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Pulp Friction

Michael Bronski

2003370 pagesabout 6–8 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003St. Martin's Griffin · 370 pages · ENGISBN 9780312252670
  • 2013St. Martin's Press · ENGISBN 9781466859739

A collection of gay erotic writings tracing the development of a gay identity from the late 19th century to just before the Stonewall Inn riots Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring, mostly between the covers of the cheaply produced pulp paperbacks of the post-World War II era. Cultural critic Michael Bronski collects a sampling of these now little-known gay erotic writings―some by writers long forgotten, some never known and a few now famous. Through them, Bronski challenges many long-held views of American postwar fiction and the rise of gay literature, as well as of the culture at large.

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