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Gay Bar : Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin (2022, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316458759
ISBN-139780316458757
eBay Product ID (ePID)18050430902
Product Key Features
Book TitleGay Bar : Why We Went Out
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicModern / 20th Century, World, Lgbt
Publication Year2022
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJeremy Atherton Lin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight10.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsOne of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2021 New York Times Editors' Choice NPR's Best Books of 2021 Artforum's Best Books of 2021 Vogue 's Best Books of 2021 Wall Street Journal 's10 Best LGBTQ+ Books for Pride Month LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Cosmopolitan 's Best LGBTQI+ Books of 2021 Debutiful's Best Books of February Queerty's Best Holiday Reads, "This deservedly award-winning, multifaceted book examines the role of the gay bar on both a micro and a macro level. Come for the history lesson, stay for the party ."-- WALL STREET JOURNAL, "A work of genius. Smooth and ferocious; tumescent and pounding; sweet, awkward, occasionally shy. Phenomenological social history at its most fuckable."-- Grace Lavery, author of PLEASE, MISS, "I can't remember the last time I've been so happily surprised and enchanted by a book. Gay Bar is an absolute tour de force."-- MAGGIE NELSON
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal306.766
SynopsisLos Angeles Times bestseller National Book Critics Circle Award Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: The New York Times * NPR * Vogue * Gay Times * Artforum * " Gay Bar is an absolute tour de force." -Maggie Nelson "Atherton Lin has a five-octave, Mariah Carey-esque range for discussing gay sex." - New York Times Book Review As gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what's being lost in this intimate, stylish, and indispensible celebration of queer history. Strobing lights and dark rooms; throbbing house and drag queens on counters; first kisses, last call: the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression--whatever your scene, whoever you're seeking. But in urban centers around the world, they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: What was the gay bar? How have they shaped him? And could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? In Gay Bar, the author embarks upon a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub, and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history. In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, he time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s; from chichi bars in the aftermath of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces; through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. He charts police raids and riots, posing and passing out--and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever. The journey that emerges is a stylish and nuanced inquiry into the connection between place and identity--a tale of liberation, but one that invites us to go beyond the simplified Stonewall mythology and enter lesser-known battlefields in the struggle to carve out a territory. Elegiac, randy, and sparkling with wry wit, Gay Bar is at once a serious critical inquiry, a love story and an epic night out to remember., As gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what's being lost in this indispensable, intimate, and stylish celebration of history. One of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2021 An indispensable, intimate, and stylish celebration. " Gay Bar is an absolute tour de force." (Maggie Nelson) "Beautiful . . . Atherton Lin has a five-octave, Mariah Carey-esque range for discussing gay sex." - New York Times Book Review Strobing lights and dark rooms; throbbing house and drag queens on counters; first kisses, last call: the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression--whatever your scene, whoever you're seeking. But in urban centers around the world, they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: What was the gay bar? How have they shaped him? And could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? In Gay Bar, the author embarks upon a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub, and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history. In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, he time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s; from chichi bars in the aftermath of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces; through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. He charts police raids and riots, posing and passing out--and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever. The journey that emerges is a stylish and nuanced inquiry into the connection between place and identity--a tale of liberation, but one that invites us to go beyond the simplified Stonewall mythology and enter lesser-known battlefields in the struggle to carve out a territory. Elegiac, randy, and sparkling with wry wit, Gay Bar is at once a serious critical inquiry, a love story and an epic night out to remember.
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- Aug 26, 2024
Written in a way that is difficult to read. Somewhat hard to follow the story. Vocabulary may be unfamiliar to many.
Difficult to follow story lines. Vocabulary may be difficult for some. OVERALL good informationVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 07, 2023
Non-Fiction Gay Reading
I'm just starting the book but the history is compelling. This is not a novel. It's real gay experience.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
