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The Love That Dares

The Love That Dares

Letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship Through History

By Rachel Smith

Hardback | ISBN 9781781578292

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"What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself - a scribbled note, a declaration of love, an outpouring of passion, a bitter word - has always been with us." - Mark Gatiss

A good love letter can speak across centuries, and reassure us that the agony and the ecstasy one might feel today have been shared by lovers long gone. In The Love That Dares, queer love speaks its name through a wonderful selection of surviving letters between lovers and friends, confidants and companions.

Alongside the more famous names coexist beautifully written letters by lesser-known lovers. Together, they weave a narrative of queer love through the centuries, through the romantic, often funny, and always poignant words of those who lived it.

Including letters written by:

John Cage

Audre Lorde

Benjamin Britten

Lorraine Hansberry

Walt Whitman

Vita Sackville-West

Radclyffe Hall

Allen Ginsberg

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BOOK DETAILS

Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781781578292
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Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Number of pages: 288
Width (mm): 138
Height (mm): 218
Depth (mm): 30

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