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<em>Parting Glances</em>: Mourning the Work We Didn’t Get from Queer Director Bill Sherwood

Parting Glances: Mourning the Work We Didn’t Get from Queer Director Bill Sherwood

His Debut Was One of the Best Independent Films of the 1980s. He Died Four Years Later.

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The Lesser-Known Novel of the 1950s That Presaged Queer Liberation

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