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John Rechy stands amongst the most significant of American gay writers of the 20th century. His landmark debut novel, City of Night, caused a sensation in 1963 with its frank - and semi-autobiographical - account of working as a gay hustler in several cities across America. The book’s evocative, slangy prose earned it a place in literary as well as gay history. In his recently published About My Life and The Kept Woman (Grove Press), Rechy looks back on his life and sheds a different light on his City of Night. See more of this review.  Purchase About My Life and the Kept Woman: A Memoir or City of Night (Rechy, John).