Scott McLemee, a critic and essayist with a special interest in the intellectual history of American radical and countercultural groups, has contributed to such publications as the New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice, and In These Times. A contributing editor of Lingua Franca magazine, his editor or co-editor of four books by and about the Caribbean writer C. L. R. James.
Entries by Scott McLemee
literature >> Beat Generation
The writers of the Beat Generation, many of whom were gay or bisexual, endorsed gay rights as a part of their rebellion against inhibition and self-censorship.
literature >> Burroughs, William S.
Both in his life and his novels, American writer William S. Burroughs was an outlaw and a provocateur, focusing on sexual repression as the fundamental element of social control and writing in a surrealistic and bitterly satirical mode.
literature >> Ginsberg, Allen
The forthrightly gay Allen Ginsberg is probably the best-known American poet to emerge in the post-World War II period.
literature >> Goodman, Paul
The candor with which the bisexual Paul Goodman wrote about the homosexual libido in his poetry and fiction made him an important and highly visible advocate of gay liberation.
literature >> Pater, Walter
The aesthetic of the important and influential Victorian critic Walter Pater reflected a homosexual sensibility.
literature >> Sade, Marquis de
Whether or not the Marquis de Sade was himself bisexual, homosexual activity is an important item in his program of revolutionary sexual libertinism.
literature >> Santayana, George
Although late in fully understanding his sexual preference, George Santayana wrote a series of sonnets celebrating his love for a friend who died young and described his male friendships in rhapsodic terms in his autobiography.
literature >> Sontag, Susan
Although she treated her own lesbianism as a strictly private matter, Susan Sontag wrote perceptively on gay male figures and issues.
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