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  • The Lost Autobiography of Samuel Steward

    Recollections of an Extraordinary Twentieth-Century Gay Life

    On August 21, 1978, a year before his seventieth birthday, Samuel Steward (1909–93) sat down at his typewriter in Berkeley, California, and began to compose a remarkable autobiography. No one but his closest friends knew the many different identities he had performed during his life: as Samuel Steward, he had been a popular university professor of English; as Phil Sparrow, an accomplished tattoo ... Leer más

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  • Philip Sparrow Tells All

    Lost Essays by Samuel Steward, Writer, Professor, Tattoo Artist

    Samuel Steward (1909–93) was an English professor, a tattoo artist for the Hells Angels, a sexual adventurer who shared the considerable scope of his experiences with Alfred Kinsey, and a prolific writer whose publications ranged from scholarly articles to gay erotica (the latter appearing under the pen name Phil Andros). Perhaps his oddest authorial role was as a monthly contributor between 1944 ... Leer más

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    Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love

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