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Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg
My favorite Allen Ginsberg poems are America,
Howl and the (footnote to Howl), and A Supermarket in California.
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A Season in Hell and Other Poems - Arthur Rimbaud
...all known literature is written in the language of common sense—except Rimbaud's. - Paul Valéry
Mr. Saturn's rating:
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This edition restores the gay parts of the book originally edited out.
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Faggots - Reynolds Price,Larry Kramer
A novel about sexual promiscuity written before the AIDS crisis.
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The Normal Heart and the Destiny of Me - Tony Kushner (foreword),Larry Kramer
The Normal Heart is a play set during the AIDS crisis.
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Just Kids - Patti Smith
Patti Smith and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe were lovers before Robert Mapplethorpe discovered he was gay.
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The Naked Civil Servant (Flamingo) - Quentin Crisp
The Naked Civil Servant is an autobiography of a man who didn't hide his sexuality when it was illegal in Britain.
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Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
An American expatriate in Paris has a 'normal' relationship with a woman and this becomes complicated when he finds he yearns for the Italian expatriate Giovanni.
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Queer - William S. Burroughs
A heroin addict has an unreciprocated love for another junkie.
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In Search of Lost Time (Modern Library) - Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust was gay, but I think the protagonist isn't gay.
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Maurice (Twentieth Century Classics) - E. M. Forster
Two lovers split up because of the persecution of gay people in Britian, and both try to reform their sexuality with differing results.
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Books whose characters aren't GLBTA
Books whose characters aren't GLBTA or the book doesn't mention it. I also put books here if I don't know if the characters are queer.
Books about GLBTA people, and great books by GLBTA authors.
Recommendations are appreciated.
*All of the names in quotes link to the source.
My favorite gay authors
Allen Ginsberg
Maurice Sendak
Gay authors I haven't read yet
Bret Easton Ellis (Less than Zero, American Psycho)
Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke)
Unmentioned Authors
Walt Whitman's sexuality is debated.
Unmentioned books
The Song of Ice and Fire books have a few queer characters (Renly, his page and lover (the book's aren't as explicit about this as the HBO series), and a character named The Red Viper who appears in the third book. Those characters aren't the 'main' characters.
Recommendations are appreciated.
*All of the names in quotes link to the source.
Allen Ginsberg
Maurice Sendak
I refuse to cater to the bullshit of innocence - Maurice Sendak
Bret Easton Ellis (Less than Zero, American Psycho)
If they knew I was gay, 'Psycho' would be read as a different book. - Bret Easton Ellis
Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke)
Walt Whitman's sexuality is debated.
The Song of Ice and Fire books have a few queer characters (Renly, his page and lover (the book's aren't as explicit about this as the HBO series), and a character named The Red Viper who appears in the third book. Those characters aren't the 'main' characters.
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