Author: Edmund White
It is great living in New York City. Tonight Edmund White is reading his lastest novel, "My Lives: An Autobiography." I know this book will rock and pull no punches because White tells it straight up. I've dug White since I discovered "A Boy's Own Story" years ago. Afterwards,I began to gobble up all of his books. My favorite by far is "The Beautiful Room is Empty," the sequel to "A Boy's Own Story." White is simply one of America's greatest authors--no qualifications needed. I was very young when I first started reading his novels, so I was quite shock by his graphic depiction of gay life--post 1980. The great Larry Kramer, founder to GMHC and author of "Faggots" (a seminal gay novel)critized White for his glorification of promiscuity. I wondered if Kramer was right, then I realized that White was just telling it like it is - the good, the bad and the ugly. I will comment on these books in later postings. Remember to check my blog daily for exciting gay books and novels that rocks. Happy viewing, happy reading. La La. :)
posted by Simrose @ 3:52 AM
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You are a reading machine. Have you visited other blogs -- do a search and see if some of these titles show up in other people's blogs. You could be you a little network. Or empire. (I am so weird, I paused and started imagining your empire.)
An empire, won't that be great. I have read a lot of gay themed novels. I can't remember all of the titles. All I know is I will not run out of material for awhile. As I said, my next movie posting is "My Beautiful Laundrette" and my next novel posting will be "PINS."
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