so much tel … more →
alexhopkins wrote 2 months ago: legendary gay author Edmund White at home in Paris Last week a friend challenged me on why I read so … more →
Randy Souther wrote 3 months ago: Joyce Carol Oates was awarded the Medal of Honor in Literature at the National Arts Club on April 7t … more →
savidgereads wrote 3 months ago: Can you believe March has almost been and gone, is it me or is this year going incredibly quickly? S … more →
savidgereads wrote 3 months ago: I used to read quite a lot of Edmund White when I was younger and have been meaning to read some of … more →
kristan wrote 4 months ago: Reading Rimbaud, the Double Life of a Rebel by Edmund White. Atlasandco. There are typos. Interestin … more →
Mark Athitakis wrote 5 months ago: While assembling this post, I’ve been listening to the Saul Bellow episode in Yaddo’s Ya … more →
savidgereads wrote 5 months ago: If I have missed any then I apologise to the publishers I have just been swamped with new books but … more →
ZPP wrote 6 months ago: I grew up in Port Washington from 1973 through 1988, the year I graduated from Paul D. Schreiber Hig … more →
ZPP wrote 6 months ago: Today, Zinc Plate press held a company meeting in my living room. The whole company attended. In a … more →
Sin Titulo wrote 6 months ago: Is it ever. It was miserable looking last week where I am (maybe that’s why I spend so much t … more →
kyoske wrote 11 months ago: So I wrote this post on my Xanga a few months back, and I felt it was good enough to deserve a secon … more →
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse again laments the suffocation of the gay voice in American literature. If … more →
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse ponders a sampling of recent search terms used to find the very pages you a … more →
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse looks back at a classic of post-war American fiction written in a gay voice … more →
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In Hotel de Dream, Edmund White offers us, within a larger work about the last days of American nove … more →
Elizabeth wrote 1 year ago: The National Book Critics Circle is running a collection of guest posts on its blog called The Criti … more →