tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860342013383651825.post4713409691469319179..comments2024-03-26T00:14:54.751-07:00Comments on Fragments from a Writing Desk: Another gay teen suicide. Alan Helms, Take NoteHershel Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03919613095448470289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860342013383651825.post-27223462859658949712012-06-19T07:54:18.354-07:002012-06-19T07:54:18.354-07:00Thanks for this wonderful post. I have visited bo...Thanks for this wonderful post. I have visited both the Whitman Homestead in Huntington, NY and Camden, NJ and both have almost nothing about Whitman's homosexual affairs on 'dsiplay'. When I broached the subject with the directors of both museums, I was met with hostility and rudeness. So much for Scholarly debates.<br /><br />Not sure if you know Arnie Kantrowitz [spelling?]--He was a Professor at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) for many years, and openly gay. He and other activists/scholars organized a protest against the Homestead in Long Island decrying the invisibleness of Whitman's homosexual affairs at the museum celebration during the Centenary of Whitman's Birth.<br /><br />A few of my professors in the past have also met my theories about homosexuality and American letters with hostility and dismissiveness, in particular, when discussing Melville's Billy Budd. Cheers!<br />NickNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902084738009909024noreply@blogger.com