New Walt Whitman Novel Discovered; Ageism On Grindr
New Walt Whitman Novel Discovered
Of course I'm posting about this news. Whitman was a classic writer, and he was gay...even though the terms "homosexual" and "gay" weren't around during his time.
Although his writings on pleasure and desire attracted criticism, few commented at the time on his "Calamus" poems, which dealt with male-male affectional relationships. While modern readers consider these to refer to homosexuality, readers in Whitman's day, and perhaps Whitman himself, understood th...
Of course I'm posting about this news. Whitman was a classic writer, and he was gay...even though the terms "homosexual" and "gay" weren't around during his time.
Although his writings on pleasure and desire attracted criticism, few commented at the time on his "Calamus" poems, which dealt with male-male affectional relationships. While modern readers consider these to refer to homosexuality, readers in Whitman's day, and perhaps Whitman himself, understood th...
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