These are my posts concerning gay literature. This list will be updated continuously.
1959 book ads from the homosexual magazine Mattachine Review
"Balzac didn’t dare: Tom Crewe on the origins of the gay novel" (LRB article)
The bestselling LGBTQ+ books of 2024 (The Bookseller article)
"Big Publishers Profit as Gay Literature Thrives" (NY Times article)
British gay/bi male writers and their social circles
"Broken Record" (short story by Victor J. Banis)
"The Brothers" (short story by Gordon Hamilton)
Christopher Isherwood’s 1947 letter to Gore Vidal about The City and the Pillar
"The Crooked Man" (short story by Charles Beaumont)
Daddy's Roommate (children's book by Michael Willhoite)
Daddy's Wedding (children's book by Michael Wilhoite)
"Divorce in Naples" (short story by William Faulkner)
"Dominated by Compulsion" (Mattachine Review article)
The Early Gay Best Sellers
Early 20th century gay literature clichés
"Edmund White on the genre of gay autofiction" (LRB article)
"Edmund White, Pioneer of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 85" (NY Times article)
Excerpts from Christopher Isherwood’s interviews (1971–72)
"Felice Picano, Champion of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 81" (NY Times article)
The Gay Fiction Boom of the Late 1940s (EBSCO article)
George Nader's Lost Gay Novel
"The Great Friends" (short story by Gouverneur Morris)
Harold Bloom on gay writers and The Western Canon
"How From Here to Eternity Contradicted Post-War America’s Wholesome Notions" (Lit Hub article)
John Updike vs. Gay Literature
"Literature and Homosexuality" (One article)
"Lost Horizon" (Bay Area Reporter article)
"The Man Who Intervened" (short story by Robert Hichens)
The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop (NYC LGBT Sites article)
"Out of the Closet and onto the Shelves" (Washington Post article)
Penguin Classics covers for old gay novels [Part 1]
Penguin Classics covers for old gay novels [Part 2]
Penguin Classics covers for Wingmen [Part 1]
Penguin Classics covers for Wingmen [Part 2]
"A Plaque for Lamb House" (Punch article)
"The Question of Homoeroticism in Whitman’s Poetry" (Lit Hub article)
"The Raft" (short story by Lee Mitchell)
"A 'renaissance of gay literature' marks a turning point for publishing" (NBC article)
Romantic Friendship in David Copperfield (Charles Dickens Museum article)
Selection of original-run Doc and Raider comic strips (comic strip by Sean Martin)
"Smiley" (short story by James Whitman)
"Tomorrow Begins at Midnight" (short story by Dick Malin)
What Women Want: Gay Romance
Related: Gay poetry posts · Book editions posts
