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Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781335475183)
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x*A Town and Country Must-Read Book of Summer?*
*A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE*
*A Washington Post "Book to Read This Summer"*
*AN ADVOCATE BEST LGBTQ+ BOOK OF 2022*
*A USA Today "Book to Celebrate Pride Month"*
*A New York Times "Editor's Pick"*
*A Kirkus Reviews Hottest Book of Summer*
A groundbreaking account of New York's Fire Island, chronicling its influence on art, literature, culture and queer liberation over the past century
Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop.
Now, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination--its history, its meaning and its cultural significance--told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores. Together, figures as divergent as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, Carson McCullers, Frank O'Hara, Patricia Highsmith and Jeremy O. Harris tell the story of a queer space in constant evolution.
Transporting, impeccably researched and gorgeously written, Fire Island is the definitive book on an iconic American destination and an essential contribution to queer history.
Author: Jack Parlett
ISBN-10: 1335475184
ISBN-13: 9781335475183
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Language: English
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.25w x 0.92d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2022 pg. 21
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 03/28/2022
Library Journal 04/01/2022 pg. 100
Booklist 05/01/2022 pg. 9
*A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE*
*A Washington Post "Book to Read This Summer"*
*AN ADVOCATE BEST LGBTQ+ BOOK OF 2022*
*A USA Today "Book to Celebrate Pride Month"*
*A New York Times "Editor's Pick"*
*A Kirkus Reviews Hottest Book of Summer*
A groundbreaking account of New York's Fire Island, chronicling its influence on art, literature, culture and queer liberation over the past century
Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop.
Now, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination--its history, its meaning and its cultural significance--told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores. Together, figures as divergent as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, Carson McCullers, Frank O'Hara, Patricia Highsmith and Jeremy O. Harris tell the story of a queer space in constant evolution.
Transporting, impeccably researched and gorgeously written, Fire Island is the definitive book on an iconic American destination and an essential contribution to queer history.
Author: Jack Parlett
ISBN-10: 1335475184
ISBN-13: 9781335475183
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Language: English
Published: 06/14/2022
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.25w x 0.92d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2022 pg. 21
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 03/28/2022
Library Journal 04/01/2022 pg. 100
Booklist 05/01/2022 pg. 9
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