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“The essays in this book mark a void,” writes noted novelist White in his introduction to this admirable volume, which commemorates the lives
The Joy of Gay Sex is by gays for gays. It is a complete guide to the erotic, emotional, and social fulfillment of a homosexual lifestyle.
In this revelatory biography of Jean Genet, we have the first full-scale life of one of the great—and controversial—figures of twentieth-century literature.
The Flâneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris (2001) A flâneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through a city without apparent purpose
The Farewell Symphony (1997) The Farewell Symphony, named after the work by Haydn in which the instrumentalists leave the stage one after another until
The Darker Proof: Stories from a Crisis (1988) AIDS. The word is mentioned but once in the seven extraordinary short stories in this book.
Caracole (1985) In French caracole means “prancing”; in English, “caper.” Both words perfectly describe this high-spirited erotic
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Classes Edmund White Professor of the Council of the Humanities and Creative Writing Director, Program in Creative Writing Campus Address Room 224, 185
The Burning Library (1994) Edmund White is one of our most celebrated novelists and astute social commentators. Now this richly varied collection brings
The Faber Book of Short Gay Fiction (1992) White has created a richly diverse anthology that explores the literary expression of male homosexuality in
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Awards and Distinctions 1976, 1978, Fellowships from the Ingram Merrill Foundation. 1982, The Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
States of Desire: Travels in Gay America (1980) In this city-by-city description of the way homosexual men lived in the late seventies, Edmund White gives