{"product_id":"gay-american-autobiography-writings-from-whitman-to-sedaris-paperback","title":"Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sedaris - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Bergman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first anthology to survey the full range of gay men's autobiographical writing from Walt Whitman to the present, \u003ci\u003eGay American Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e draws excerpts from letters, journals, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies to provide examples of the best life writing over the last century and a half.\u003cbr\u003e Volume editor David Bergman guides the reader chronologically through selected writings that give voice to every generation of gay writers since the nineteenth century, including a diverse array of American men of African, European, Jewish, Asian, and Latino heritage. Documenting a range of life experiences that encompass tattoo artists and academics, composers and drag queens, hustlers and clerks, it contains accounts of turn-of-the-century transvestites, gay rights activists, men battling AIDS, and soldiers attempting to come out in the army. Each selection provides important insight on the wide spectrum of ways gay men have defined and lived their lives, highlighting how self-awareness changes an author's experience.\u003cbr\u003e The volume includes an introduction by Bergman and headnotes for each of the nearly forty entries. Bringing many out-of-print and hard-to-find works to new readers, this challenging and comprehensive anthology chronicles American gay history and life struggles over the course of the past 150 years. Finalist, Lambda Book Award for LGBT Anthology, Lambda Literary Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Bergman is professor of English at Towson State University and author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eCracking the Code\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1985 George Elliston Poetry Prize, and \u003ci\u003eMen on Men 2000\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2001 Lambda Literary Award for Best Literary Anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 426\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9.1 x 5.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467924357373,"sku":"9780299230449","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/eWhRRmYrQXVPSVJVRFZvMzgvcmZ0Zz09.webp?v=1777281484","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/gay-american-autobiography-writings-from-whitman-to-sedaris-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}