{"product_id":"when-brooklyn-was-queer-a-history-paperback","title":"When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History - 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\u003eHugh Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe never-before-told story of Brooklyn's vibrant and forgotten queer history, from the mid-1850s up to the present day. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e***An ALA GLBT Round Table Over the Rainbow 2019 Top Ten Selection***\u003cbr\u003e***NAMED ONE OF THE BEST LGBTQ BOOKS OF 2019 by Harper's Bazaar*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A romantic, exquisite history of gay culture.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] boisterous, motley new history...entertaining and insightful.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHugh Ryan's \u003ci\u003eWhen Brooklyn Was Queer \u003c\/i\u003eis a groundbreaking exploration of the LGBT history of Brooklyn, from the early days of Walt Whitman in the 1850s up through the queer women who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II, and beyond. No other book, movie, or exhibition has ever told this sweeping story. Not only has Brooklyn always lived in the shadow of queer Manhattan neighborhoods like Greenwich Village and Harlem, but there has also been a systematic erasure of its queer history--a great forgetting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRyan is here to unearth that history for the first time. In intimate, evocative, moving prose he discusses in new light the fundamental questions of what history is, who tells it, and how we can only make sense of ourselves through its retelling; and shows how the formation of the Brooklyn we know today is inextricably linked to the stories of the incredible people who created its diverse neighborhoods and cultures. Through them, \u003ci\u003e When Brooklyn Was Queer\u003c\/i\u003e brings Brooklyn's queer past to life, and claims its place as a modern classic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Ryan is a writer and curator based in Brooklyn. He is the Founder of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, and sits on the Boards of \u003ci\u003eQED: A Journal in LGBTQ Worldmaking, \u003c\/i\u003eand the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, Buzzfeed, the\u003ci\u003e LA Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other venues. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen Brooklyn Was Queer, \u003c\/i\u003e and is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Martin Duberman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, a 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature, and a 2018 residency at The Watermill Center\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 0.94 x 9.19 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52045675331885,"sku":"9781250621405","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/when-brooklyn-was-queer-a-history-paperback-2573000.webp?v=1780169947","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/when-brooklyn-was-queer-a-history-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}