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Gay Fiction Speaks: Conversations with Gay Novelists (Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies) by Richard Canning is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Gay Fiction Speaks: Conversations with Gay Novelists (Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies) about?
A collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others. Today's most celebrated, prominent, and promising authors of gay fiction in English explore the literary influences and themes of their work in these revealing interviews with Richard Canning. Though the interviews touch upon a wide range of issues—including gay culture, AIDS, politics, art, and activism—what truly distinguishes them is the extent to which Canning encourages the authors to reflect on their writing practices, published work, literary forebears, and their writing peers—gay and straight. Edmund White talks about narrative style and the story behind the cover of __A Boy's Own Story__. Armistead Maupin discusses his method of writing and how his work has adapted to television. Dennis Cooper thinks about L.A., AIDS, __Try__, and pop music. Alan Hollinghurst considers structure and point of view in __The Folding Star__, and why __The Swimming-Pool Library__ is exactly 366 pages long. David Leavitt muses on the identity of the gay reader—and the extent to which that readership de
Who reads Gay Fiction Speaks: Conversations with Gay Novelists (Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Richard Canning
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231116954
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
