A writer casts an acerbic, queer eye on the greats and the not-so-greats of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Boyd McDonald Book order
Boyd McDonald, after two decades of resentful conformity and alcoholism, radically altered his life's course. From a room in a New York SRO hotel, he began publishing "Straight to Hell," a series of chapbooks that collected readers' authentic homosexual experiences. McDonald zealously pursued the truth about sex between men, becoming a precursor to the earliest queer zines and a pivotal figure in the American underground. His work, admired for its vigorous contempt for authority and keen literary style, challenged the era's efforts to tame sexual outlaws and tame sexual nonconformists.

- 2015