“Stori om the Attic” by William Gay - Southern Lerary Review

Contents:

• SOUTHERN QUEER AUTHORS TELL ALL
• “STORI OM THE ATTIC” BY WILLIAM GAY
• 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY AUTHORS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

SOUTHERN QUEER AUTHORS TELL ALL

The stgglg homosexual has been a force southern l, though often as a sendary character or as the unregnized force that s liv.

The “dirty b” beg the homosexual part.

The southern them Williams’ life—hopelsns, madns, reprsed homosexualy, alholism, rentment, impossible love—all play out geoly his work. In , the life of the ma character, Asher Sharp, is forever changed by his nnectn wh two gay men who help his son.

“STORI OM THE ATTIC” BY WILLIAM GAY

After gettg to know the gay uple who helped his son, Asher n no longer stomach the Old World homophobia that afflicts his ngregatn and the lol urthoe, who was refg to give out marriage licens to gay upl, and his own life, wh his separatn om his gay brother.

25 MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY AUTHORS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

And yet, phras like “Tmp Country” also rce an entire regn to a sgle, homogeno, ignorant ncept. While many of the books explore the hardships LGBT southerners face, I’ve ma a pot to clu texts that highlight the joys of beg Southern and gay as hell, y’all.

I uldn’t wre a list of great Southern lerature whout cludg at least one Southern gothic choice, and I uldn’t wre a list of gay Southern lerature whout cludg Tman Capote, so here I’ve managed both.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

In “Ben’s Ey”, Ernt Clay tells the posthumo story of his longtime partner, Louie, growg up as a black gay man the South and disverg his inty. Growg up gay the Bible Belt unniably shaped , but how ep do Southern roots perate our fictn as adults?

Gale: I recently learned of a distant, openly gay who was vice-print 1853. Growg up, I lived for the day I’d hop on I-95 and head north for a life of fame and gay fortune.

I even had an out gay . Gay men? Like my bt iend, Sheri Ard, who was an ally before gay bt iends were smopolan.