And the big topic of recent talk, radio, news shows: gays in the military.Ĭountry music crosses over. Why? Maybe because more gay issues crowd the air than ever before: outing, lesbian mothers, AIDS, gay-bashing at the Republican convention. "Empathy" marks the 34-year-old New Yorker's fifth book tour, but there has been a lot more attention this time around because the world beyond the gay literary press is much more curious about authors like Schulman these days. And more: A new gay-friendly administration is settling into power only blocks away with gay issues on its agenda.Īnd here sits Sarah Schulman, gay novelist, doing an interview with a mainstream - read, straight - metropolitan newspaper about a new book, "Empathy," that she has written for a big mainstream - read, also straight - publisher. Here sits Sarah Schulman sipping caffe latte late into the winter afternoon in a gay-owned cappuccino zone in a gay-populated neighborhood as gay men and lesbians chat all around her.
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