00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217610882810 Buklod 20130725180048.0 m |o d | ta 050615r20051983bcca r |000 f|eng d 1551521903 (pbk.) 9781551521909 (pbk.) (iLib)UPD-00199210255 NLC eng NLC BAKER UCWS eng PS 3566 R412 F73 2005 Preston, John. Franny, the queen of Provincetown John Preston ; [with an introduction by Michael Lowenthal]. 1st Arsenal Pulp Press ed. Vancouver Arsenal Pulp Press 2005. 141 p. ill. Little Sister's Classics no. 4 First published: Boston : Alyson, 1983. Introduction by Michael Lowenthal -- Franny, the Queen of Provincetown -- Appendices : -- "Queens rule" by John W. Rowberry -- Interview with John Preston by Philip Gambone -- "Preston on publishing : building libraries ... with help from mom" by John Preston -- "Drag queens, leathermen, and telling the truth" by Dusk Peterson -- Excerpt from John Preston's C.V., 1993 -- "Franny in New York" by T.R. Witomski -- Cover art of the original Alyson edition. First published to wide acclaim in 1983, Franny was a book of gay heroism and camaraderie in the shadow of the burgeoning AIDS crisis. Today, one can read it with a sense of nostalgia, and with the knowledge that Franny's dream of a society that accepts gays and lesbians without question is closer to fruition, but far from complete. Gay men Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Provincetown (Mass.) Fiction. Little sister's classics no. 4. FO Monograph UPD UCWS PS 3566 R412 F73 2005 Book