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I've always read. While growing up, reading was a refuge when I found life too unpleasant or stressful. Consequently I've bought a lot of books over time as well.
Now that I'm no longer in the rich corporate phase of my life I've rediscovered the library. Dayton's library may be maligned by some but is still a great resource. One type of book I like to read is gay fiction and I was surprised to see a lot of it in the Dayton library's catalog. Plus you can even ask them to buy particular titles, and they will!
Below you can see the five most recent books either that I'm reading or that I've acquired. You can search my books, or you can see all my books. Also my classes page has links back to this page for the books for each class.
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ISBN: 0465044387
| 2006-12-23 | 0465044387 | The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde | McKenna, Neil | | | | Perhaps because McKenna is gay, perhaps because he has access to new materials, but McKenna's premise is that Wilde was gay, not bi. McKenna also shows that, perhaps stereotypically for gay men but also true for many, Wilde was a slut. Today, thanks in part to Wilde's actions over 100 years ago, gay men can get away with being slutty and don't have to marry women to cover for it, but in Victorian England, it was pushing things too far. Wilde lived beyond his means (not uncommon for a man of his class), treated his wife terribly (also not uncommon), but he spent his money on and cheated on his wife with boys, and McKenna gives lots of examples, showing also the incredibly poor judgment Wilde had. Because it's history, we know where Wilde will end up, but it's excrutiating to see how many times just a little caution or discretion might have saved him. | |
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