GLR July-August 2022

FEATURES12
A New England Romance Harvard prof F.O. Matthiessen and artist Russell Cheney in love12
Sex and Gender in Native America The term “Two-Spirit” belies a plethora of variations on a theme15
Paul Cadmus’ Art of Cruising The Fleet’s In! set the stage for those raucus free-for-alls18
The Sea and Sexual Freedom From Typee to Billy Budd, Melville longed for something lost at sea22
“A Dab of Tar on a Sailor’s Posteriors” — From an 1842 trial that delved into the secret lives of sailors25
The Fastest Woman of Her Day Joe Carstairs raced speedboats in the 1920s—and often won28
REVIEWS32
James R. Gaines — The Fifties: An Underground History32
Michal Witkowski — Eleven-Inch34
Susan McCabe — H.D. & Bryher: An Untold Love Story of Modernism35
Morgan Thomas —Manywhere: Stories36
Charles J. Shields — Lorraine Hansberry37
James Kirchick — Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington38
Ulrich Baer, ed. — My Own Dear Darling Boy: The Letters of Oscar Wilde...40
BRIEFS41
Putsata Reang — Ma and Me: A Memoir42
Toni Mirosevich — Spell Heaven and Other Stories42
José Carregal — Queer Whispers: Gay and Lesbian Voices in Irish Fiction43
Shola von Reinhold — Lote44
Terence Davies, director —Benediction48
Peeter Rebane, director —Firebird50
POEMS & DEPARTMENTS4
FROM THE EDITOR4
GUEST OPINION — “Don’t Say Gay” Comes from a Tired Playbook5
CORRESPONDENCE6
IN MEMORIAM — Steve Neil Johnson, A Weaver of Mysteries9
BTW10
POEM — “Sonnet for This Queer Body”17
ART MEMO — Hemingway and Hart Crane: Blood Brothers?31
POEM — “Sheilah Graham and Me (Age 14)”44
ART MEMO — Welcome to the ’70s!45
CULTURAL CALENDAR46
ARTIST’S PROFILE — José Villalobos, Installation & Performance Artist47
POEM — “Moses Parts the Red Sea”49

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