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Plot Summary of Journal 1954-1965
"Alan Ginsburg recaps his homoseuxality and his love affair with Neal Cassidy that ends in being caught in the act by Carolyn Cassidy and subsequently ends in Alan being thrown out of the Cassidy home. Alan also comes to terms that while the affair was mutual, Cassidy was still a heterosexual man who did not love Alan mutually the way that Alan loves Neal. "
Daniela Lo Presti, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Taboo Sex Story? Yes
Kind of sex: - gay guy
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Midwest - California
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Century: - 1960's-1970's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel? - very happy
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - eccentric personalities - Dry-cynical - parody - satire - sarcastic/sardonic - metaphorical - gentle
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - male homosexuals doing their thing - descript of kissing - orgies
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - love/sex - capitalism - justice system
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Autobiography? Yes
Pictures/Illustrations? - A few 1-5 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices? Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life? Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 0-25% of book
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