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Book SynopsisA collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others.
Trade ReviewA meaty compendium of worthwhile thoughts and ideas to mull over. The interviewer and the authors have collaborated to bring forth a wealth of colorful authorial confessions, personal and historical anecdotes, prescriptions for a host of the world's ills, and takes on the intersections of life and fiction. The Gay & Lesbian Review Delightful and illuminating interviews... I closed this book feeling wiser and more informed about gay literature and the craft of writing in general. -- Martin Wilson Lambda Book Report Culled from incisive interviews, Canning strives for in-depth dialogues with scintillating results. He's captured the genius and energy of our finest generation of gay writers and its impact on today's reader. Brimming with vitality, attitude, individuality and innovation, this anthology of interviews uncovers the stories behind your favorite creative players. Genre The pleasure of the interviews comes from Canning's ability to prompt quirky and ingenious responses from his subjects... as a whole, the book illustrates how these serious artists negotiate the cultural minefields of literary and identity politics in a marketplace that both values and devalues them as 'gay.' Publishers Weekly
Table of ContentsForeword by David Bergman Introduction James Purdy John Rechy Edmund White Andrew Holleran Armistead Maupin Felice Picano Allan Gurganus Ethan Mordden Dennis Cooper Alan Hollinghurst David Leavitt Patrick Gale
