- Andrew Holleran
Andrew Holleran is the pseudonym of Eric Garber (born 1944), a
novelist ,essayist , andshort story writer. He is a prominent novelist of post-Stonewallgay literature. He was a member of theThe Violet Quill , a gay writer's group that met briefly from 1980-81. The Violet Quill included other prolific gay writers likeEdmund White andFelice Picano . Holleran, who has historically been very protective of his privacy, uses "Andrew Holleran" as hispseudonym ."
Dancer from the Dance ", his first novel, was published in 1978. Its narrative takes place among thediscotheque s ofNew York City andFire Island , although it is Fire Island, with its literal distance from the mainland, that provides a pivotal backdrop for the novel. "Dancer" shares many of its locales, as well as its themes, with the acid, satirical "Faggots", Larry Kramer's novel, which was published in the same year. The novels make a fascinating comparison: Holleran's is rarefied, literary, and dream-like, while Kramer's is satirical, biting, and humorous.Holleran's second novel was "
Nights in Aruba ", and his third is titled "The Beauty of Men ". Holleran's latest novel "" received the 2007Stonewall Book Award .Holleran teaches creative writing at
American University in Washington, DC, and he continues to publish short fiction in gay short story collections like "" and frequently publishes articles in "The Gay and Lesbian Review "Works
* "
Dancer from the Dance " (1978)
* "Nights in Aruba " (1983)
* "Ground Zero", essays (1988)
* "The Beauty of Men " (1996)
* "In September, The Light Changes ", stories (1999)
* "" (2006)External links
* [http://www.bookslut.com/features/2007_03_010776.php An Interview with Andrew Holleran by Paul Morton] Bookslut March 2007
* [http://www.glreview.com/issues/13.5/13.5-gannett.php Necropolitan Life - Review of Grief in the Gay & Lesbian Review Magazine]
* [http://www.glreview.com/issues/11.4/11.4_Holleran.php Andrew Holleran - Burn This - An Article in the Gay & Lesbian Review Magazine]
* [http://www.glreview.com/article.php?articleid=60 Andrew Holleran - In Your Face - An Article in the Gay & Lesbian Review Magazine]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
