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with Award Books in 1969 under his own name. There are two possibilities. He may have never told people of this novel; this was not out of character, since he wrote quite extensively for money, and didn't like telling others of it (according to some of his letters, at least ... I know he wrote an
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The Tablet Magazine link is dead. IABot is down or I'd have run it on this article. You'll want to add an archive link and URL. I can't go hunting for it right now, but it will be my third spotcheck in a bit. The two spots I've been able to check look good.
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Holding now (I want to do one more spotcheck but I don't have time rn to chase down the archived version of the reference). Just some copy changes for this short-side article (which makes sense given the lack of critical attention). Ping me when done.
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Although he never receives a call, Leo becomes infatuated with Boychick and tells his friends of their encounter, as well as of his apprehension because Boychick is under the age of consent in New York.
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Although he never receives a call, Leo becomes infatuated with Boychick, and tells his friends of their encounter, and of his apprehension because Boychick is under the age of consent in New York.
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Skir, a gay Jewish-American writer and journalist, previously published at least one novel under a pseudonym, and contributed to Jewish and lesbian journals about his identity.
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The "'sicky' book", as he called it, expressed genuine artistic vision by Skir—Howell said the characters and settings were well-crafted—but that the cliché plot of a man
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novel per se. Hopefully the article is clear enough that we're not stating it as fact, but as what reviewers say ... since no secondary sources really discuss this.
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If you fancy doing so, I always have plenty of GA nominees to review. Just look for the all-uppercase titles in the Television section. Reviews always appreciated.
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introduction to de Sade under his own name, too, and wrote some paperback smut under a pseudonym). Or it may actually be based on the screenplay itself (since
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Skir was a Jewish American and gay writer, who published articles in the Sh'ma Journal and the lesbian journal The Ladder about his Jewish and gay identities.
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The book is pederastic, and centers on 28 year-old Leo Tsalis falling in love with Leroy, a 16 year-old boy he calls Boychick, after a brief sexual encounter.
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For what it's worth, the appellation that writers like Leitsch give this novel (Skir's first credited) is not quite right. Skir previously published
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The book was called one of the "pederastic erotic classics" alongside Jean Cocteau's The White Paper and Ronald Tavel's Street of Stairs, by
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In contrast, Dick Leitsch, writing in the magazine Gay, said the novel's theme of loss of innocence was presented well, and contrasted
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Writing for The Village Voice, Faubion Bowers commended the book for its artistic vision, and described Skir as "a Gide at his best"
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Tried something else; this is actually a bit out of chronology so I attempted a repair and added a point.
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Canadian writer Ian Young similarly said the prose was realistic, and it offered a "more humorous view"
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The Wicker item mentions the characterization of "chick" as "sexist and male chauvinist".
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below.
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Complete the appositive by adding a comma after classics", outside the quote.
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No Earwig issues; someone copied from us, but that's something they can do.
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Double-hyphenate "28-year-old" and "16-year-old". This recurs in the body.
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mentions prior pseudonymous novels, "real world" remark, and tenderness.
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There's one subject, the book. The first comma is not needed.
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done, though I never understand when or when not to :)
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