John Rechy

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March 10, 1934 in El Paso, Texas, The United States

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John Rechy is an American author, the child of a Scottish father and a Mexican-American mother. In his novels he has written extensively about homosexual culture in Los Angeles and wider America, and is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature. Drawing on his own background, he has also contributed to Chicano literature, especially with his novel The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, which is taught in several Chicano literature courses in the United States. His work has often faced censorship due to its sexual content, particularly (but not solely) in the 1960s and 1970s, but books such as City of Night have been best sellers, and he has many literary admirers.

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Average rating: 3.76 · 1,156 ratings · 106 reviews · 21 distinct works

	City of Night 3.88 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 1963 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Numbers 3.72 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1967 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Sexual Outlaw: A Documentary 3.70 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez 3.65 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Coming of the Night 3.37 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Rushes 3.54 avg rating — 52 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Bodies and Souls: A Novel 3.64 avg rating — 36 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	About My Life and the Kept Woman: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Fourth Angel 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens: A Novel 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:

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“Gay men should not adopt the sophomoric model of heterosexual dating; gay men should always have sex first.”
― John Rechy

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