Biography, Autobiography, and Memoirs

Baker, Michael. Our Three Selves: The Life of Radclyffe Hall. London: H. Hamilton, 1985. JFE 89-2801.

Crisp, Quentin. The Naked Civil Servant. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. D-18 7275 and MSS DIV\IGIC\BIO\C18.

Kennedy, Hubert C. Ulrichs: the Life and Works of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Pioneer of the Modern Gay Movement. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1988. JFD 89-3804.

Kopay, David. The David Kopay Story: An Extraordinary Self- Revelation, co-authored by Perry Deane Young. New York: Arbor House, 1977. JFD 77-8215 and MSS DIV\IGIC\BIO\K10. Autobiography of a gay football player.

Lesbian Lives: Biographies of Women from The Ladder, edited by Barbara Grier and Coletta Reid. Oakland, CA: Diana Press, 1976. JFD 91-11443.

Liebman, Marvin. Coming Out Conservative: An Autobiography. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. JFE 92-964. The memoirs of a gay political figure who was one of the founders of the New York State Conservative Party.

Lorde, Audre. Zami, a New Spelling of My Name. Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press, 1982. JFD 90-4113. Seminal work by this African-American poet.

Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen: A Study in Romantic Friendship. London: Joseph, 1971. D-20 6000. An engaging account of two women who lived together in eighteenth-century Britain.

A Member of the Family: Gay Men Write about Their Families, edited by John Preston. New York: Dutton, 1991. JFE 93-4894.

Merrill, James Ingram. A Different Person: A Memoir. New York: Knopf, 1993. JFE 93-12130. Autobiography of the American poet.

Miller, Merle. On Being Different: What It Means to be a Homosexual. New York: Popular Library, 1971. MSS DIV\IGIC\BIO\M26. A memoir by the author of Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman.

Mollenkott, Virginia R. Sensuous Spirituality: Out from Fundamentalism. New York: Crossroad, 1992. JFE 92-10172.

Monette, Paul. Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. JFE 92-7174. The noted novelist discusses his life and education.

Navratilova, Martina. Martina, written with George Vecsey. New York: Knopf, 1985. JFD 88-7336.

Nestle, Joan. A Restricted Country. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1987. JFD 88-10771. The autobiography of the lesbian writer and anthologist.

One Teenager in Ten: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth, edited by Ann Heron. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1983. JLD 88-25.

The Original Coming Out Stories, edited by Julia Penelope and Susan J. Wolfe. Expanded ed. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1989. JFE 90-3529 and MSS DIV\IGIC\BIO\O7a.

Pallone, Dave. Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball, written with Alan Steinberg. New York: Viking, 1990. JFE 90-7393. The life and struggles of a gay umpire.

Reid, John. The Best Little Boy in the World. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993, c1976. JFD 93-14601. A pseudonymous coming-of-age memoir.

Rorem, Ned. The New York Diary. New York: G. Braziller, 1967. JFD 91-7766. One of the diaries of the noted composer.

Sarton, May. May Sarton: A Self-Portrait, edited by Marita Simpson and Martha Wheelock. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986, c1982. JFD 86-7661.

Schumacher, Michael. Dharma Lion: A Critical Biography of Allen Ginsberg. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. JFE 92-12194.

Shilts, Randy. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. JFE 83-4219 and MSS DIV\IGIC\BIO\S10. The biography of the San Francisco politician and gay activist.

Steffan, Joseph. Honor Bound: A Gay American Fights for the Right to Serve His Country. New York: Villard Books, 1992. JFE 92-10707.

Sweetman, David. Mary Renault: A Biography. London: Chatto and Windus, 1993. JFE 93-8481.

Timmons, Stuart. The Trouble with Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement. Boston: Alyson, 1990. JFD 91-2886.

Vining, Donald. A Gay Diary. New York: Pepys Press, 1979-1983. 4 vols. JFL 80-242 and MSS DIV\IGIC\BIO\V5.

Wells, Anna Mary. Miss Marks and Miss Woolley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. JFE 78-3007. An examination of the relationship between Woolley, the president of Mount Holyoke College, and Marks, a writer and teacher at the College.

White, Edmund. Genet: A Biography. New York: Knopf, 1993. JFE 93-13354.

Wolff, Charlotte. Magnus Hirschfeld: A Portrait of a Pioneer in Sexology. London and New York: Quartet Books, 1986. JFE 87- 2729.