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New York

April 1979 ⸱ Andrew Holleran

Fast-Food Sex

Weary of sex even—yes, I’m not afraid to admit it: I was congratulating that man for having sex only three times in the past year.
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New York ⸱ Andrew Holleran

Nostalgia for the Mud

“Why do gays love ruins?” I said to my friends when we emerged into the crisp autumn sunlight of a Sunday afternoon. “The Lower West Side, the docks. Why do we love slums so much?”
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December 1978 ⸱ Andrew Holleran

Dark Disco: A Lament

When I first moved to New York, disco was darker, sexual, troubled. Today the dark has vanished and the light is everywhere.
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September 1977 ⸱ Edmund White

Fantasia on the Seventies

Edmund White reflects on the decade's sexual extravaganza and coupling patterns.
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