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"The struggle for true openness and intimacy is a lifelong struggle for all of us, gay and straight alike," wrote Paul Monette in Last Watch of the Night.
Monette (1945-1995) was an author, poet, and gay rights activist. His writing captures the sense of heartbreak and loss at the center of the AIDS crisis. In 1992, he won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story, an autobiography detailing his early life and his struggles with his sexuality.
Watch writers David Groff and Carol Muske-Dukes, as well as associate English professor Christopher Freeman of USC, speak about Monette's literary and cultural legacy.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/paul-monette
"The struggle for true openness and intimacy is a lifelong struggle for all of us, gay and straight alike," wrote Paul Monette in Last Watch of the Night.
Monette (1945-1995) was an author, poet, and gay rights activist. His writing captures the sense of heartbreak and loss at the center of the AIDS crisis. In 1992, he won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story, an autobiography detailing his early life and his struggles with his sexuality.
Watch writers David Groff and Carol Muske-Dukes, as well as associate English professor Christopher Freeman of USC, speak about Monette's literary and cultural legacy.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/paul-monette
