GLR September-October 2023

The Gay & Lesbian Review September–October 2023 • VOLUME XXX, NUMBER 5 The Gay & Lesbian Review/WORLDWIDE®(formerly The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 1994-1999) is published bimonthly (six times per year) by The Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc., a 501(c)(3) educational corporation located in Boston, Mass. Subscriptions: Call 847-504-8893. Rates: U.S.: $41.70 per year (6 issues). Canada and Mexico: $51.70(US). All other countries: $61.70(US). All non-U.S. copies are sent via air mail. Back issues available for $12 each. All correspondence is sent in a plain envelope marked“G&LR.” © 2023 by The Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc. All rights reserved. POEMS &DEPARTMENTS Emerson’s Manifesto, Thoreau’sNature 10 MITCHELL SANTINE GOULD Waldo’s plea for sexual honesty could have been meant for Henry Painted Angels and Tainted Fruit 14 WILLIAMBENEMANN Stephen Crane’s walks on the wild side crept into his writings 1928: Out Came Hall and Woolf 17 MEGHANTIBBITS-LAMIRANDE The Well of Loneliness andOrlando were published just months apart Leyendecker the Sly 20 IGNACIODARNAUDE The men of Arrow and Ivory Soap seem to be hiding something Robert Patrick at the Caffe Cino 25 RAYMOND-JEANFRONTAIN The late playwright wrote the shows that launched Off-off-Broadway Splendor on the Patio 27 ANDREWHOLLERAN Awriter’s visit to every lesbian bar in the U.S. reveals a storied past The Quest for Sex in the Middle Ages 30 VERNONROSARIO Medieval imagery animates today’s underground sexual subcultures COONTENTS FEATURES REVIEWS CORRESPONDENCE 5 BTW 8 RICHARDSCHNEIDER JR. ART MEMO—How Allen Ginsberg Humanized Madness 24 STEVANWEINE POEM— “Physical Education” 28 ALLENSMITH POEM— “The faggot trusted no-one” 32 SIMONMADDRELL ART MEMO—A 1953 Novel about “Inverts” and Social Class 38 MICHAEL SCHWARTZ POEM— “Strange Meeting, Thanksgiving, 1983” 44 JOSHBARTON ART MEMO—Mary Oliver, a Poet of Beauty and Grief 46 DAVIDMASELLO CULTURAL CALENDAR 47 David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb, eds. —The Taylor Mac Book 33 THOMAS KEITH Rebecca Batley —AnnWalker; Jill Liddington—As Good As a Marriage 34 ANNE LAUGHLIN Joseph Plaster —Kids on the Street 35 HANK TROUT BRIEFS 36 Thomas Mallon—Up with the Sun: A Novel 39 BRIANBROMBERGER POETRY BRIEFS 40 Richard D. Mohr —The Splendid Disarray of Beauty 41 MICHAEL QUINN Catherine Lacey —Biography of X: A Novel 42 MONICACARTER Ari Shapiro—The Best Strangers in the World 43 DANIEL A. BURR Dennis Altman—Death in the Sauna 44 WILLIAMBURTON Jon Towlson—Midnight Cowboy 45 JAMES GILBERT Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle (art exhibit) 48 MIKE DRESSEL Stephen Kijak, director —Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (film) 50 COLINCARMAN WEBSITE: www.GLReview.org • SUBSCRIPTIONS: 847-504-8893 • ADVERTISING: 617-421-0082 • SUBMISSIONS: Editor@GLReview.org Editor-in-Chief and Founder RICHARDSCHNEIDERJR. Literary Editor MARTHAE. STONE Poetry Editor DAVIDBERGMAN Associate Editors SAMDAPANAS PAULFALLON JEREMYFOX MICHAELSCHWARTZ Contributing Writers ROSEMARYBOOTH DANIELA. BURR COLINCARMAN ANNE CHARLES ALFREDCORN ALLENELLENZWEIG CHRIS FREEMAN PHILIP GAMBONE MATTHEWHAYS ANDREWHOLLERAN IRENE JAVORS JOHNR. KILLACKY CASSANDRALANGER ANDREWLEAR DAVIDMASELLO FELICE PICANO JAMES POLCHIN JEANROBERTA VERNONROSARIO Contributing Artist CHARLES HEFLING Publisher STEPHENHEMRICK Webmaster BOSTONWEB GROUP WebEditor ALLISONARMIJO ______________________________ Board of Directors ART COHEN(CHAIR) EDUARDOFEBLES ROBERT HARDMAN DAVIDLAFONTAINE JIMJACOBS ANDREWLEAR RICHARDSCHNEIDER, JR. (PRESIDENT) MARTHAE. STONE THOMAS YOUNGREN(TREASURER) STEWARTCLIFFORD(CHAIREMER.) WARRENGOLDFARB(SR. ADVISOR EMER.) WORLDWIDE The Gay & Lesbian Review® PO Box 180300, Boston, MA 02118 Cracking the Closet WORLDWIDE September–October 2023 3

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