![]() |a Tattoo artists |z New York (State) |z New York |v Biography. |a College teachers |z Illinois |z Chicago |v Biography. |a Novelists, American |y 20th century |v Biography. |a Poets, American |y 20th century |v Biography. |a Authors, American |y 20th century |v Biography. |a Includes bibliographical references (p. |a New York : |b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |c c2010. |a Secret historian : |b the life and times of Samuel Steward, professor, tattoo artist, and sexual renegade / |c Justin Spring. |a DLC |c DLC |d YDXCP |d MOF |d MLY |d C#P |d BWX |d UKM |d CDX |d BUR |d JRS More than merely the story of one remarkable man, Justin Spring's Secret Historian is a moving portrait of homosexual life long before Stonewall and gay liberation. Until today he has been known only as Phil Sparrow-but an extraordinary archive of his papers, lost since his death in 1993, has provided Justin Spring with the material for an exceptionally compassionate and brilliantly illuminating life-and-times biography. During the early 1960s, Steward changed his name and identity once again, this time to write exceptionally literate, upbeat pro-homosexual pornography under the name of Phil Andros. Toklas, and Thornton Wilder, Steward maintained a secret sex life from childhood on, and documented these experiences in brilliantly vivid (and often very funny) detail.Īfter leaving the world of academe to become Phil Sparrow, a tattoo artist on Chicago's notorious South State Street, Steward worked closely with Alfred Kinsey on his landmark sex research. Steward, Secret Historian is a sensational reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the twentieth century.Īn intimate friend of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. ![]() ![]() Update: The proposal deadline has been extended until January 20, 2016.2010 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfictionĭrawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. ![]() For more information, please visit the American Literature Association Conference website. The 27th annual American Literature Association Conference will be held May 26-29, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. We encourage graduate students as well as established scholars to submit 500-word proposals and C.V.s to Park Bucker at by JanuJanuary 20, 2016. Information about his works and available editions can be found on our Works page and our Bibliography page. Proposals on Wilder’s plays, novels, or other writings will be considered. Possible approaches include Wilder’s depiction of “secret lives” or “lives separately led” the author’s presentation of both traditional marriage and same-sex relationships (e.g., Barnaby and Cornelius in The Matchmaker) issues of gender in Wilder’s Stage Manager characters characters as autobiographical surrogates for the author (e.g., Theophilus North, Dolly Levi, or Simon Stimson) and Wilder’s texts in conversation with gay authors (e.g., Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Lanford Wilson). Recent revelations of the author’s secret sexuality present new opportunities for Wilder scholarship in the field of Queer Studies. As documented by recent biographies Thornton Wilder: A Life by Penelope Niven and Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward by Justin Spring, Thornton Wilder lived as a deeply-closeted gay man. The Thornton Wilder Society invites proposals for a panel on Queer Readings of Thornton Wilder. In May 2016, The Thornton Wilder Society will once again take part in the American Literature Association Conference.
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