Richard Amory

Richard Amory (October 18, 1927 – 1981), born Richard Wallace Love, was an American writer. He obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology from Ohio State University, a M.A. in Spanish from San Francisco State University, and began an uncompleted Ph.D. in Spanish at University of California, Berkeley.[1] A high school teacher by profession, he achieved success as a novelist in the late 1960s while still a graduate student and before coming out.[2]

Amory is best known for his 1966 novel Song of the Loon: A Gay Pastoral in Five Books and an Interlude and its two sequels. Variously described as "a gay American version of famous sixteenth-century Spanish pastoral novels"[3] and "a gay version of The Last of the Mohicans,"[4] Song of the Loon is now considered "one of the most important gay books of the 20th century."[5] An estimated one third of American gay men have read the novel.[4] It was adapted as an erotic film in 1970 without Amory's involvement and much to his disgust.[6]

Amory briefly partnered with fellow authors Dirk Vanden, Phil Andros, Peter Tuesday Hughes, Larry Townsend, and Douglas Dean in an attempt to found the first all-gay publishing company, which was to be called The Renaissance Group. The group was unable to secure funding for the attempt and several of its members ceased publishing shortly thereafter.[7]

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  1. ↑ "Author Information: Richard Love". Internet Book List. 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  2. ↑ Jordan, Mark (2011). "Recruiting Young Love: How Christians Talk about Homosexuality". University of Chicago Press. p. 109. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  3. ↑ Gunn, Drewey Wayne (2013). "1960s Gay Pulp Fiction: The Misplaced Heritage". University of Massachusetts Press. p. 212. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  4. 1 2 Stryker, Susan (2001). "Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback". Chronicle Books. p. 117. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  5. ↑ Monteagudo, Jesse (January 24, 2010). "Jesse's Journal: Gay Pulp Fiction". The Bilerico Project. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  6. ↑ Vanden, Dirk (2012). "It Was Too Soon Before…: The Unlikely Life, Untimely Death, and Unexpected Rebirth of Gay Pioneer, Dirk Vanden". Lethe Press. p. 154. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  7. ↑ Gunn, Drewey Wayne (August 10, 2011). "Dirk Vanden: Pioneer Of Gay Literature". Lambda Literary Review. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
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