Philip Gambone Interviews Coll2011.013

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Finding Aid of the Philip Gambone Interviews Coll2011.013

Griselda L. Guillen and Katrina Sire Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California 909 West Adams Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90007 (213) 821-2771 [email protected]

Finding Aid of the Philip Gambone Coll2011.013 1 Interviews Coll2011.013 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California Title: Philip Gambone interviews creator: Gambone, Philip Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011.013 Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet3 archive boxes + 1 flat archive carton + 1 large shoebox. Date (inclusive): 1977-2010 Abstract: Materials related to Philip Gambone's book, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans, include interview transcripts, audio recordings of interviews, newspaper clippings, biographical information, book reviews, photographs and writing samples. The Gambone collection also includes eight volumes of Travels in a Gay Nation, two earlier versions of Travels in a Gay Nation, a manuscript of Living Out Our Lives: Catching the Heroic Spirit of the LGBTQ Americans, three volumes of autograph albums, and two project logs documenting Gambone's travels in the United States, 2007-2010. Biography Philip Gambone was born 21 July 1948 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He completed his B.A. at Harvard College and M.A. at the Episcopal Divinity School. Gambone is a writer of various genres, ranging from fiction to non-fiction, anthologies, scholarly articles and journalism. His works center on gay and lesbian culture, as well as ancient and modern Chinese history and literature. Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans (2010) provides a compilation of interviews with gay and lesbian writers and artists throughout the United States. Gambone's The Language We Use Up Here (Dutton 1991) and Beijin (Wisconsin 2003) were nominated for Lambda Literary Awards, and Something Inside: Conversation with Gay Fiction Writers (University of Wisconsin Press 1999) was named one of the "Best Books of 1999" in Pride. Gambone has also found a place for his work in Best American Short Stories, 1989 (Houghton Mifflin), and has received artist's fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the MacDowell Colony, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Gambone worked as a writing instructor for the University of Massachusetts, Boston College and Harvard's expository writing program. He was a faculty member for twenty-seven years at The Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts. Now, he teaches English at Boston University Academy and Harvard's Extension writing program. For his work as an instructor, Gambone received the Distinguished Teaching Citations from Harvard and the James Conway Excellence in Teaching Writing Award (1991). Sources: Boston University Academy, Faculty Lecture Series: Phil Gambone, "Four Great Poets of the Tang Dynasty." Accessed 7 June 2011. http://www.bu.edu/academy/2011/01/07/fls-gambone/ Harvard University Extension School, Philip Gambone, Instructor in English, Boston University Academy. Accessed 7 June 2011. http://www.extension.harvard.edu/about/faculty/philip-gambone.jsp;jsessionid=FLNNAMPPEAII Gambone, Philip. Accessed 2 June 2011. http://www.philipgambone.com/bio.htm Gambone, Philip, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans (University of Wisconsin Press, 2010). Access The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions. Publication Rights Researchers wishing to publish material must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as the physical owner of the material. Note that permission to publish does not constitute copyright clearance. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials from the copyright holder(s). Preferred Citation [Box/folder #, or item name] Philip Gambone interviews, Coll2011.013, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California. Processing Information Collection processed by Griselda L. Guillen on June 7, 2011. Accretion processed by Katrina Sire on March 30, 2013. Acquisition Information Gift of Philip Gambone per deed of gift dated 30 December 2010 and 20 July 2011. Scope and Contents

Finding Aid of the Philip Gambone Coll2011.013 2 Interviews Coll2011.013 The Philip Gambone collection includes the following materials related to his book Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans: interview transcripts, audio recordings of interviews, newspaper clippings, biographical information, book reviews, photographs and writing samples, 1977-2000. The Gambone collection also includes eight volumes of papers related to Travels in a Gay Nation, two earlier versions of Travels in a Gay Nation, including a first version entitled, Living Out Our Lives: Catching the Heroic Spirit of the LGBTQ Americans, three volumes of autograph albums, and two project logs documenting Gambone's travels in the United States from 2007-2010. Note: not all interviewees in the collection are included in the published copy of Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans. Separated Materials The following publication has been separated from collection and is located in the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives Library: Gambone, Philip. Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans. University of Wisconsin Press, 2010. Arrangement The records are arranged in the following series: Series 1. Interviews, 1977-2000 Series 2. Writings, 2007-2010 Series 3. Autograph Albums and Project Logs, 1997-2010 Series 4. Undeveloped prospects for Travels in a Gay Nation, 1998-2009 Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Books Clippings Compact discs Gay and lesbian studies Gays -- United States -- History -- 20th century Interviews Lesbian and gay experience Lesbians -- United States -- History -- 20th century Transgender people Gambone, Philip

Interviews Series 1. 1977-2000 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet Arrangement All materials are alphabetically arranged according to their respective subject (name of writer/artist). Note: each individual compact disc contains multiple interviews, and are arranged by the name first listed on the compact disc. This note also applies to those audiocassettes that include two or more subjects. Scope and Content This series includes printed materials and audio recordings dated 1977-2000. Printed materials consist of interview transcripts, newspaper clippings, biographical information, book reviews, 8 photographs and writing samples. Audio recordings of interviews are recorded on audiocassette tapes and compact discs.

Box 3, cd 25 Abbott, Franklin 2008 Box 3, cd 19 Allison, Dorothy 2008 Anshaw, Carol 1993 Box 1, Folder 1 Interview transcript, correspondence, and other printed materials. 1993 Physical Description: Contains 1 photograph.

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Box 3, cassette 1 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 19 Appiah, Kwame Anthony 2008 Box 1, Folder 2 Bailey, Jim 1990 Box 3, cd 19 Baldwin, Tammy 2008 Box 3, Folder 2 Barnett, Alan 1990 Box 3, cd 19 Barnhill, Christopher circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cassette 13 Barry, Tim 1991 Box 3, cd 19 Bechdel, Alison 2008 Boyd, Blanche 1993-1994 Box 1, Folder 3 Interview transcript, correspondence, and other printed materials. 1993-1994 Physical Description: Contains 2 photographs.

Box 3, cassette 3 Audiocassette 1993 Box 1, Folder 4 Boyd, Malcolm 1977 Bram, Christopher 1989-1998 Box 1, Folder 5 Interview transcript, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1989-1998 Box 3, cassette 4 Audiocassette 1993 Cameron, Peter 1986-1997 Box 1, Folder 6 Interview transcript, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1986-1997 Box 3, cassette 5 Audiocassette 1997 Box 3, cd 20 Carter, Mandy 2008 Box 3, cd 20 Chrisler, Jennifer 2008 Box 3, cassette 13 Cinnater, Nan and Johnson, Diane 1991 Box 3, cd 20 Clayton, Laura Beth/Racette, Patricia 2008 Clinton, Kate 1993-2007 Box 3, cassette 6 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 21 Compact disc 2007 Box 1, Folder 7 Cooper, Bernard 1996-2000 Box 1, Folder 8 Cooper, Dennis 1989-1998 Cunningham, Michael 1990-1993 Box 1, Folder 9 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1990-1993 cassette 3, Audiocassette 1993 Folder 7 Box 3, cd 22 Dlugacz, Judy 2009 Box 3, cd 20 Dong, Arthur 2008 Donnelly, Nisa 1993 Box 1, Folder 10 Interview transcript, correspondence, writing sample, and other printed materials. 1993 Physical Description: Contains 3 photographs.

Box 3, cassette 8 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 23 Doty, Mark 2007 Box 1, Folder 11 Duberman, Martin 1991 Box 3, cd 20 Dunning, Zoe 2008 Box 3, cd 20 Eck, Joe/Winterrowd, Wayne 2008 Box 3, cd 20 Faderman, Lillian 2008 Fowler, Ronald 1992-1993 Box 1, Folder 12 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1992-1993 Box 3, cassette 9 Audiocassette 1992-1993 Box 3, cd 21 Frank, Barney 2008 Glickman, Gary 1987-1993 Box 1, Interview transcript, biography, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings Folder 13-14 (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1987-1993

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Box 3, cassette 13 Audiocassette 1991 Note Audiocassette contains short clip of Gary Glickman discussing his opera "Orlando."

Box 1, Folder 15 Gooch, Brad 1988-1996 Box 3, cd 23 Goodridge, Hillary circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 25 Grahn, Judy 2008 Box 3, cd 22-23 Halberstam, Judith (Jack) circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 22 Harvie, Crawford circa 2007-2010 Heim, Scott 1995-2009 Box 1, Folder 16 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1995-1998 Physical Description: Contains 1 photograph.

Box 3, cd 23 Compact disc 2009 Note CD also includes an interview with Michael Lowenthal.

Box 3, cd 24 Higdon, Jennifer 2008 Box 3, Folder 2 Hoemig, Tom 1992 Holleran, Andrew 1993-1998 Box 1, Folder 17 Interview transcript and other printed materials. 1993-1998 Box 3, cassette 10 Audiocassette 1993 Hollinghurst, Alan 1994 Box 1, Folder 18 Interview transcript, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1994 Box 3, cassette 11 Audiocassette 1994 Box 3, cd 25 Horne, Lucy circa 2007-2010 Box 1, cd 19 Jackson, Keith 1997 Box 1, Folder 20 Julty, Sam 1977 Box 3, cd 23 Kameny, Frank circa 2007-2010 Kenan, Randall 1989-2008 Box 1, Folder 21 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1989-1999 Box 3, cassette 12 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 23 Compact disc 2008 Box 3, cd 24 Khoury, Jamil/Gillani, Malik 2008 Box 3, cd 24 Kleinbaum, Sharon 2008 Box 3, cd 21 van Kraayenburg, Russell circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 23 Lam, Andrew 2009 Box 3, cd 23 Larkin, Joan 2008 Lowenthal, Michael 1996-2009 Box 1, Folder 22 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), writing samples, and other printed materials. 1996-1998 Box 3, cd 23 Compact disc 2009 Note CD also includes an interview with Scott Heim.

Box 3, cd 25 McGuire, Kathleen circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 21 Merritt, Stephin circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 23-24 Miller, Neil 1989-1992 Box 3, cd 23 Compact disc 1989 Box 3, cd 24 Compact disc 1992 Miller, Tim 1991-2010 Box 1, Folder 25 Biography, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1991-1993 Box 3, cd 22 Compact disc circa 2007-2010

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Box 3, cd 21 Millett, Greg 2008 Box 1, Folder 26 Monette, Paul 1988-1993 Box 3, Nava, Michael 1992-1993 cassette 13-14 Box 1, Folder 27 Plante, David 1986-1995 Preston, John 1993 Box 1, Folder 28 Interview transcript, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles) writing sample, and other printed materials. 1993 Box 3, cassette 15 Audiocassette 1993 Raphael, Lev 1990-1999 Box 1, Folder 29 Interview transcript, correspondence, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1990-1999 Box 3, cassette 16 Audiocassette 1993 Box 3, cd 21 Raval, P.J. circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 26 Robinson, Gene 2008 Box 3, cd 22 Rodriguez, Richard 2009 Box 3, cd 24 Rorem, Ned 2008 Box 3, cassette 17 Schulman, Sarah 1993 Box 3, cd 21 Sedaris, David 2007 Box 3, cd 26 Siciliano, Carl circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 24 Spade, Dean circa 2007-2010 Box 3, cd 24 Takei, George 2009 Box 3, cd 24 Tiven, Rachel 2008 Box 3, cd 24 Vaid, Urvashi 2008 Box 3, cd 22 Valle, Modesto "Tico" 2008 Box 3, cassette 9 Webb, Patrick 1993 White, Edmund 1982-1995 Box 1, Folder 30 Interview transcript, newspaper/journal clippings (reviews, articles), and other printed materials. 1982-1995 Physical Description: Contains 1 photograph.

Box 3, cassette 18 Audiocassette 1995 Writings Series 2. 2007-2010 Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet Scope and Contents This series includes manuscripts for The Language We Use Up Here and Beijing, and materials related to the published edition of Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans, dated from 2007-2010. Volumes I-VIII and two early versions of Travels in a Gay Nation printed prior to the published edition, and a manuscript of Living Out Our Lives: Catching the Heroic Spirit of LGBTQ Americans.

Box 1, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans, Volumes I-III 2007-2010 Folder 31-39 Physical Description: [9 folders]

Box 2, Folder 1-15 Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans, Volumes IV-VIII 2007-2010 Physical Description: [15 folders]

Box 2, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans 2009 Folder 16-18 Physical Description: [3 folders] Note Version as Submitted in July 2009, then titled: Living Out Our Lives: Catching the Spirit of LGBTQ Americans.

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Box 2, Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans 2009 Folder 19-21 Physical Description: [3 folders] Note Copy Edited Version, November 2009.

Box 2, Folder 22 Living Out Our Lives: Catching the Heroic Spirit of LGBTQ Americans 2009 Box 4, Beijing: A Novel manuscript 2002 Folder 124-126 Physical Description: [3 folders]

Autograph Albums and Project Logs Series 3. 1997-2010 Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet Scope and Contents Series contains volumes I-III of the LGBTQ autograph album, containing 144 photographs of artists interviewed by Philip Gambone for Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans; and two project logs documenting Gambone's travels throughout the United States, 2007-2010. Project logs contain total of 28 photographs. Arrangement Albums and logs are arranged chronologically.

Box 5, Folder 1 My LGBTQ Autograph Album, Volume I 1997-2008 Physical Description: Album (Volume I) contains 77 photographs.

Box 5, Folder 2 My LGBTQ Autograph Album, Volume II 2008-2010 Physical Description: Album (Volume II) contains 31 photographs.

Box 5, Folder 3 My LGBTQ Autograph Album, Volume III 2008-2009 Physical Description: Album (Volume III) contains 36 photographs.

Box 2, Folder 23 Project Log: Travels in a Gay Nation, Volume I 2007-2008 Physical Description: Contains 4 photographs.

Box 2, Folder 24 Project Log: Travels in a Gay Nation, Volume II 2008-2010 Physical Description: Contains 24 photographs.

Box 4, Folder 129 List of Autographs from My LGBTQ Autograph Album, Volume I-III 1997-2009 Undeveloped prospects for Travels in a Gay Nation Series 4. 1998-2009 Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet Scope and Contents The series consists of research materials on potential subjects for Travels in a Gay Nation. The materials include clippings, queer performance reviews, and e-mail requests for interviews. The series also contains one interview transcript, between Gambone and David Leavitt. The folders titled, "File," includes, limited materials on a number of potential subjects for Travels in a Gay Nation. The folders "Chicago," "Gay Rodeo," and "Texas" consist of research and e-mail requests for interviews concerning the topic or region. Arrangement Files are arranged alphabetically by name or topic.

Box 4, Folder 7 Achetnberg, Roberta 2009 Box 4, Folder 3 Als, Hilton 2007 Box 4, Folder 4 Alsop, Marin 2008 Box 4, Folder 5 Amer, Ghada 2008

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Box 4, Folder 6 Araki, Greg 2008-2009 Box 4, Folder 118 Arshad, Urooj 2008 Box 4, Folder 8 Bass, Lance 2008 Box 4, Folder 9 Bean, Billy 2007 Box 4, Folder 10 Bleckner, Ross 2007 Box 4, Folder 11 Bonauto, Mary 2008 Box 4, Folder 12 Boykin, Keith 2008 Box 4, Folder 13 Bright, Susie 2008 Box 4, Folder 14 Bronski, Michael 2008 Box 4, Folder 15 Broumas, Olga 2008 Box 4, Folder 16 Bumbalo, Victor 2008-2009 Box 4, Folder 17 Chicago 2008 Box 4, Folder 18 Cho, Margaret 2007 Box 4, Folder 19 Corigliano, John 2007 Box 4, Folder 20 Daniels, David 1994-2004 Box 4, Folder 21 Degeneres, Ellen 2008 Box 4, Folder 22 Del Tredici, David 2007 Box 4, Folder 23 Ditto, Beth 2008 Box 4, Folder 24 Dowd, John 2007 Box 4, Folder 25 Du Bowski, Sandi 2008-2009 Box 4, Folder 26 Durhams, Sharif 2008 Box 4, Folder 27 Eck, Diana 2008 Box 4, Folder 28 Etheridge, Melissa 2007-2009 Box 4, Folder 29 Ettelbrick, Paula 2008 Box 4, Folder 30 Feldblum, Chai R. 2008 Box 4, Folder 1-2 File 2000 Box 4, Folder 31 Ford, Tom 2007 Box 4, Folder 32 Fortunato, John 2008 Box 4, Folder 33 Galati, Frank 2008 Box 4, Folder 34 Galloway, Terry 2009 Box 4, Folder 35 Gay Rodeo 2009 Box 4, Folder 36 Geffen, David 2008 Box 4, Folder 37 Gill, Tim 2007-2008 Box 4, Folder 38 Giuliano, Neil 2009 Box 4, Folder 39 Gomes, Peter J. 2008 Box 4, Folder 40 Graden, Brian 2008 Box 4, Folder 41 Graff, E. J. circa 2008 Box 4, Folder 42 Greenberg, Steven 2008 Box 4, Folder 43 Grumbach, Doris 2008 Box 4, Folder 44 Hacker, Marilyn 2007 Box 4, Folder 45 Harjo, Joy 2008 Box 4, Folder 46 Harris, Neil Patrick 2008 Box 4, Folder 47 Herman, Jerry 2008 Box 4, Folder 48 Hormel, James 2008 Box 4, Folder 49 Hughes, David 2007 Box 4, Folder 50 Hunter, Tab 2008 Box 4, Folder 51 Iliya, Ilyas 2008 Box 4, Folder 52 Indiana, Robert 2007 Box 4, Folder 53 Jacobs, Marc 2007 Box 4, Folder 54 Jones, Bill T. 2008-2009 Box 4, Folder 55 Kaufman, Moisés 2009 Box 4, Folder 56 Kelly, Ellsworth 2007 Box 4, Folder 57 King, Billy Jean 2007-2008 Box 4, Folder 58 King, Lorry 2007 Box 4, Folder 59 Kopay, David 2007 Box 4, Folder 60 Kosse, Roberta 2007 Box 4, Folder 61 Kramer, Larry 2007 Box 4, Folder 62 Kronenberg, Anne 2009

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Box 4, Folder 63 Kummer, Corby 2007 Box 4, Folder 64 Kuehl, Sheila J. 2008 Box 4, Folder 65 La Chapelle, David 2007 Box 4, Folder 66 Lane, Nathan 2007 Box 4, Folder 67 Lawrence, David 2002 Box 4, Folder 68 Leavitt, David 1998-2008 Scope and Contents Typescript of Interview

Box 4, Folder 69 Le, Thi Diem Thuy 2008 Box 4, Folder 70 Lippman, Ellen 2008 Box 4, Folder 71 Long, Scott 2007 Box 4, Folder 72 Louganis, Greg 2007 Box 4, Folder 73 Maguire, Gregory 2007-2008 Box 4, Folder 74 Martinez, Alba 2008 Box 4, Folder 75 Mason, Christopher 2008 Box 4, Folder 76 McNally, Terrence 2008 Box 4, Folder 77 Mehretu, Julie 2008 Box 4, Folder 88 Mitchell, John C. 2007 Box 4, Folder 89 Monk, Meredith 2007-2008 Box 4, Folder 90 Mould, Bob 2008 Box 4, Folder 91 Move, Richard Circa 2008 Box 4, Folder 92 Navratilova, Martina 2008 Box 4, Folder 93 Niehaus, Catherine 2009 Box 4, Folder 94 O'Donnabhain, Rhiannon 2007 Box 4, Folder 95 Orman, Susie 2008 Box 4, Folder 96 Parker, Annise 2009 Box 4, Folder 97 Pierce, Kimberly 2008 Box 4, Folder 98 Quinn, Christine 2008 Box 4, Folder 99 Rechy, John 2009 Box 4, Folder 100 Reitan, Jacob 2008 Box 4, Folder 101 Roberts, Thomas 2008 Box 4, Folder 102 Rosser, Sue 2008 Box 4, Folder 103 Rupaul, Charles Circa 2008 Box 4, Folder 104 Sansolo, Jack 2008 Box 4, Folder 105 Savage, Dan 2007 Box 4, Folder 106 Schiff, Karen 2008 Box 4, Folder 107 Scott, Karen 2008 Box 4, Folder 108 Sellars, Peter 2008 Box 4, Folder 109 Steele, Valerie 2008 Box 4, Folder 110 Sterling, Stowell 2008 Box 4, Folder 111 Styles, Freddie 2008 Box 4, Folder 112 Sylvan, Sanford 2007-2008 Box 4, Folder 113 Texas 2009 Box 4, Folder 114 Tilson Thomas, Michelle 2007 Box 4, Folder 115 Tomlin, Lily 2007-2009 Box 4, Folder 116 Truong, Monique 2008 Box 4, Folder 117 Tuaolo, Esera 2007 Box 4, Folder 119 Vogel, Pamela 2007 Box 4, Folder 120 Waters, John 2007-2008 Box 4, Folder 121 Wong, B. D. 2007-2008 Box 4, Folder 123 Zeigler, Cyd 2007

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