Becoming Gay in the 1960s: Reading “A Single Man”
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Novelist Edmund White (“A Boy’s Own Story”) discusses the lasting impression that Christopher Isherwood’s groundbreaking novel “A Single Man” had on him as a young author assembling his gay identity in the pre-Stonewall era. Recorded Sept. 29, 2016.
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