Armistead Maupin

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in Washington, D.C., The United States

May 13, 1944

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Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1944 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in the Mediterranean and with the River Patrol Force in Vietnam.

Maupin worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, before being assigned to the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971. In 1976 he launched his groundbreaking Tales of the City serial in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volume Tales of the City series, Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener and, most recently, Michael Tolliver Lives. Three miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Ta...more

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Tales of the City: 20th Anniversary Collection

For those who have been looking to purchase the out-of-print “Tales of the City” DVD, it appears a new 20th anniversary edition is scheduled to be released on August 27, 2013. I cannot honestly confirm this long awaited news, so … Continue reading → read more »

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Average rating: 3.99 · 47,762 ratings · 2,963 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors

	Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 13,386 ratings — published 1978 — 38 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #2) 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 6,465 ratings — published 1980 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #3) 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 5,501 ratings — published 1982 — 22 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babycakes (Tales of the City, #4) 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 4,295 ratings — published 1984 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Significant Others 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3,619 ratings — published 1987 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sure of You 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 3,360 ratings — published 1989 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Michael Tolliver Lives 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,863 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Listener 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 2,828 ratings — published 2000 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Ann in Autumn 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 2,012 ratings — published 2010 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maybe the Moon 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 1,768 ratings — published 1992 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tales of the City (8 books)
by Armistead Maupin
4.038283391624917 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 42,316 ratings

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“Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!”
― Armistead Maupin, More Tales of the City

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“If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.”
― Armistead Maupin

tags: bookstores, minorities

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“I know I can't tell you what it's like to be gay. But I can tell you what it's not. It's not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and Christianity.”
― Armistead Maupin

tags: bigotry, christianity, coming-out, equality, family, gay

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