JULY-AUGUST 2004
CONTENTS
FEATURES
André Gide's “New Self”
His interest in crime mirrored his self-image as a sexual outlaw
Thom Nickels, 10
Amy Lowell Wasn't Writing about Flowers
The cigar-smoking poet scarcely concealed her lesbian imagery
Diane Ellen Hamer,13
Jared French's Iconic Enigmas
Symbols of homo and hetero sex inhabit his surreal landscapes
Rodney Edgecombe, 15
When Mike Connolly Gossiped...
An interview by Lester Strong
Val Holley, 19
An exhibit of artifacts marks the writer's 100th birthday
Sara S. Hodson, 22
The Gay, the Bi, and the Other
The Beat poets-Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Kerouac-did it all
Regina Marler, 24
Edmund White, Outcast Survivor
How autobiographical are his autobiographical novels?
Gary Zebrun, 28
Clifford Wright, Painting Yaddo Red
It may have been 1951, but the art colony was a lively place
Edward Field, 31
C. A. Tripp, Sexual Emancipator
He showed that homosexuality is a normal human development
Lewis Gannett, 34
REVIEWS
Louis Crompton - Homosexuality and Civilization
Andrew Holleran, 36
Joan Roughgarden - Evolution's Rainbow
Lieberman & Wassersug, 38
John W. Smith, et al. - Andy Warhol: Time Capsule 21
Martha E. Stone,39
Richard C. Reinhart - The Consequence of Sex
Thomas March, 41
Richard Florida - The Rise of the Creative Class
Kris Scott Marti, 41
Leila J. Rupp and Verta Taylor - Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret
Felice Picano, 42
Greg Behrman - The Invisible People
Stephanie Fairyington
Graham Robb - Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Century
Douglas Sadownick, 44
Mark W. Turner - Backward Glances
Charles Michael Smith, 44
Jeffrey Meyers - Somerset Maugham: A Life
Laura J. Merrell,45
HBO / Cinemax - The Hidden Fuehrer
Jud Newborn, 49
A. R. Gurney, playwright; Mark Lamos, director - Big Bill
Allen Ellenzweig, 50
POEMS & DEPARTMENTS
Guest Opinion
Democrats Waffling on Marriage Amendment
Matt Foreman, 5
Is There a Downside to Same-Sex Marriage?
Stephanie Fairyington, 6
Election 2004: This Time, the Stakes Are Real
Marc Paige, 7
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Poems
“The Year of Loving Strangers”
John Frazier, 20
“First Time”
Tzivia Gover, 30
“The Housesitter”
Jonathan Cheney, 37
Bulletin Board
46
Artist's Profile
Sascha Rice on the Making of Mango Kiss
John Esther, 48