Particular Voices

by Giard, Robert; Giard, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780262071802
• ISBN10: 0262071800
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

In 1985, photographer Robert Giard set out to create an archive of portraits of gay and lesbian writers from across the United States. His intention was to present visible evidence of their presence in our culture, to attest to their particular voices. The result is the most extensive photographic record of the gay and lesbian literary community ever undertaken. This book contains 182 of the more than 500 portraits Giard has made. The collection underscores the diversity of the gay population and encompasses a broad range of literary genres: fiction, poetry, drama, personal narrative, history, criticism, and political/activist statements. In the book, each portrait faces an excerpt of the writer's work, chosen by Giard in consultation with the writer. Taken as a whole, the portraits and excerpts encompass the many-faceted history of the gay/lesbian experience in the United States over the past seventy-five years. The book also features a foreword by Julia VanHaaften, Curator of Photographs at the New York Public Library; an introduction by Giard, "Self-Portrait of a Gay Reader"; an essay by Christopher Bram on gay writing; and an essay by Joan Nestle on lesbian writing.

Table of Contents

Foreword	viii	(4)
Julia VanHaaften
Self-Portrait of a Gay Reader	xii	(6)
Robert Giard
"I Wanted to Live Long Enough to Kiss a Woman": The Life of Lesbian Literature	xviii	(8)
Joan Nestle
Mapping the Territory: Gay Men's Writing	xxvi
Christopher Bram
Portraits and Texts WILDE YOU'LL NEVER DIE!!	viii
George Stambolian The Ghost of Gertrude Stein Visits the Lesbian	xii
Herstory Archives	xviii
Statue of Walt Whitman	xxvi
Jim Kepner	2	(2)
Joan Nestle	4	(2)
Harry Hay with John Burnside	6	(2)
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon	8	(2)
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen	10	(2)
Samuel M. Steward	12	(2)
Barbara Grier and Donna McBride	14	(2)
Craig Rodwell	16	(1)
Carol Seajay	17	(1)
The Bloodroot Collective	17	(1)
George Chauncey	18	(2)
Tribute to Bruce Nugent	20	(2)
Charles Henri Ford	22	(2)
Forman Brown with Harry Burnett	24	(2)
Ann Bannon	26	(2)
Allen Ginsberg	28	(2)
Jane Rule	30	(2)
Sanford Friedman	32	(2)
Isabel Miller	34	(2)
Quentin Crisp	36	(2)
Audre Lorde	38	(2)
Daryl Hine	40	(2)
Paul Monette	42	(2)
Katherine V. Forrest	44	(2)
Joey Manley	46	(2)
Vito Russo	48	(2)
John D'Emilio	50	(2)
Martin Duberman	52	(2)
Edmund White	54	(2)
Doric Wilson	56	(2)
Howard Cruse	58	(2)
Allen Young	60	(1)
Karla Jay	60	(2)
Barbara Love	62	(1)
Sidney Abbott	62	(2)
Robin Morgan	64	(1)
Andrea Dworkin	64	(1)
Charlotte Bunch	64	(1)
Jill Johnston	64	(1)
Kate Millett	65	(1)
Terri de la Pena	66	(2)
Alison Bechdel	68	(2)
Judy Grahn	70	(2)
Dorr Legg	72	(3)
Deborah Edel	75	(1)
Juanita (Diaz) Ramos	75	(1)
Jonathan Ned Katz	76	(2)
David M. Halperin	78	(2)
Lillian Faderman	80	(2)
Doris Grumbach	82	(2)
Blanche Wiesen Cook	84	(2)
Allen Ellenzweig	86	(1)
James Saslow	87	(1)
Allan Berube	88	(2)
Lanford Wilson	90	(2)
Esther Newton	92	(2)
Andrew Holleran	94	(2)
Armistead Maupin	96	(2)
Nisa Donnelly	98	(2)
Wesley Gibson	100	(2)
Lee Lynch	102	(2)
Jean Mountaingrove	104	(1)
RFD Managing Editors	105	(1)
Barbara Smith	106	(2)
Kate Rushin	108	(2)
Gloria Anzaldua	110	(2)
Francisco X. Alarcon	112	(2)
Norman Wong	114	(2)
Vickie Sears	116	(2)
David Leavitt	118	(2)
Carol Anshaw	120	(2)
Jewelle Gomez	122	(2)
Kitty Tsui	124	(2)
Bia Lowe	126	(2)
Bernard Cooper	128	(2)
Jenifer Levin	130	(4)
Carl Morse	134	(1)
Joan Larkin	134	(2)
Cheryl Clarke	136	(2)
Richard Howard	138	(2)
Eloise Klein Healy	140	(2)
Olga Broumas	142	(2)
Timothy Liu	144	(2)
Kenny Fries	146	(2)
Judith Barrington and Ruth Gundle	148	(1)
Jonathan Williams	149	(1)
Robin Becker	150	(2)
James Schuyler	152	(2)
Chrystos	154	(2)
Maurice Kenny	156	(2)
Irena Klepfisz	158	(2)
Lev Raphael	160	(2)
Judith Katz	162	(2)
William Finn	164	(2)
Evelyn Torton Beck	166	(1)
Richard Plant	167	(1)
Matthew Stadler	168	(2)
Paula Martinac	170	(2)
Sally Gearhart	172	(1)
Joseph Hansen	172	(1)
Marion Zimmer Bradley	173	(1)
James Purdy	174	(2)
Edward Albee	176	(2)
Robert Gluck	178	(2)
Achy Obejas	180	(2)
Sarah Schulman	182	(2)
Becky Birtha	184	(2)
Shay Youngblood	186	(2)
Jane DeLynn	188	(2)
Carole Maso	190	(2)
Allan Gurganus	192	(2)
Dennis Cooper	194	(2)
Samuel R. Delany	196	(3)
Five Members of Other Countries	199	(1)
Essex Hemphill	200	(2)
Sapphire	202	(1)
Larry Duplechan	203	(1)
Wayne Koestenbaum	204	(2)
Frank Bidart	206	(2)
Homage to Charles Ludlam	208	(2)
Robert Patrick with Bette Bourne	210	(2)
Maria Irene Fornes	212	(2)
Ana Maria Simo	214	(1)
Lisa Kron	215	(1)
Eric Bentley	215	(1)
Craig Lucas	215	(1)
Victor Bumbalo	215	(1)
Terrence McNally	216	(2)
Pomo Afro Homos	218	(2)
Jeff Hagedorn	220	(1)
Lawrence Bommer	220	(1)
Rick Paul	220	(1)
Rebecca Ranson	220	(2)
Larry Kramer	222	(2)
Randy Shilts	224	(2)
David B. Feinberg	226	(2)
Jaime Manrique	228	(2)
Rebecca Brown	230	(2)
Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy	232	(2)
Sam D'Allesandro	234	(3)
Stone	237	(1)
Melvin Dixon	238	(2)
Thom Gunn	240	(2)
Marilyn Hacker and Karyn London	242	(2)
Luis Alfaro	244	(2)
Christopher Bram	246	(2)
Susan Griffin	248	(2)
Pat Parker	250	(2)
Leslie Feinberg and Minnie Bruce Pratt	252	(4)
John Boswell	256	(2)
Harry Kondoleon	258	(2)
John Albert Manzon-Santos and B. Michael Hunter	260	(1)
Blanche Wiesen Cook and Clare Coss	260	(1)
Mariana Romo-Carmona and June Chan	261	(1)
James Broughton and Joel Singer	261	(1)
Assotto Saint	262	(2)
William Meredith and Richard Harteis	264	(2)
Rafael Campo	266	(2)
Ruthann Robson	268	(2)
Dorothy Allison with Alix Layman and Wolf Michael	270	(2)
Beth Brant	272	(2)
Maureen Brady	274	(2)
Michael Nava	276	(2)
Suzanne Gardinier	278	(2)
Richard D. Mohr	280	(2)
Adrienne Rich	282	(2)
Tim Miller and Douglas Sadownick	284	(2)
Tony Kushner	286	(2)
Bertha Harris, Franklin Philip, and Harlan Lane	288	(2)
Marcia Pally	290	(2)
Mab Segrest and Family	292	(2)
Edward Field	294	(2)
Paula Gunn Allen	296	(2)
Michael Cunningham	298	(2)
Naomi Replansky	300	(2)
Mark Doty	302	(2)
May Sarton	304	(3)
Book	307	(1)
Acknowledgments	308	(2)
Source Notes	310