Title Our deep gossip : conversations with gay writers on poetry and desire / Christopher Hennessy

Published Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Foreword : The Company of Poets / Christopher Bram -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An Interview with Edward Field -- An Interview with John Ashbery -- An Interview with Richard Howard -- An Interview with Aaron Shurin -- An Interview with Dennis Cooper -- An Interview with Cyrus Cassells -- An Interview with Wayne Koestenbaum -- An Interview with Kazim Ali -- A Selected Bibliography of the Poets' Work -- A Generation of Diversity, Excellence, and Redefinition : Recommended Reading -- Anthologies and Journals : A Resource Summary The author interviews eight gay men who are celebrated American poets and writers: Edward Field, John Ashbery, Richard Howard, Aaron Shurin, Dennis Cooper, Cyrus Cassells, Wayne Koestenbaum, and Kazim Ali. The interviews showcase the complex ways art and life intertwine, as the poets speak about their early lives, the friends and communities that shaped their work, the histories of gay writers before them, how sex and desire connect with artistic production, what coming out means to a writer, and more Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject Field, Edward, 1924- -- Interviews Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 -- Interviews Howard, Richard, 1929-2022 -- Interviews Shurin, Aaron, 1947- -- Interviews Cooper, Dennis, 1953- -- Interviews Cassells, Cyrus -- Interviews Koestenbaum, Wayne -- Interviews Ali, Kazim, 1971- -- Interviews SUBJECT Ali, Kazim, 1971- fast Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 fast Cassells, Cyrus fast Cooper, Dennis, 1953- fast Field, Edward, 1924- fast Howard, Richard, 1929-2022 fast Koestenbaum, Wayne fast Shurin, Aaron, 1947- fast Subject Gay authors -- United States -- Interviews Poets, American -- 21st century -- Interviews Gay men's writings, American -- History and criticism American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. American poetry Gay authors Gay men's writings, American Poets, American United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Interviews Form Electronic book Author Field, Edward, 1924- interviewee. Ashbery, John, 1927-2017, interviewee Howard, Richard, 1929-2022, interviewee Shurin, Aaron, 1947- interviewee. Cooper, Dennis, 1953- interviewee. Cassells, Cyrus, interviewee Koestenbaum, Wayne, interviewee Ali, Kazim, 1971- interviewee. ISBN 9780299295639 029929563X

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