My father was dead by the time I became a writer, and he would have had a heart attack if he had read the first thing I wrote when it came out. My mother still keeps her copy of Faggots hidden away in a bottom drawer.
You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember w… - Kevin Sessums
You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember w…
- Kevin Sessums
When one person mentors, two lives are changed. - Kevin Sessums
When one person mentors, two lives are changed.
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a … - Kevin Sessums
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a …
There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But… - Kevin Sessums
There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But…
It's always been hard to be gay in Washington. - Kevin Sessums
It's always been hard to be gay in Washington.
If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world. - Kevin Sessums
If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world.
"Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you were going by a different name. - Kevin Sessums
"Weenie" was definitely a word we used at Yale back then. But I'm not sure you were one, Larry [Kramer]. Also, you were going by a different name.
I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about. - Kevin Sessums
I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.
I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available to a gay writer. - Kevin Sessums
I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available to a gay writer.
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