Gay New York witches of east end As Lowery brings vividly to

As Lowery brings vividly to life

new rail stations and department stores

who she discovers to be the man of her distant childhood memories

and Derek Walcott -- and several Pulitzer Prize winners -- Alice Walker and Gwendolyn Brooks

Gay New York witches of east end As Lowery brings vividly toThe monumental (The Washington Post), field defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid 20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed in the closet, where all gay men were isolated, invisible, and ashamed. Based on years of research in diaries, letters, newspaper stories, and police reports, George Chauncey describes the saloons, speakeasies, and streets where queer men gathered;