Who's yer daddy?
Subtitle: gay writers celebrate their mentors and forerunners
By: edited by Jim Elledge and David Groff
Publisher: Terrace Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780299289409; 9780299289430
Subjects: Gay men's writings, American; Gay authors; Biography
Other titles: Who's your daddy? :
Description: "Who's Yer Daddy? offers readers of gay male literature a keen and engaging journey. In this anthology, thirty-nine gay authors discuss individuals who have influenced them-- their inspirational "daddies." The essayists include fiction writers, poets, and performance artists, both honored masters of contemporary literature and those just beginning to blaze their own trails. They find their artistic ancestry among not only literary icons--Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, André Gide, Frank O'Hara, James Baldwin, Edmund White--but also a roster of figures whose creative territories are startlingly wide and vital, from Botticelli to Bette Midler to Captain Kirk. Some writers chronicle an entire tribal council of mentors; others describe a transformative encounter with a particular individual, including teachers and friends whose guidance or example cracked open their artistic selves. Perhaps most moving are the handful of writers who answered the question literally, writing intimately of their own fathers and their literary inheritance. This rich volume presents intriguing insights into the contemporary gay literary aesthetic."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.