Placing Trey’s story during this specific period allowed Newson to honor and play with history.
“Larry Kramer isn’t an iconic figure yet.
“There is no wrong choice.
Christopher Marrs; Flatiron Books
Some people do volunteer, and that’s a very direct way.
Some people think about the political big picture.
We need all of those people,” he explains.
Dial Press
“They had a sexiness.
“She had an emotional honesty that I was hoping to match.
Her candor, her regrets, her pain, her joy; she laid it all bare.
City Lights Publishers
I admired that and can only hope to emulate it,” Newson explains.
“It was so riveting, I barely studied and subsequently barely passed my class,” he explains.
Newson looks at his footnotes as if they were added through the eyes of a gay editor.
Vintage
The pieces of information about the historical events and figures included are of interest to an LGBTQ audience.
This was most present when including well-known figures in the story.
Newson uses Lena Horne as an example.
Grove Press
Through a storied career, this factoid about her allows readers to see her in a new way.
The footnotes Newson uses are a highly-curated encyclopedia that runs alongside the book.
Pantheon
