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Queer books of the 1970s

Poet and critic Gregory Woods talks about a decade in which queer books progressed from demonstrating LGBT people were "just like everyone else" to celebrating difference.

Books selected:
The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren (1974)
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (1977)
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran (1978)
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (1978)

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