Complex sentence: Mass called Burr a "gay-positive essentialist" and "A Separate Creation" "a valuable historical document with personal and dramatic moments", comparing it to journalist Randy Shilts' "And the Band Played On" (1987).
Split into simpler sentences: Mass called Burr a "gay-positive essentialist" and "A Separate Creation" "a valuable historical document with personal and dramatic moments".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" (1987).