Rarely Pure and Never Simple: Selected Essays of Scott O'Hara
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560239395 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
O’Hara challenges the “norms” of society as he discloses intimate thoughts and details about his sex life and fantasies that are guaranteed to arouse your curiosity.. Discussing his ventures as a writer, playwright, and editor of the popular but short-lived journal Steam, Rarely Pure and Never Simple includes poems and stories by O’Hara that express his opinions and feelings about monogamy, safe sex, male beauty, morality, social politics, and “being queer.” O’Hara also relates his childhood experiences to his adult life and uses many examples to link the past to his actions and thoughts concerning his sexuality.Bold, personal, and honest, Rarely Pure and Never Simple gives you an inside look into the life of this controversial author, who died in February 1998 of AIDS
We don't tend to think of people in the porn industry as great thinkers - Scott may not be among the world's OkieMark Scott's essays are both insightful and amusing. We don't tend to think of people in the porn industry as great thinkers - Scott may not be among the world's greatest philosophers - but he's surely among the world's greatest porn-star philosophers.. Carl W Cate said Great Book Scottwish I'd met you. I love this book so much,where to begin. First, Scott O'hara was an original.Just from his writing,which is the only way I have to know him,he was a multifaceted and complicated guy. His writing speaks volumes about his love for freedom,both freedom to do what he wanted, and freedom from the more repressive elements of gay culture. As a libertarian, I appreciate Scott's ability to see things with his own unique gay liber. A Customer said The Last Words of Scott O'Hara. And witty, wise and wonderful words they are too. This has to be the most overlooked gay nonfiction title of the year. The cover and title aren't as titillating as the first volume of his memoirs, "Autopornography," but the writing's better. Scott shares with us the story behind STEAM magzine, the messy messy inside dirt on "Making Porn" (the play and movie inspired by his own porn star career), and his thoughts on appro