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Paul Monette


USA flag (1945 - 1995)

aul Monette (1945-1995) was an author, poet, and gay rights activist. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Yale University, he moved with his partner Roger Horwitz to Los Angeles in 1978 and became involved in the gay rights movement. Monette's writing captures the sense of heartbreak and loss at the center of the AIDS crisis. In 1992, Monette won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story, an autobiography detailing his early life and his struggle with his sexuality.
 
 
Novels
   Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll (1978)
   Nosferatu (1979)
   The Long Shot (1981)
   Lightfall (1982)
   Scarface (1983)
   Predator (1987)
   Midnight Run (1988)
   The Gold Diggers (1989)
   Afterlife (1990)
   Havana (1990)
   Halfway Home (1991)
   Sanctuary (1997)
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Collections
   The Carpenter at the Asylum (poems) (1975)
   Love Alone (poems) (1988)
   West of Yesterday, East of Summer (poems) (1994)
   No Witnesses (poems) (2014)
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