Although he had only written three books when he died in 1994 at age forty- two, Randy Shilts had already helped "set the standard" by which gay journalism is judged, according to Robert B. Marks Ridi...
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In the following excerpt, Holt provides Shilts's comments on The Mayor of Castro Street and on events that preceded the book's publication.
The day after San Francisco mayor George Mo...
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A well-known American novelist, historian, and critic, Wills is author of Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man (1970), a study of Richard Nixon's political career. In the following ...
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Goldstein is an American editor and critic. In the following review of The Mayor of Castro Street, he commends Shilts's objectivity and directness in presenting the events of Harvey Milk'...
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In June 1985, a centerpiece float in San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Parade bore a giant mock tombstone shrouded in garlands. Solemn volunteers walked down Castro Street, handing out fistfuls of fr...
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Randy Shilts
Critical Essay by Patricia Holt
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