{"product_id":"gay-bar-why-we-went-out-paperback","title":"Gay Bar: Why We Went Out - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeremy Atherton Lin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award Winner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: The New York Times * NPR * Vogue * Gay Times * Artforum * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eGay Bar\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute tour de force.\" -Maggie Nelson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Atherton Lin has a five-octave, Mariah Carey-esque range for discussing gay sex.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what's being lost in this intimate, stylish, and indispensible celebration of queer history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Strobing lights and dark rooms; throbbing house and drag queens on counters; first kisses, last call: the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression--whatever your scene, whoever you're seeking. But in urban centers around the world, they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: What \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e the gay bar? How have they shaped him? And could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eGay Bar, \u003c\/i\u003e the author embarks upon a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub, and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history. In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, he time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s; from chichi bars in the aftermath of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces; through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. He charts police raids and riots, posing and passing out--and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The journey that emerges is a stylish and nuanced inquiry into the connection between place and identity--a tale of liberation, but one that invites us to go beyond the simplified Stonewall mythology and enter lesser-known battlefields in the struggle to carve out a territory. Elegiac, randy, and sparkling with wry wit, \u003ci\u003eGay Bar\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a serious critical inquiry, a love story and an epic night out to remember.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Atherton Lin\u003c\/b\u003e is an Asian-American essayist based in Los Angeles and East Sussex, England. His work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, GQ, Artforum \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review, \u003c\/i\u003efor which he was shortlisted for a National Magazine Award. Jeremy's debut book \u003ci\u003eGay Bar \u003c\/i\u003ewas listed in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Top Books of 2021 and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e His next cultural memoir, \u003ci\u003eDeep House, \u003c\/i\u003ewill be\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003epublished in 2024. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978581311789,"sku":"9780316458757","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/QlpOQmREdHJ4RjVBeERjSVFDdXAyZz09.webp?v=1775805960","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/gay-bar-why-we-went-out-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}