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BEAUTIFUL LATE AFTERNOON IN WASHINGTON, AND OUR LIVE COVERAGE CONTINUES FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. BUT NEXT, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE AUTHOR OF...
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THEIR PLACE. YOU'RE NOT PRETENDING TO BE SOME OF SOMEBODY YOU'RE NOT. YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH FROM YOUR OWN FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE. THE BOOK, I TALK...
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| 00:01:21 |
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BALDWIN, CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS WAS ALSO WORKING AT THIS TIME TOO, THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST WAVE, AND THEY CAUGHT A LOT OF GRIEF FOR...
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PARIS, ONE OF THE GREAT BLACK AMERICAN WRITERS. BEFORE HIS SECOND NOVEL, HE WROTE ABOUT HIS OWN SEXUALITY, BUT HE TRANSPOSED IT TO WHITE MEN. AND IT...
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| 00:03:50 |
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CHRISTNER, AUTHOR OF ANGELS IN AMERICA, A WONDERFUL POET,
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| 00:03:55 |
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MARK DOUGHERTY, VERY POLITICALLY ACTIVE, A SAN FRANCISCO WRITER WHO WROTE TALES OF THE CITY. THESE ARE THE LIVING WRITERS THAT I WRITE ABOUT. >> ARE...
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TO BE. IT IS STILL A SUBJECT THAT MAKES MOST
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| 00:04:22 |
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READERS UNCOMFORTABLE. ALL OF THESE GAY CHARACTERS. BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT IT IN BOOKS. I'M NOT SURE WHY. MAYBE IT'S A BOOK THAT'S...
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THE MOVIE GODS
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AND MONSTERS. THE MAIN CHARACTER, HE IS A GAY MAN. EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND HIM IS PERCEIVED THAT WAY. IT IS A GAY NOVEL. THE GAY EXPERIENCE CHANGES THINGS....
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OF YOU IN THE EAST AND CENTRAL TIME ZONES. THOSE OF YOU IN THE MOUNTAIN AND PACIFIC TIME ZONES. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE SUBTITLE. HOW DID THESE...
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BUT ONCE HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, EVEN IF YOU ARE ATTACKING IT, YOU COULD START A CONVERSATION GOING. ONE OF THE THINGS I DISCOVERED IS THAT OVER...
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| 00:07:50 |
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THAN JUST KNOWN TO BE GAY. >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. MAYBE CHRISTOPHER. IT IS LATER THAN WE
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| 00:08:00 |
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WERE THEN. IT WAS IN THE LATE 60s, HE DID A NOVEL CALLED THE SINGLE MAN. AND HE, WHICH IS ABOUT A GAY MAN WAS ALONE, HE'S GRIEVING FOR HIS PARTNER,...
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| 00:09:05 |
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HIS BOOK, WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED, IT WAS PUT ON TRIAL OR
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| 00:09:13 |
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OBSCENITIES. GINSBERG WAS ON A TRIP. IT WAS HIS PUBLISHER, LAUREN STERLING GET A PUBLISHER, LAUREN STERLING GETTY, A STRAIGHT MAN WHO LOVES GOOD POETRY...
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| 00:10:15 |
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BOOK. IS THIS YOUR FIRST NONFICTION? >> YES, ESTIMATE OF COMEDY WRITERS WHO CHANGED AMERICA, THE FIRST CALL COMES FROM RANDY IN SALSA, OKLAHOMA. >>...
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DOING? >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
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| 00:10:31 |
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THE DOJ FIVE GROUP THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE
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| 00:10:38 |
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1970s. A GROUP AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND WHAT EFFECT IT HAD ON NATIONAL SECURITY ARE YOU THE FELLOW THAT WAS ON TURKEY MOUNTAIN? BY THE WAY, YOU CAN...
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| 00:11:29 |
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YOU. >> Caller: WE ARE NOW ENJOYING THE COOLNESS IN CHARLESTON, FOR A CHANGE. >> I JUST TURNED
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THE TV ON, SO I MAY HAVE MISSED. YOU MIGHT
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| 00:11:37 |
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HAVE COVERED THIS ALREADY, PLEASE EXCUSE THE
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| 00:11:42 |
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QUESTION IF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED WALT WHITMAN. I JUST LOVE HIS WORK. ESPECIALLY IN APRIL WHEN LILACS LAST BY THE DOORYARD...
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IS A
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| 00:12:38 |
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GREAT ONE WHO PUBLISHED THINGS IN THE 1850S, HE INCLUDED THE CALAMUS FORUMS, WHICH ARE BETWEEN MEN. IT WAS VERY EXCITING AND DIFFERENT AND GAY MEN AND...
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| 00:13:58 |
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A WIDER CIRCLE? >> .AROUND A WIDER CIRCLE. HE GOT IN TROUBLE FOR WRITING ABOUT PROSTITUTES, AND WRITING ABOUT THE HUMAN
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| 00:14:09 |
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BODY. AND IT WAS LIKE OH, WHAT IS THIS SUBJECT HE IS DEALING WITH. EMILY DICKENS SAID THAT I'VE HEARD HE IS INSANE. IT WASN'T A HOMOSEXUALITY TO BODDICKER,...
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WANTED TO BECOME A WRITER
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EARLY ON, AND I BEGAN BY WRITING A STRAIGHT NOVEL. THAT
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WAS MY
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FIRST NOVEL, THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, AND I WORKED ON IT FOR SEVEN YEARS, IT'S NOT VERY GOOD, BUT I LEARNED HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL. AFTERWARDS, I COULDN'T...
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WRITING. JOHN REGGIE. HE HAD A BOOK THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION OH, BACK IN
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THE 50s, IT WAS CALLED THE CITY IS OF NIGHT. HAS HE DONE ANYTHING RECENTLY? >> HE IS STILL WRITING. HE IS STILL WORKING AND LIVING IN L.A. I CANNOT REMEMBER...
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HIS BIG BOOK IS CITY OF NIGHT, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE EARLY 1960s, REALLY IMPORTANT BOOK. HE LATER DID, WHAT WE GOT TO SEE, NUMBERS, AND HE DID A...
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| 00:16:22 |
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THEY HAVE NO CHOICE. SOME ARE MORE POLITICAL THAN OTHERS. LARRY KRAMER IS A CASE IN POINT. SOME
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PEOPLE SAY HE IS ONE, POLITICS IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM IN THAN GOOD PROSE, BUT IS VERY COMMITTED TO POLITICS. TONY KUSHNER, GREAT AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT,...
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MONSTERS? >> THIS MOVIE IS VERY FAITHFUL TO MY BOOK. IT INCLUDES MY BEST DIALOGUE, I WAS SO HAPPY WITH
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THAT MOVIE. I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER. >> Host: DENNIS FROM SEATTLE, GOOD AFTERNOON FROM WASHINGTON. >> I WAS WONDERING,
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WHAT A GREAT INVENTIONS IN YOUR BOOK. I KNOW THAT YOU COULDN'T COVER EVERYBODY, BUT JAMES PURDY WAS NOT INCLUDED, WHO WROTE FOR LIKE
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50 OR 60 YEARS AS A GAY MAN. COULD YOU SPEAK TO HIM PLEASE? >> I DIDN'T SPEAK TO HIM, BUT I DID LEAVE HIM OUT. THE BOOK IS IN -- WELL, IT INCLUDES...
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12 WRITERS. THE WRITERS I NEEDED TO TELL MY STORY TOO, IN WHICH IS KIND OF WEAVE THEM TOGETHER. THEN I WAS ABLE TO WORK IN OTHER WRITERS THAT I THOUGHT...
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KNOW -- I KNOW THAT GORE VIDAL, IN 1948, IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REFUSED TO REVIEW IT. AND
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I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS HE HAD WITH THIS BOOK AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS AN WHAT WAS THE FIRST GAY BOOK, EITHER FICTION OR...
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| 00:20:36 |
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AND HE IS PRETTY UPFRONT AND PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. BUT IT GOT SOME
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| 00:20:41 |
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GOOD REVIEWS, AND CAPOTE AVOIDED THE SUBJECT. USE THE CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PLAYED THERE IS A CHARACTER NAMED TRUMAN CAPOTE, BUT WE WOULDN'T KNOW HIS...
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| 00:21:38 |
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OF THE YEAR. SO YEAH, NOBODY WAS
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| 00:21:43 |
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SURPRISED. >> CHRISTOPHER BARM'S FIRST NONFICTION IS "EMINENT OUTLAWS: THE GAY WRITERS WHO CHANGED AMERICA" AND HE HAS BEEN OUR GUEST ON BookTV
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| 00:21:55 |
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ON C-SPAN2. THANK YOU, SIR. >> GREAT TO BE HERE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL FROM THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON CONTINUES....
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| 00:22:04 |
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NEXT,
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| 00:22:06 |
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SALLY SMITH. IN MARCH, SHE PUBLISHED HER BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II, AND SHE WILL BE IN THE HISTORY BIOGRAPHY TENDS IN JUST A MOMENT. SHE WILL...
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