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For many, the death of a parent marks a low point in their personal lives. For Martin Duberman-a major historian and a founding figure in the history of gay and lesbian studies-the death of his mother was just the beginning of what became a twelve-year period filled with despair, drug addiction, and debauchery. From his cocaine use, massive heart attack, and immersion into New York's gay hustler scene to experiencing near-suicidal depression and attending rehab, The Rest of It is the previously untold and revealing story of how Duberman managed to survive his turbulent personal life while still playing leading roles in the gay community and the academy.
Despite the hardships, Duberman managed to be incredibly productive: he wrote his biography of Paul Robeson, rededicated himself to teaching, wrote plays, and coedited the prize-winning Hidden from History. His exploration of new paths of scholarship culminated in his founding of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, thereby inaugurating a new academic discipline. At the outset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic Duberman increased his political activism, and in these pages he also describes the tensions between the New Left and gay organizers, as well as the profound homophobia that created the conditions for queer radical activism. Filled with gossip, featuring cameo appearances by luminaries such as Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, Vivian Gornick, Susan Brownmiller, Kate Millett, and NÉstor Almendros, among many others, and most importantly, written with an unflinching and fearless honesty, The Rest of It provides scathing insights into a troubling decade of both personal and political history. It is a stimulating look into a key period of Duberman's life, which until now had been too painful to share.
Contents
Preface xi
1. My Mother's Death 1
2. Attempted Therapies: Theater, LSD, Bioenergetics 9
3. A New Kind of History: Gay Scholarship 14
4. Reading My Circadian Chart 26
5. Hustlers 37
6. A Heart Attack 45
7. The Reagan Years Begin 51
8. The New York Civil Liberties Union and the Gay Movement 56
9. Writing the Paul Robeson Biography 79
10. New York Native 91
11. CUNY, Christopher Lasch, and Eugene Genovese 96
12. The Onset of AIDS 107
13. Completing Robeson 117
14. The Salmagundi Controversy 126
15. Paul Robeson Jr. 135
16. Depression 139
17. Hospitalization 154
18. Getting Clean: AA and CA 162
19. East Germany and After 172
20. The Theater Again 181
21. Aftermaths: 1985-1988 187
Acknowledgments 223
Index 225
