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The Rest of It: Hustlers, Cocaine, Depression, and Then Some, 1976–1988
Duke Univ. Mar. 2018. 256p. index. ISBN 9780822370703. $27.95. SOC SCI
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Duberman's (emeritus, Herbert Lehman Coll.; Stonewall) earlier works, Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey and Midlife Queer: Autobiography of a Decade, 1971–1981 are classics. Here, the author fills in the years not covered in those previous books with characteristic honesty and intellectual insight. At this point in his life, his academic accomplishments have already established him as one of the country's premier historians. Readers see some aspects of Duberman's personal life becoming complicated, including love affairs, drug abuse, and ongoing bouts of depression. Yet, these years also saw the publication of his magisterial biography of Paul Robeson and continued involvement in many of the political controversies of the day. In 1991, he went on to establish the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City University of New York. Later, he became sober and met his longtime partner, Eli.
VERDICT Duberman is one of America's great intellectuals; all readers can enjoy this well-rounded self-portrait of a tumultuous decade in the life of an important thinker.
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