Barber, Stephen
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This is the first biography of this novelist whose personal life reflects the course of gay history in America in the last half of the twentieth centu
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ry. To appreciate White's life is to understand the formative years of gay liberation, for White experienced all of the ecstasy and abandonment that came to characterize this first generation of post-Stonewall gay men.While writing, White captured the energy and the emotion of an underground culture that had thrown off the shackles of its repression. With complete access to all of White's files and materials, Stephen Barber has created a testament to the life of one of America's most respected literary artists.
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St. Martin's Press