Comments on: Books: Gay Fiction Shame? http://thenewgay.net/2008/01/gay-fiction-shame.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: karl jones http://thenewgay.net/2008/01/gay-fiction-shame.html#comment-653 karl jones Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:29:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/gay-fiction-shame/#comment-653 the first thing that came to mind when reading your post, ben were the four pulitzers awarded to gay and lesbians authors in 1999. it was kind of a coup from a publicity standpoint for gays and lesbians, and i think is relevant to your post in that none of the four writers wrote 'gay books' but their sexuality, gender variance and relationships strongly influenced their work(ie. basing characters on themselves, family, lovers or dedicating biographies about others to their own life partners, etc.). a lot of queer writers i know talk of this as an important public moment for them, not because these were the first writers to break free of a gay genre while still being out and proud, but that they received well-established critical acclaim untethered to their sexual orientations.<br/><br/>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_May_25/ai_54775074 the first thing that came to mind when reading your post, ben were the four pulitzers awarded to gay and lesbians authors in 1999. it was kind of a coup from a publicity standpoint for gays and lesbians, and i think is relevant to your post in that none of the four writers wrote ‘gay books’ but their sexuality, gender variance and relationships strongly influenced their work(ie. basing characters on themselves, family, lovers or dedicating biographies about others to their own life partners, etc.). a lot of queer writers i know talk of this as an important public moment for them, not because these were the first writers to break free of a gay genre while still being out and proud, but that they received well-established critical acclaim untethered to their sexual orientations.

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