The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Calamus Lovers: Walt Whitman's Working-Class Camerados

"Calamus Lovers: Walt Whitman's Working-Class Camerados." In Calamus Lovers: Walt Whitman's Working-Class Camerados, edited by Charley Shively. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1987.
Type
book
Genre
biography
poetry
correspondence
Abstract

This book collects the correspondence between Whitman and many of his male friends and lovers, some of whom were connected with the Pfaff's scene in one way or another.

People Mentioned in this Work
Stoddard, Richard [pages: 17]
The Fred Gray Association

Shively doesn't mention the group by name, but he goes into great detail about Whitman's relationship with one of the group's members: Fred Vaughan.

Whitman, Walt

Shively's text explores Walt Whitman's identity as a homosexual man and his numerous friendships and/or sexual relationships with boys and young men.