. . #MichaelGrumley (July 6, 1942 – April 28, 1988) was a writer and author who died of AIDS in New York City. He was 46 years old. . Grumley, pictured left, was born in #Bettendorf, Iowa and attended the @uofdenver, @cunyedu and the @uiowa. He also received a Bachelor of Science degree from the @uwmilwaukee. . Grumley was a founding member of #TheVioletQuill along with his partner the writer #RobertFerro (October 21, 1941 – July 11, 1988) and 5 other gay male writers that met in NYC. Grumley and Ferro resided mostly on New York's Upper West Side for 20 years, but also lived in Rome, London and Sea Girt, New Jersey. Ferro, pictured right, also died of AIDS at the age of 46. . From 1980/84, Grumley’s work regularly appeared in the #NewYorkNative — a bi-weekly gay newspaper that ran from 1980/97. He also wrote reviews and essays for periodicals such as the now defunct #Stagebill and Philadelphia Gay News. His books include ‘Atlantis: the Autobiography of a Search (1970), ‘There Are Giants in the Earth’ (1974), ‘Hard Corps: Studies in Leather and Sadomasochism’ (1977), ‘After Midnight’ (1978) and ‘Life Drawing: a novel’ (1991). . Following their deaths, The Ferro-Grumley Foundation, which manages their estate, created #FerroGrumleyAward, an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle and the foundation to a book deemed the year's best work of #LGBTQ+ fiction. . 📷 © Robert Giard, 1985. . #whatisrememberedlives #theaidsmemorial #aidsmemorial #neverforget #endaids . (at NYC AIDS Memorial)
