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Doug Ireland’s Passion and Praxis
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By Martin Duberman on May 1, 2015

Published in: May-June 2015 issue.

What follows is the introduction to a forthcoming collection of Doug Ireland’s essays, edited by the author of this piece, titled The Emperor Has No Clothes: Doug Ireland’s Radical Voice (Boerum Hill). The book is available at www.Amazon.com.

Who was Doug Ireland, and why is he held in esteemed memory?

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Martin Duberman’s latest book is Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS (New Press), a Finalist this year for both the Lambda and Randy Shilts Awards.

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