Edmund White is unarguably the preeminent author of the white gay male subculture. His career coincides almost exactly with the rise of the modern gay movement in the 1960s, and his work documents articulately and vividly the transition from a time...

Edmund White is a master stylist who has produced acclaimed novels, intrepid and insightful nonfiction on gay society, and semi- autobiographical novels that combine the best features of fiction and nonfiction. Known as a "gay writer," White also...

The Violet Quill Club was formed by seven Manhattan writers, Edmund White among them, as a place to incubate and share gay writing. The growing audience for gay writing and the members' fame imposed physical limitations and emotional strains on the club, and after...

Author Edmund White feels much of his fiction draws on diverse influences while remaining based in his life. White began writing at fifteen, though his first novel was not published until more than twenty years later. His experiments with incorporating altered events from his...

For several days now, a conspicuous “For Rent” sign has hung over the door of a gay bar on Christopher Street. It would hardly be news: Bars open and close every day—and this one isn’t even the oldest one on the block. But because of...

For several days now, a conspicuous “For Rent” sign has hung over the door of a gay bar on Christopher Street. It would hardly be news: Bars open and close every day—and this one isn’t even the oldest one on the block. But because...

In the following interview, White discusses the autobiographical nature of his work and what he thinks about literature.

In the following interview, White discusses his career and his life as a gay writer.

In the following review, Wood discusses White's The Burning Library and Skinned Alive.