US EditionHow Groundbreaking Gay Author Edmund White Paved the Way for Other Writers
- Edmund White, a trailblazing writer known for his influential works in gay literature, passed away at 85 after a prolific career beginning in the 1970s that included more than 25 published books.
- White’s career emerged amid the early gay liberation era, with works like A Boy's Own Story influencing generations during the AIDS crisis and beyond.
- He published novels, memoirs, biographies, plays, and The Joy of Gay Sex, providing validation and discovery for queer writers and readers.
- Carol Rosenfeld noted White revealed that queer men's desires were natural, not divine punishment, offering courage and community against bigotry.
- White’s enduring influence is marked by a literary prize named in his honor that celebrates first-time authors, along with widespread recognition from writers who regard his work as an essential milestone in queer literary experience.
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How groundbreaking gay author Edmund White paved the way for other writers
Andrew Sean Greer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, remembers the first time he read Edmund White. It was the summer of 1989, he was beginning his second year at Brown University and he had just come out.Having learned that White would be teaching at Brown, he found a copy of White's celebrated coming-of-age novel, “A Boy's Own Story.”“I’d never read anything like it — nobody had — and what strikes me looking back is the lack of shame or self-…
How Groundbreaking Gay Author Edmund White Paved the Way for Other Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Sean Greer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, remembers the first time he read Edmund White. It was the summer of 1989, he was beginning his second year at Brown University and he had just come out.
Edmund White's Intro to Allen Ginsberg's Selected Interviews - The Allen Ginsberg Project
Edmund White‘s passing this week reminded us of the loss of a singular intelligence, and reminded us of his acute understanding and appreciation of Allen and of Allen’s work. He more-than rose to the occasion in his commissioned introduction to the 2001 volume, Spontaneous Mind – Selected Interviews 1958-1996, (a gathering by[…]The post Edmund White’s Intro to Allen Ginsberg’s Selected Interviews appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.
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