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Not So Good a Gay Man is the compelling memoir of author, screenwriter, and activist Frank M. Robinson.Locus 2017 Recommended Reading List
Locus Award Finalist 2018 - Non-FictionFrank M. Robinson (1926-2014) accomplished a great deal in his long life, working in magazine publishing, including a stint for
Playboy, and writing science fiction such as
The Power,
The Dark Beyond the Stars, and thrillers such as
The Glass Inferno (filmed as
The Towering Inferno). Robinson also passionately engaged in politics, fighting for gay rights, and most famously writing speeches for his good friend Harvey Milk in San Francisco.
This deeply personal autobiography, addressed to a friend in the gay community, explains the life of one gay man over eight decades in America. By turns witty, charming, and poignant, this memoir grants insights into Robinson's work not just as a journalist and writer, but as a gay man navigating the often perilous social landscape of 20th century life in the United States. The bedrock sincerity and painful honesty with which he describes this life makes
Not So Good a Gay Man compelling reading.
About the author
FRANK M. ROBINSON (1926-2014) was a journalist and writer best known for his techno-thrillers and his work as a speech writer for Harvey Milk. He was the author of
The Power and
Waiting, as well as
The Glass Inferno, the basis for the film
The Towering Inferno. He was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2009. He died in June 2014.
