Mining Gay Pulp Novels for Posing Strap Pirates

Mining Gay Pulp Novels for Posing Strap Pirates

Editorial by Michael Van Duzer  |  November 10, 2011

The ship ahoy at Eclectic Company Theatre is a revival of Michael Van Duzer’s Posing Strap Pirates, a parody of the gay pulp novels of the ’50s and ’60s. Van Duzer writes about the liberating thrill of writing for characters with literally no subtext. READ MORE



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