num_pages: 21
description: This is a lecture given by Paul Monette at the Library of Congress during National Book Week in January 1993. In this lecture he escalates his struggle to express being gay beyond the confines of the here and now. He draws sustenance from Michelangelo and Primo Levi, Anne Frank and others. This speech is also included in Paul Monette's Last Watch of the Night.
language: English
title: The Politics of Silence
titlecomplete: The Politics of Silence (The National Book Week Lectures)
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Library of Congress