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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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Born 11 December 1945
Died 28 April 1994

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  • Cover of: Sister & brother: lesbians & gay men write about their lives together

    First published in 1994 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: A Member of the family: gay men write about their families

    First published in 1992 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Hometowns: gay men write about where theybelong

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  • Cover of: Entertainment for a master

    First published in 1986 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Stolen moments

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  • Cover of: Hustling: A Gentleman's Guide to the Fine Art of Homosexual Prostitution

    First published in 1994 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Flesh and the word: an anthology of erotic writing

    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Friends and Lovers: Gay Men Write About the Families They Create

    First published in 1995 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Winter's light: reflections of a Yankee queer

    First published in 1995 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1983 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Golden years

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  • Cover of: Lethal silence

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  • Cover of: Lethal Silence (Mission of Alex Kane, No 6)

    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Stolen Moments (Mission of Alex Kane, No 4)

    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The love of a master

    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The mission of Alex Kane

    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sweet Dreams (Mission of Alex Kane)

    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: I once had a master and other tales of erotic love

    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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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 literature, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, erotica, Fiction, men's adventure, Friendship, Gay communities, Gays' writings, Literary collections, Male authors, Sexual dominance and submission

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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August 30, 2021 Edited by Jenner Edited without comment.
August 30, 2021 Edited by Jenner Added new photo
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import