Men and Boys
| Editor | Edward Mark Slocum |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1924 |
| Publication place | United States |
Men and Boys: An Anthology is a rare anthology of Uranian poetry anonymously published in 1924 by American chemist Edward Mark Slocum (1886-1945). It is the first anthology focused on homosexual literature to be published in the United States.[1][2][3]
The authorship of the book was unknown until about half a century after the book's publication, when an academic investigation traced the identity of the self-described "technical man" who edited the book to Slocum, a chemistry graduate from the University of Tennessee who had invented a number of rubber-related and other patents.[1] As of 1970, only seven copies of the book were known to exist.[2]
The book was followed by Lads o' the Sun (1928), also anonymously published.[4][1]
References
- ^ a b c "Review of Men and Boys". Gay Peoples Union news. May 1979. p. 42.
- ^ a b "The Greek Mirror: The Uranians and Their Use of Greece". Journal of Homosexuality. 49 (3–4): 377–420. 2005. doi:10.1300/J082v49n03_14. ISSN 0091-8369.
- ^ Jones, Gerald P. (1982-11-15). "The Social Study of Pederasty:: In Search of a Literature Base: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English". Journal of Homosexuality. 8 (1): 61–96. doi:10.1300/J082v08n01_06. ISSN 0091-8369.
- ^ Smith, Timothy D.; D'Arch Smith, Timothy (1970). Love in earnest: some notes on the lives and writings of English "Uranian" poets from 1889 to 1930. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-7100-6730-2.