Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One
Mainstream Fiction: Not Particularly Hiding in the Shadows
Harrison Dowd
The Night Air
Dial Press, 1950
Lonnie Coleman
Sam
David McKay, 1959
Part Two
The New Gay Novel: Happier Homos and Happier Endings
James Barr
"Spurr Piece" from Derricks
Greenberg, 1951
Jay Little
Maybe-Tomorrow
Pageant Press, 1952
Part Three
Truly Pulp: "Gay" Life in the Shadows
Michael De Forrest
The Gay Year
Woodford Press, 1949
Vin Packer (Marijane Meaker)
Whisper His Sin
Fawcett Gold Medal Books, 1954
Ben Travis
The Strange Ones
Beacon Book, 1959
James Colton (Joseph Hansen)
Lost on Twilight Road
National Library, 1964
Jeff X
The Memoirs of Jeff X
Zil, 1968
Part Four
Out of the Twilight World: The Sexual Revolution Goes Lavender
The Boys of Muscle Beach
qlGuild Press, 1969 (reprint from the 1950s)
Richard Amory
Song of the Loon
Greenleaf Classics, 1966
Carl Corley
My Purple Winter
PEC French Line, 1966
Jack Love
Gay Whore
PEC French Line, 1967
Chris Davidson
A Different Drum
Ember Library/Greenleaf Classics, 1967
Part Five
The World Split Open: Life and Literature After Stonewall
Marcus Miller
Gay Revolution
Pleasure Reader, 1969
Bruce Benderson
Kyle
Crusier Classics, 1975
Victor Jay
The Gay Haunt
Traveller's Companion, 1970
John Ironstone
Gay Rights
El Dorado Editions, 1978
Appendix: Gay Novels, 1940-1969
Bibliography

A collection of gay erotic writings tracing the development of a gay identity from the late 19th century to just before the Stonewall Inn riots
Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring, mostly between the covers of the cheaply produced pulp paperbacks of the post-World War II era. Cultural critic Michael Bronski collects a sampling of these now little-known gay erotic writings-some by writers long forgotten, some never known and a few now famous. Through them, Bronski challenges many long-held views of American postwar fiction and the rise of gay literature, as well as of the culture at large.
CONTENTS
Part One
Mainstream Fiction: Not Particularly Hiding in the Shadows
Harrison Dowd, The Night Air, Dial Press, 1950
Lonnie Coleman, Sam, David McKay, 1959
Part Two
The New Gay Novel: Happier Homos and Happier Endings
James Barr, "Spurr Piece" from Derricks, Greenberg, 1951
Jay Little, Maybe-Tomorrow, Pageant Press, 1952
Part Three
Truly Pulp: "Gay" Life in the Shadows
Michael De Forrest, The Gay Year, Woodford Press, 1949
Vin Packer (Marijane Meaker), Whisper His Sin, Fawcett Gold Medal Books, 1954
Ben Travis, The Strange Ones, Beacon Book, 1959
James Colton (Joseph Hansen), Lost on Twilight Road, National Library, 1964
Jeff X, The Memoirs of Jeff X, Zil, 1968
Part Four
Out of the Twilight World: The Sexual Revolution Goes Lavender
The Boys of Muscle Beach, Guild Press, 1969 (reprint from the 1950s)
Richard Amory, Song of the Loon, Greenleaf Classics, 1966
Carl Corley, My Purple Winter, PEC French Line, 1966
Jack Love, Gay Whore, PEC French Line, 1967
Chris Davidson, A Different Drum, Ember Library/Greenleaf Classics, 1967
Part Five
The World Split Open: Life and Literature After Stonewall
Marcus Miller, Gay Revolution, Pleasure Reader, 1969
Bruce Benderson, Kyle, Crusier Classics, 1975
Victor Jay, The Gay Haunt, Traveller's Companion, 1970
John Ironstone, Gay Rights, El Dorado Editions, 1978
Appendix: Gay Novels, 1940-1969
Bibliography