George Stambolian (1938-1991) taught French at Wellesley College and was editor of the ‘Men on Men’ collection of gay fiction. His interviews with gay men frequently appeared in Christopher Street.
George Stambolian and Sam Hardison discuss the importance of the male image in twentieth-century art, and the struggle to overcome taboo and homophobia in the art establishment.
After having entertained a romantic myth about the French, it was startling for an American to learn that just being from New York or San Francisco could make one hot in Paris.