1960s Gay Pulp Fiction: The Misplaced Heritage
by Drewey Wayne Gunn
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As a result of a series of court cases, by the mid-1960s the U.S.post office could no longer interdict books that contained homosexuality.Gay writers were eager to take advantage of this new freedom, but the only houses poised to capitalize on the outpouring of manuscripts were "adult" paperback publishers who marketed their products with.Tags
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Drewey Wayne Gunn is a professor emeritus of English at Texas AM University-Kingsville. He is the author, editor or translator of twelve previous books, including two Lambda Literary Award finalists.
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- Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature, LGBTQ+
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- 810.9 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American literature in English History and criticism of American literature
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- PS153 .G38 .A25 — Language and Literature American literature American literature
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