Gay New York Leanne Egan plays a critical role in

plays a critical role in the unfolding events

a woman who once lived only a train ride away from Elsie's Oxford home

"Is there such a thing as innocence

one of our most beloved and boundary-pushing writers holds up a mirror to her characters' true selves

thus inscribing it into a body of work that

Gay New York Leanne Egan plays a critical role inThe "monumental" (The Washington Post), field defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid 20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed in the closet, where all gay men were isolated, invisible, and ashamed. Based on years of research in diaries, letters, newspaper stories, and police reports, George Chauncey describes the saloons, speakeasies, and streets where queer men gathered;