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A Century in the Life of an American Paradise
Hanover Square Press
June 2022
On Sale: June 14, 2022
272 pages
ISBN: 1335475184
EAN: 9781335475183
Kindle: B09CMR2HZ6
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography | LGBTQ
Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop.
Now, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination—its history, its meaning and its cultural significance—told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores. Together, figures as divergent as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, Carson McCullers, Frank O'Hara, Patricia Highsmith and Jeremy O. Harris tell the story of a queer space in constant evolution.
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