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The Gay & Lesbian Review
September–October 2015 • VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 5 WORLDWIDE
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POEMS & D EPARTMENTS
“I just want them to take the journey.”
Matthew Hays talks with the author of The American People
Make Me Over, or Ripley at Midnight
Two classic films challenge the myth of the “self-made man”
Notes on Porn
Random riffs on the industry, its consumers, and what makes it hot
The Philadelphia Phenomenon
Did the 1993 movie make a difference at the height of the plague?
What’s New Is How We View
Mark James talks with the author of New Queer Cinema
Contemplating the Navel
A classic photo by Minor White evoked an anatomical archetype
CONTENTS
F EATURES
REVIEWS
Guest Opinon — Obergefell Goes Beyond Gay Marriage
CORRESPONDENCE
In Memoriam — Ronnie Gilbert, A Woman of Courage, Dies at 88
BTW
Artist’s Profile — Lillian Faderman Tells the Gay Story to Date
Poem — “Blood and Sand”
CULTURAL CALENDAR
Artist’s Profile — Michelle Tea Comes Out As a Grown-up
Dominic Janes — Visions of Queer Martyrdom
Colm Tóibín — On Elizabeth Bishop
Barney Frank — Frank: A Life in Politics...
Arthur Vanderbilt — The Best-Kept Boy in the World
Leo Bersani — Thoughts and Things
Langdon Hammer — James Merrill: Life and Art
Jordan Schildcrout — Murder Most Queer
Connor Franta — A Work in Progress
BRIEFS
Pierre Briant — Darius in the Shadow of Alexander
Ann-Marie MacDonald — Adult Onset
Mark Doty — Deep Lane
Emily Bingham — Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham
Robert Beachy — Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity
Michelangelo Signorile — It’s Not Over
Sofka Zinovieff — The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me
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