Books That Will Be Featured In The Reading Our Leaves Book Club:

(Until further notice, we will be going through this list – and thus through this literary history - in Chronological Order)

1. Leaves Of Grass by Walt Whitman, 1855

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What Is The Grass: Walt Whitman In My Life by Mark Doty, 2021

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2. De Profundis by Oscar Wilde, 1905

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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

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In Praise of Disobedience: The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Other Writings, 1891

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3.The Intermediate Sex A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women by Edward Carpenter, 1908

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Days With Walt Whitman, With Some Notes On His Life and Work, 1905

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_Edward Carpenter, A Victorian Rebel Fighting for Gay Rights_by Brian Anderson, 2021

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4. Death In Venice by Thomas Mann, 1912

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5. The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal, 1948

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Palimpsest by Gore Vidal

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6 One Arm and Other Stories by Tennessee Williams, 1948

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7. Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, 1955

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Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis by Eric Myers, 2001

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8. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, 1956

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9. Breakfast At Tiffany’s & Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote, 1958

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10. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood, 1964

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11. The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp, 1968

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12. Maurice by EM Forster, 1971

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13. The Best Little Boy In The World by Andrew Tobias, 1973

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14. The Faggots And Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell, 1977

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15. Dancer From The Dance by Andrew Halloran, 1978

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16. Faggots by Larry Kramer, 1978

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17. A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White, 1982

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My Lives by Edmund White

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The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir by Edmund White

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18. Farewell My Concubine by Lillian Lee, 1985

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19. The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst, 1988

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20. Angels In America by Tony Kushner, 1991

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21. Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz, 1991

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22. A House On The Ocean, A House On The Bay by Felice Picano, 1997

23. Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon, 2008

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24. We The Animals by Justin Torres, 2011

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25. Tango by Justin Vivian Bond, 2011

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26. True Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight To Hell by William E. Jones, 2016

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Cruising The Movies: A Sexual Guide To Oldies On TV by Boyd McDonald:

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27. Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell, 2017

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28. The Lost Autobiography of Samuel Steward: Recollections of an Extraordinary Twentieth-Century Gay Life, 2018

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Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring, 2010

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29. Faltas by Cecilia Gentili, 2022

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Johnny Sagan aka Snowy Wilderness @ReadingOurLeavesNYC