false<![CDATA[Beneath the Skin: The Collected Essays]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171612173m/109716.jpg1097161<div>When John Rechy broke out in 1963 as the bestselling author of City of Night, his novel about the underworld of gay male prostitution, he became a source for provocative commentary on sex, homosexuality, and culturally transgressive literature for publications as varied as the New York Times, The Nation, the Advocate, and Forum. Beneath the Skin collects more than four decades of the author’s outspoken essays—many never before reprinted and almost none ever appearing previously in book form. Rechy holds forth on topics ranging from the birth of the sexual liberation movement, the rise of Anita Bryant, and the emergence of AIDS to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and last year’s repeal of sodomy laws. Beneath the Skin also includes pieces on gay and lesbian authors such as Gore Vidal, Jack Kerouac, Christopher Isherwood, Carson McCullers, and Elizabeth Bowen, and non-gay figures like Philip Roth, William T. Vollman, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as essays on Madonna, Tom Cruise, Eminem, Liberace, Marilyn Monroe, and the gay silent film star Ramon Novarro.</div>105738412004Beneath the Skin: The Collected Essaystotal:6|5:1|4:2|3:2|2:1|6218220falsefalseSat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005Tue Aug 14 22:49:38 -0700 2007Tue Aug 14 22:49:56 -0700 200730falsefalseSat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006Sun May 04 14:09:17 -0700 2008Sun May 04 14:09:33 -0700 200800falsefalseSat Jul 18 18:35:06 -0700 2009Sat Jul 18 18:35:06 -0700 200940falsefalseWed Mar 11 12:05:04 -0700 2009Wed Mar 11 12:05:04 -0700 200940falsefalseSat Jun 07 07:37:53 -0700 2008Tue May 06 16:58:34 -0700 2008Sat Jun 07 07:37:53 -0700 200850falsefalseFri Jun 06 14:34:47 -0700 2008Tue May 06 00:03:13 -0700 2008Fri Jun 06 14:34:47 -0700 200830falsefalseThu Apr 17 11:32:46 -0700 2008Thu Apr 17 11:32:46 -0700 200800falsefalseMon Jan 21 17:39:04 -0800 2008Mon Jan 21 17:39:04 -0800 2008
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