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The Love That Dares: Letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship Through History

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Love That Dares: Letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship Through History
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rachel Smith
By (author) Barbara Vesey
Foreword by Mark Gatiss
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 218,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9781781578292
ClassificationsDewey:306.76
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
Imprint Ilex
Publication Date 27 January 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

"What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself - a scribbled note, a declaration of love, an outpouring of passion, a bitter word - has always been with us." - Mark Gatiss A good love letter can speak across centuries, and reassure us that the agony and the ecstasy one might feel today have been shared by lovers long gone. In The Love That Dares, queer love speaks its name through a wonderful selection of surviving letters between lovers and friends, confidants and companions. Alongside the more famous names coexist beautifully written letters by lesser-known lovers. Together, they weave a narrative of queer love through the centuries, through the romantic, often funny, and always poignant words of those who lived it. Including letters written by: John Cage Audre Lorde Benjamin Britten Lorraine Hansberry Walt Whitman Vita Sackville-West Radclyffe Hall Allen Ginsberg

Author Biography

Rachel Smith (Author) Rachel Smith was born in Providence, raised in Hope, Rhode Island, and currently resides in London, where she is an archivist at Bishopsgate Institute. She is also an award-winning screenwriter. The Love That Dares is her first work of non-fiction, after releasing a collection of her poetry and photography, Words & Pictures, in 2016. In her free time, Rachel enjoys coffee, travel, knitting, her dog and her wife. Barbara Vesey (Author) Barbara Vesey was raised in New York but, having seen Mary Poppins at an impressionable age, eventually moved to London. Once accused of being a 'rampant feminist' - an epithet she was delighted to receive - after 25 years as a writer, editor and proofreader she retrained as an archivist. She is proud to work at the archives of both the Bishopsgate Institute and the Society of the Sacred Heart. Through sheer luck she has two amazing children and a world-class collection of art postcards.