Fire Island Audiobook Libro.fm

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A groundbreaking accountof New Yorks Fire Island chronicling its influence on art literature culture and queer liberation over the past century

Fire Island a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast has long been a vital space in the queer history of America Both utopian and exclusionary healing and destructive the island is a locus of contradictions all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop

Now poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destinationits history its meaning and its cultural significancetold through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores Together figures as divergent as Walt Whitman Oscar Wilde James Baldwin Carson McCullers Frank OHara Patricia Highsmith and Jeremy O Harris tell the story of a queer space in constant evolution

Transporting impeccably researched and gorgeously written Fire Island is the definitive book on an iconic American destination and an essential contribution to queer history

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