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John Preston

John Preston, born in Medfield, Massachusetts, was an author of gay erotica and an editor of gay nonfiction anthologies.

Preston was among the first writers to popularize the genre of safe sex stories, editing a safe sex anthology entitled Hot Living in 1985. He helped to found the AIDS Project of Southern Maine. In the late 1980s, he discovered that he himself was HIV positive. Some of his last essays, found in his nonfiction anthologies and in his posthumous collection Winter's Light, describe his struggle to come emotionally to terms with a disease that had already killed many of his friends and fellow writers.

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American writer (1945-1994)

Born 11 December 1945
Died 28 April 1994

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  • Cover of: Franny, the Queen of Provincetown (Little Sister's Classics)
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    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Golden Years (Mission of Alex Kane/John Preston, No 2)
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    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Journals of a master: two classic gay erotic novels

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    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Secret Dangers (Mission of Alex Kane, Vol 5)

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  • Cover of: Flesh and the Word: An Anthology (Flesh and the Word)

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  • Cover of: The big gay book: a man's survival guide for the 90's
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    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Flesh and the word 3: an anthology of gay erotic writing
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American writer (1945-1994)

Born 11 December 1945
Died 28 April 1994

Subjects

Gay men, Fiction, Alex Kane (Fictitious character), Fiction, gay, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, Sadomasochism, Fiction, erotica, general, American Erotic stories, Sexual behavior, Fiction, general, Gay community, Gay men's writings, American, Gay men, fiction, LGBTQ essays, AIDS (Disease), American Short stories, American literature, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, erotica, Fiction, men's adventure, Friendship, Gay communities, Gay erotic literature, Gays' writings, Gays' writings, American

Places

United States, Estados Unidos, Boston, Boston (Mass.), Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.), Massachusetts, N.Y.) Greenwich Village (New York, New York, New York (State), Portland (Me.), Provincetown (Mass.), San Francisco (Calif.), États-Unis

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John Preston

Time

1980, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Preston, John, 1945-1994
  • Preston, John
  • John Preston American writer (1945-1994)
  • Preston, John, homo-publikaties

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July 25, 2024 Edited by laurenbr1 viaf, akas
August 30, 2021 Edited by Jenner Edited without comment.
August 30, 2021 Edited by Jenner Added new photo
September 1, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import