Gay Sunshine Interviews: 001

by Winston Leyland (Editor)

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Genres: Nonfiction, LGBT

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1979

Reviews

[Darcel Anastasia · Rating 3 out of 5]

"It may be that the bridge between liberation and men's liberation is in the mutual recognition of the masculine tenderness that was denied both groups for," - Allen Ginsberg

[Rafael Maia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really excited for this, I like the idea of it and am a big fan of the Paris Review Interviews so was expecting something like that but focusing on awesome queer writers like Allen Ginsberg, Tennessee Williams, Isherwood, Vidal... But overall many of these interviews are very outdated and dry. The book reads more like a queer look at the lit & political landscape of the 70s.

It's still pretty interesting, helps you appreciate all the artistic and political progress these men saw in the 30-40 years leading up to these interviews, and the developments of the 40 years since. There could have been more diversity, these are all very white american men... I wish James Baldwin could have been part of this, they mentioned him a few times. Anyway, I'm glad I read this, it's an ok read, my favourites were the Ginsberg, John Giorno, Harold Norse, and Gore Vidal interviews.

[Mason · Rating 3 out of 5]

A treasure trove of gossip from the gay writers living through liberation.