History is made not simply with events, but by remembering those events, a double drumbeat like a heartbeat. History can be written not only with books but with ceremonies. Yet a real event read about in a newspaper is not always more important than a fictional one in a novel or play or poem.
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About Christopher Bram, Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
Christopher Bram, Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America.
Themes
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation