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The Joy of Gay Sex Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition

Charles Silverstein

Building on the groundbreaking original work by Edmund White and Charles Silverstein, a fully revised and expanded edition of a classic guide to gay sex, love, and life. Featuring 50 new illustrations. One of the touchstones of the emerging gay consciousness when it was first published in the 70’s,...

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White explained that the book was a selfhelp guide addressing lifestyle and comingout issues rather than merely sexual positions.

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I think that it didn't pigeonhole me as a sort of selfhelp writer amongst gay people because the interesting thing is if you compare The Joy of Sex with The Joy of Gay Sex, you see that whereas almost...

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Episode: Remembering Pioneer Of Gay Lit, Edmund White

White explained that the book was a selfhelp guide addressing lifestyle and comingout issues rather than merely sexual positions.

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I think that it didn't pigeonhole me as a sort of selfhelp writer amongst gay people because the interesting thing is if you compare The Joy of Sex with The Joy of Gay Sex, you see that whereas almost all of The Joy of Sex for heterosexuals is about sexual positions, The Joy of Gay Sex, about 40% of the book is devoted to lifestyle questions like coming out with your parents, sex and religion.

After your first or second novel, you cowrote the book The Joy of Gay Sex. And I wonder what effect that had on your literary career.

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