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Nocturnes for the King of Naples

An intensely haunting and poetic evocation of lost love, comprised of chapters that are nocturnes set in different emotional keys but interconnected through subtle modulations, draws upon the worlds of religious mysticism, cafe society, homosexual love, and surrealism

By Edmund White

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9780312022631 | Reprint edition (St Martins Pr, August 1, 1988), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An intensely haunting and poetic evocation of lost love, comprised of chapters that are nocturnes set in different emotional keys but interconnected through subtle modulations, draws upon the worlds of religious mysticism, cafe society, homosexual love, and surrealism

9780140053302 | Viking Pr, February 1, 1980, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An intensely haunting and poetic evocation of lost love, comprised of chapters that are nocturnes set in different emotional keys but interconnected through subtle modulations, draws upon the worlds of religious mysticism, cafe society, homosexual love, and surrealism

States of Desire: Travels in Gay America

A collection of witty yet insightful essays on contemporary gay life examines gay liberation, promiscuity, and the economic power of homosexuals and explores middle-class hedonism, drugs, violence, friendship, and religion in America

By Edmund White

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9780452266896 | Plume, October 1, 1991, cover price $11.95

9780525484103 | Reprint edition (E P Dutton, September 1, 1983), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A collection of witty yet insightful essays on contemporary gay life examines gay liberation, promiscuity, and the economic power of homosexuals and explores middle-class hedonism, drugs, violence, friendship, and religion in America

The Beautiful Room Is Empty/91124

The hero experienced the pains of growing out of adolescence and struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality and desire for power as society moves from the constrained 1950s to the expressive 1960s

By Edmund White

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9780394564449 | Random House Inc, March 1, 1988, cover price $4.98 | About this edition: The hero experienced the pains of growing out of adolescence and struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality and desire for power as society moves from the constrained 1950s to the expressive 1960s

The Darker Proof: Stories from a Crisis

By Adam Mars-Jones and Edmund White

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9780452260702 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, April 1, 1988), cover price $8.95

The Beautiful Room Is Empty

A young gay man experiences the pain of growing out of adolescence and struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality and his desire for power as society moves from the constrained 1950s to the expressive 1960s. Reprint.

By Edmund White

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9780679755401 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, October 1, 1994), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The narrator experiences the pains of growing out of adolescence and struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality and desire for power as society moves from the constrained 1950s to the expressive 1960s

9780345351517 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, March 1, 1989), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: The hero experienced the pains of growing out of adolescence and struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality and desire for power as society moves from the constrained 1950s to the expressive 1960s

Forgetting Elena

The narrator tries to identify and understand the elaborate manners of a wealthy island community, but just as he begins to understand them, Elena tries to convince him to break with convention

By Edmund White

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9780679755739 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, October 1, 1994), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The narrator tries to identify and understand the elaborate manners of a wealthy island community, but just as he begins to understand them, Elena tries to convince him to break with convention

9780345358622 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, May 1, 1990), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A young man who suffers from a loss of memory searches for clues to his identity and apparent involvement with a beautiful woman without letting anyone know he does not remember

The Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction

Edmund White introduces this collection with a thoughtful and forthright description of his personal experience of gay literature and provides a fascinating historical and psychological context for the stories. Contributors include Henry James, Christopher Isherwood, Gore Vidal, David Leavitt, Paul Bowles, and others.

By Edmund White (editor)

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9780571144723, titled "Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction" | Faber & Faber, October 1, 1991, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Edmund White introduces this collection with a thoughtful and forthright description of his personal experience of gay literature and provides a fascinating historical and psychological context for the stories.

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9780571129089 | Faber & Faber, October 1, 1992, cover price $18.95

The Selected Writings of Jean Genet

Excerpts from the novels, plays, and poems of the French convict, prostitute, and literary artist join notes from his film, The Penal Colony, letters, essays, and a rare interview, all edited by a contemporary biographer. (view table of contents)

By Jean Genet and Edmund White (editor)

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9780880013314 | Ecco Pr, October 1, 1993, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Excerpts from the novels, plays, and poems of the French convict, prostitute, and literary artist join notes from his film, The Penal Colony, letters, essays, and a rare interview, all edited by a contemporary biographer.

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9780880014205 | Perennial, May 1, 1995, cover price $22.95

Our Paris: Sketches from Memory

The celebrated author of A Boy's Own Story joins forces with a French artist and architect to paint a witty, smart portrait of Paris and Parisian life, from its chic couturiers and poetic shopkeepers to its intimate and colorful neighborhoods.

By Hubert Sorin and Edmund White

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9780060085926 | 1 edition (Ecco Pr, May 1, 2002), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The celebrated author of 'A Boy's Own Story' joins forces with a French artist and architect to present a portrait of Paris and Parisian life, from its chic couturiers and poetic shopkeepers to its colorful neighborhoods.

9780679441663 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1995, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Expresses the joy a gay couple experiences in their Paris neighborhood, even as one member is dying of AIDS

New Finnish Fiction: The Review of Contemporary Fiction

By Samuel Delany, Philip Landon (editor) and Edmund White

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9781564780980 | Dalkey Archive Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $8.00

The Farewell Symphony: A Novel

A fictional account of one man's struggle to succeed as a writer and to discover what it means to be gay offers a journey of remembrance that ranges from the 1960s to the present day. By the author of A Boy's Own Story. 30,000 first printing. NYT.

By Edmund White

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9780679434771 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A fictional account of one man's struggle to succeed as a writer and to discover what it means to be gay offers a journey of remembrance that ranges from the 1960s to the present

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9780679754763 | Vintage Books, September 1, 1998, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A fictional account of one man's struggle to succeed as a writer and to discover what it means to be gay offers a journey of remembrance that ranges from the 1960s to the present

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 Pathetique

By Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky and Edmund White (introduced by)

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9780140869262 | Abridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, November 1, 1998), cover price $3.00

Triptych: Poems by Denever Buston

Product Description: triptych is a book of poems in three sections. The first section, alarm clock alibis, is a selection of poems in open forms. The second section, the drowning ghazals, features poems in the Persian form, the ghazal, and employs lines "sampled" from other works...read more

By Michael Carroll (editor) and Edmund White (editor)

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9780967481401 | Commoner Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: triptych is a book of poems in three sections.

Herbert List: The Monograph

Assembling some of the most striking images from the famous photographer, this homage to List shows the post-war ruins of Munich and other powerful themes, through the eyes of a great artist.

By Matthias Harder (editor), Herbert List, Gunter Metken, Ulrich Pohlmann, Max Scheler (editor), Bruce Weber, Edmund White and Wilfried Wiegand

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9781580930581 | Monacelli Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Assembling some of the most striking images from the famous photographer, this homage to List shows the post-war ruins of Munich and other powerful themes, through the eyes of a great artist.

The Married Man

Romantic sparks fly when a lonely fiftysomething American furniture scholar falls in love with a married woman much younger than himself. By the author of The Farewell Symphony. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

By Edmund White

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9780375400056 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Romantic sparks fly when a lonely forty-nine-year-old American furniture scholar falls in love with a married man much younger than himself

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9780679781448 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, September 1, 2001), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Romantic sparks fly when a lonely forty-nine-year-old American furniture scholar falls in love with a married man much younger than himself.

Proust

By Edmund White

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9788439704348 | Random House Mondadori, January 30, 2001, cover price $14.95

Loss Within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS

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By Alliance for the Arts (other contributor), Estate Project for Artists With AIDS (corporate author) and Edmund White (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780299170707 | Univ of Wisconsin Pr, February 1, 2001, cover price $29.95

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9780299170745 | Univ of Wisconsin Pr, February 1, 2002, cover price $19.95

Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews, 1958-1996

In a series of lively interviews and reminiscences, the acclaimed poet speaks out candidly on his poetry, his literary influences, drug experimentation, his homosexuality, his sexual affair with fellow Beat Jack Kerouac, and his longtime relationship with Peter Orlovsky. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Allen Ginsberg and Edmund White (introduced by)

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9780060192938 | Harpercollins, April 1, 2001, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: In a series of interviews and reminiscences, Ginsberg speaks about his poetry, his literary influences, drug experimentation, homosexuality, his affair with Jack Kerouac, and his longtime relationship with Peter Orlovsky.

9780070340701, titled "Music: An Appreciation" | 6th edition (McGraw-Hill College, October 1, 1996), cover price $85.20 | also contains Music, an Appreciation

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9780060930820, titled "Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews 1958-1996" | Reprint edition (Perennial, April 1, 2002), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: In a series of lively interviews and reminiscences, the acclaimed poet speaks out candidly on his poetry, his literary influences, drug experimentation, his homosexuality, his sexual affair with fellow Beat Jack Kerouac, and his longtime relationship with Peter Orlovsky.

Fanny: A Fiction

A fictional account based on the life of Fanny Wright is presented from the perspective of social critic and biographer Frances Trollope, who remembers young Wright's utopian idealism, move to mid-nineteenth-century America, and witness to the nation's political turmoil. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

By Edmund White

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9780060004842 | Ecco Pr, October 1, 2003, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A fictional account based on the life of Fanny Wright is presented from the perspective of social critic and biographer Frances Trollope, who remembers young Wright's utopian idealism and move to mid-nineteenth century America.

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9780060004859 | Reprint edition (Perennial, November 1, 2004), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A fictional account based on the life of Fanny Wright is presented from the perspective of social critic and biographer Frances Trollope, who remembers young Wright's utopian idealism, move to mid-nineteenth-century America, and witness to the nation's political turmoil.

A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic

By Edmund White

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9781509813865 | Pan Macmillan, January 1, 2004, cover price $15.45

Jeannette Montgomery Barron: Mirrors Spiegel

By Jeannette Barron Montgomery (photographer) and Edmund White

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9783935567152 | Holzwarth Pubns, May 1, 2004, cover price $35.95

Arts And Letters

The well published author and regular contributor to the New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and Vanity Fair profiles some of the most interesting writers and artists of the modern era, including Marcel Proust, David Geffen, Robert Mapplethorpe, Michel Foucault, Andy Warhol, and Allen Ginsberg, among others.

By Edmund White

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9781573441957 | Cleis Pr, October 1, 2004, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The well published author and regular contributor to the New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and Vanity Fair profiles some of the most interesting writers and artists of the modern era, including Marcel Proust, David Geffen, Robert Mapplethorpe, Michel Foucault, Andy Warhol, and Allen Ginsberg, among others.

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9781573442480 | Cleis Pr, August 10, 2006, cover price $15.95

Fresh Men: New Voices In Gay Fiction

A wide-ranging collection of gay fiction presents twenty stories covering the pains of 'coming out' and issues of identity, family drama, sex, love, and AIDS, presenting a broad palette of literary genres and approaches. Original.

By Donald Weise (editor) and Edmund White

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9780786714216 | Running Pr Book Pub, October 5, 2004, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A wide-ranging collection of gay fiction presents twenty stories covering the pains of 'coming out' and issues of identity, family drama, sex, love, and AIDS, presenting a broad palette of literary genres and approaches.

My Lives

Arranged thematically rather than chronologically, an entertaining collection of reminiscences by the critically acclaimed author of A Boy's Own Story integrates social history and humor as he discusses such topics as 'My Shrinks,' 'My Lovers,' 'My AIDS,' 'My Family,' 'My Brushes with Greatness,' and 'My Books.' 40,000 first printing.

By Edmund White

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9780066213972 | Ecco Pr, April 1, 2006, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Arranged thematically rather than chronologically, a collection of reminiscences by the critically acclaimed author integrates social history and humor as he discusses such topics as his psychologists, lovers, family, and friends.

9780747575221 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, September 5, 2005, cover price $32.05 | About this edition: A memoir from the bestselling author of 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'The Beautiful Room is Empty'.

David Hockney Portraits

Examines David Hockney's portraits in all media - painting, drawing, photocollage and prints - and is produced in collaboration with the artist. This book illustrates not only the range and innovation of his creative practice but also the circular nature of his subjects and artistic preoccupations.

By Mark Glazebrook, Sarah Howgate, Marco Livingstone, Barbara Stern Shapiro and Edmund White

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9781855143753 | Gardners Books, September 22, 2006, cover price $62.65 | About this edition: Examines David Hockney's portraits in all media - painting, drawing, photocollage and prints - and is produced in collaboration with the artist.

9780300117547 | Yale Univ Pr, March 28, 2006, cover price $80.00

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