Maupin, Armistead
Maupin, Armistead ( 1944 – ),American writer, best known for a sequence of six comic novels depicting alternative lifestyles in San Francisco: Tales of the City ( 1978 ), More Tales of the City ( 1980 ), Further Tales of the City ( 1982 ), Babycakes ( 1984 ), Significant Others ( 1987 ), and Sure of You ( 1989 ). Beginning life as a daily newspaper serial, this joyous roman fleuve about the inhabitants of a bohemian boarding house broke new ground in its high-spirited celebration of gay subcultures. Maupin was also one of the first writers to chronicle the AIDS epidemic. Maybe the Moon ( 1992 ) was a more muted satire on hypocrisy in the film business.
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