Complex sentence: Mass called Burr a "gay positive essentialist" and "A Separate Creation" "a valuable historical document with personal and dramatic moments", and compared Burr's book to journalist Randy Shilts' "And the Band Played On" (1997).
Split into simpler sentences: Mass called Burr a "gay positive essentialist" and "A Separate Creation" "a valuable historical document with personal and dramatic moments". He compared the book to journalist Randy Shilts' "And the Band Played On" (1997).