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My Lives A Frank, Irreverent, and Funny Memoir by Gay Literary Icon Edmund White (P.S.)

Edmund White

“This is Edmund White’s best book by far, and a classic of emotional intelligence and generosity. . . . No one has been more frank, lucid, rueful and entertaining about growing up gay in Middle America than Edmund White. Best known for his autobiographical novels, starting with

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Fresh Air

The host noted that in 2006 White had published the autobiography My Lives, which opened with a chapter about his mother, a child psychologist.

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he had written the autobiography my lives... he wrote that when he was 15 he stopped thinking of homosexuality as being interestingly artistic and saw it as a problem to be overcome.

— Episode: Remembering Pioneer Of Gay Lit, Edmund W...

Episode: Remembering Pioneer Of Gay Lit, Edmund White

The host noted that in 2006 White had published the autobiography My Lives, which opened with a chapter about his mother, a child psychologist.

"

he had written the autobiography my lives... he wrote that when he was 15 he stopped thinking of homosexuality as being interestingly artistic and saw it as a problem to be overcome.

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