Status
Available
Publication
New York : New Press, 1994.
Description
A Queer Reader is a rich and provocative collection of writings about male homosexuality--a gay version of Bartlett's Quotations, with authors ranging from Plato to Andy Warhol. Arranging entries chronologically and drawing on sources from the Satyricon to Gay News, from Michelangelo&squo;s sonnets to a speech in the House of Lords, from sexually explicit graffiti found in Pompeii to a Playboy interview with David Bowie, Patrick Higgins uses novels, biographies, autobiographies, histories, and ephemera to present gay history as never before.
User reviews
LibraryThing member MichaelC.Oliveira
This is unfair as I only read chapter 10 and skimmed chapters 11, 12, 13. This is not what I consider a "reader," the author repeats himself, adds personal comments, and only includes quotes without full context. Some of the quotes are quite interesting, but lack the greater context.
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 1994)
Language
ISBN
9781565842106