The Gay Metropolis - Softcover

Kaiser, Charles

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ISBN 10: 0156006170 ISBN 13: 9780156006170

Publisher: Harvest Books, 1998

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This “fascinating and fabulous oral history”(Vanity Fair), “both serious and gossipy”(New York Times), chronicles gay life in New York City-and americanca-since 1945. “Irresistible” (Out). Black-and-white photographs.

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Review:

Charles Kaiser's The Gay Metropolis: 1940-1996, a history of gay life centered in New York, is packed with tales of writers and literature. Kaiser provides a kaleidoscope of details and stories that create a vision of how gay people lived, and illuminates a culture that had enormous influence on both New York and American society. Kaiser writes about such luminaries as Gore Vidal, Edward Albee, Truman Capote, and James Baldwin, but the real drive of The Gay Metropolis is how gay art and writings transformed the lives of everyday gay people. By the end of the book it is clear that gay artistic influence has transformed the American metropolis for both heterosexuals and homosexuals.

About the Author:

Charles Kaiser is the author of the 1968 in America: Music, Politics, Choas, Counter-Culture and the Shaping of a Generation. A former repoter for the New York Times and the Wall Street Joutnal and the former media editor of Newsweek, he has also written for Vanity Fair, the Washington Post, Vogue, and many other publications. He has taught at Columbia University and at Princeton, where he was the Ferris Professor of Journalism. Kaiser currently calls New York City his home.

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