Contemporary gay American poets and playwrights : an A-to-Z guide / edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Emmanuel S. (Emmanuel Sampath), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, American--20th century--Biography--Dictionaries.

Poets, American.

Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography--Dictionaries.

Dramatists, American.

Gay men's writings, American--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

Gay men's writings, American.

American literature--Male authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

American literature.

American literature--Male authors.

American literature--20th century--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

Gay men--United States--Biography--Dictionaries.

Gay men.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Dictionaries.

Bio-bibliography.

Physical Description:

xv, 480 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.

Contents:

Edward Albee (1928- ) / Thomas Dukes 1

Jeff Baron (1952- ) / Karen C. Blansfield 11

Jeffery Beam (1953- ) / Cy Dillon 19

David Bergman (1950- ) / James Najarian 25

Alan Bowne (1945-1989) / Jack Turner 29

Donald Britton (1951-1994) / Reginald Shepherd 38

James Broughton (1913-1999) / Jeffery Beam 43

Victor Bumbalo (1946- ) / Suzanne Hotte Massa 54

Charles Busch (1954- ) / Tom Smith 61

Leo F. Cabranes-Grant (1960- ) / Daniel M. Jaffe 69

Robert Chesley (1943-1990) / Michael J. Emery 74

Justin Chin (1969- ) / Nikolas Huot 82

Alfred Corn (1943- ) / Ernest J. Smith 87

Mart Crowley (1935- ) / Michael R. Schiavi 93

Melvin Dixon (1950-1992) / Carrie J. Boden 101

Tim Dlugos (1950-1990) / Reginald Shepherd 108

Mark Doty (1953- ) / Graham N. Drake 117

David Drake (1963- ) / Michael R. Schiavi 125

Robert Duncan (1919-1988) / Karl L. Stenger 130

Christopher Durang (1949- ) / Thomas Dukes 141

Edward Field (1924- ) / Daniel Crocker 147

Harvey Fierstein (1954- ) / Thomas Dukes 153

William Finn (1952- ) / Thomas S. Hischak 162

Kenny Fries (1960- ) / Jeffery Beam 171

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) / Ernest J. Smith 178

Thom Gunn (1929- ) / George Klawitter 188

Essex Hemphill (1957-1995) / Douglas Steward 198

William M. Hoffman (1939- ) / Dean Shackelford 205

Richard Howard (1929- ) / Trevor A. Sydney 212

Maurice Kenny (1929- ) / Linda E. Rosekrans 217

Rudy Kikel (1943- ) / George Klawitter 222

Harry Kondoleon (1955-1994) / Craig S. Rich 230

Larry Kramer (1935- ) / Thomas L. Long 236

Tony Kushner (1956- ) / Janet S. Wolf 246

Michael Lassell (1947- ) / John H. Pearson 260

Timothy Liu (1965- ) / Nikolas Huot 268

Craig Lucas (1951- ) / D.S. Lawson 272

Charles Ludlam (1943-1987) / Tom Smith 280

J.D. McClatchy (1945- ) / James Najarian 288

Terrence McNally (1939- ) / Nathan G. Tipton 293

Scott McPherson (1959-1992) / Karen C. Blansfield 309

James Merrill (1926-1995) / George Klawitter 316

Paul Monette (1945-1995) / Nathan G. Tipton 323

Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) / Kenneth Pobo 334

Robert O'Hara (1970- ) / Darcy A. Zabel 342

Peter Parnell (1953- ) / D.S. Lawson 349

Carl Phillips (1959- ) / Juda Bennett 357

Kenneth Pobo (1954- ) / D.S. Lawson 363

D.A. Powell (1963- ) / Reginald Shepherd 369

Guillermo Reyes (1962- ) / Ken Cerniglia 377

Assotto Saint (Yves Francois Lubin) (1957-1994) / Douglas Steward 383

F. Allen Sawyer (1957- ) / Jim Van Buskirk 388

James Schuyler (1923-1991) / Stephen Guy-Bray 393

Reginald Shepherd (1963- ) / David A. Boxwell 398

Martin Sherman (1938- ) / Dean Shackelford 406

Aaron Shurin (1947- ) / Reginald Shepherd 412

David Trinidad (1953- ) / Dean Shackelford 421

Gore Vidal (1925- ) / Ken Cerniglia 427

Jonathan Williams (1929- ) / Thomas L. Long 438

Doric Wilson (1939- ) / Emmanuel S. Nelson 444

Lanford Wilson (1937- ) / D.S. Lawson 451

Chay Yew (1966- ) / Nikolas Huot 461.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [467]) and index.

ISBN:

0313322325

OCLC:

51088166