![]() But despite his longevity on stage and in classrooms, Wilder himself remains an enigma. His novel, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," was once required reading, and almost 75 years after its debut, his masterpiece, "Our Town," remains one of the most produced American plays of all time. Playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder is a familiar figure to anyone who has ever watched a clock tick in an American high school. ![]() ![]() William Tague/williamstown theatre festival/William Tague New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder (above: a 1959 production) remains one of the most produced American plays. National bibliography no: GBB0A2515 Other format available: Online version: Spring, Justin, 1962- Secret historian. General Info: Awards: National Book Award Finalist, 2010/ Stonewall Honor Books in Non-Fiction, 2011. Time: 1900-1999 Geographic: Illinois - Chicago. Pornographie - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle. Tatoueurs - New York (État) - New York - Biographies. Écrivains homosexuels - États-Unis - Biographies. Romanciers américains - 20e siècle - Biographies. Poètes américains - 20e siècle - Biographies. Écrivains américains - 20e siècle - Biographies. Pornography - United States - History - 20th century. Sexology - Research - United States - History - 20th century. Tattoo artists - New York (State) - New York - Biography. College teachers - Illinois - Chicago - Biography. Novelists, American - 20th century - Biography. ![]() Poets, American - 20th century - Biography. More than merely the story of one remarkable man, this is a moving portrait of gay life long before gay liberation.-From publisher description. An archive of his papers, lost since his death in 1993, has provided biographer Justin Spring with the material for an illuminating life-and-times biography. ![]() During the early 1960s, Steward changed his identity once again, this time to write exceptionally literate, upbeat homosexual pornography as Phil Andros. After leaving academe to become tattoo artist Phil Sparrow, Steward worked closely with Alfred Kinsey on his landmark sex research. Toklas, and Thornton Wilder, Steward maintained a secret sex life from childhood on, documenting his experiences in vivid (and often very funny) detail. An intimate friend of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Steward, this is a reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the twentieth century. Chips of the tattoo world" - The Kothmann affair - The parting - "Pleasure doesn't really make one happy" - Kris and Kreis - "Payments to hustlers" - Masters and slaves - Phil Andros, $STUD - A new life in Oakland - "From the brow to Zeus" - Dear Sammy - "Porte after stormie seas" - Afterword: The Steward papers.ĭrawn from the secret diaries and journals of novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Contents: "Wild - hog wild" - Teres atque rotundus - The Chicago novel - "The navy has always had an attraction for me" - Sobriety and after - Kinsey and company - Living in dreams - Writing lynes - "A kind of obscene diary, actually" - "Mr. What an interesting life led by this complex man. xv, 478 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations 24 cm bibliographical references and index. First editiob, 3rd printing (number line). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. ![]()
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