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City boy : my life in New York during the 1960s and ' 70s by White, Edmund, 1940- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>Groundbreaking literary icon Edmund White reflects on his remarkable life in New York in an era when the city was economically devastated but incandescent with art and ideas. White struggles to gain literary recognition, witnesses the rise of the gay rights movement, and has memorable encounters with luminaries from Elizabeth Bishop to William Burroughs, Susan Sontag to Jasper Johns. Recording his ambitions and desires, recalling lovers and literary heroes, White displays the wit, candor, and generosity that have defined his unique voice over the decades.</p> <h3>The New York Times - Dwight Garner</h3> <p>&#8230;an open-throttled tour of New York City during the bad old days of the 1960s and early '70s: crime, graffiti, garbage in the streets, Steppenwolf and Foghat leaking out of car tape decks, gay men wearing whistles around their necks to summon help when ambushed by gangs. These bad old days morphed into a star-spangled gay coming of age in the decade after Stonewall&#8230;<i>City Boy</i> may lack some of the fineness and intensity of <i>My Lives,</i> which remains the essential Edmund White memoir, the one to read first. But this one is salty and buttery, for sure.</p>

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Author

White, Edmund, 1940-

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781596914025

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.68 / 5 (723 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13