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The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Prose
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Genres:
Non-Fiction,
Literary Fiction
A collection of prose pieces by others exploring the love that has always dared to speak its name.
See here for the Great Mirror's companion collection of poetry
Copyright © 2021 AC Benus; All Rights Reserved.- Signature Author
- 08/04/2021 (Updated: 02/04/2023)
- 81 Chapters
- 193,874 Words
- 45,434 Views
- 243 Comments
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P.
The Mirror to You and Me
- 420 Words
- 1,026 Views
- 0 Comments
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1.
Sholem Asch's "The God of Vengeance"
- 2,787 Words
- 1,123 Views
- 4 Comments
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2.
Boyd McDonald "Unnatural Act"
- 72 Words
- 964 Views
- 2 Comments
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3.
J. D. McClatchy "Eros, the limb-loosener..."
- 1,454 Words
- 451 Views
- 3 Comments
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4.
Unknown - "A Gay Bar's House Rules"
- 469 Words
- 389 Views
- 2 Comments
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5.
Winifred Holtby "Normal"
- 104 Words
- 666 Views
- 2 Comments
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6.
Unknown "Another Hope and Glory"
- 2,857 Words
- 844 Views
- 2 Comments
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7.
Katherine Mansfield "Leves Amores"
- 583 Words
- 829 Views
- 2 Comments
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8.
Emily Dickinson “Those unions will take us one day”
- 1,016 Words
- 315 Views
- 2 Comments
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9.
Gerald Basil Edwards "The Book of Ebenezer Le Page"
- 1,351 Words
- 971 Views
- 3 Comments
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10.
Straight sexual activity equals “relationship of strangeness and distance”
- 548 Words
- 304 Views
- 0 Comments
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11.
Ahmad al-Tifashi – “The Most ‘Charming’ of Slave Boys”
- 4,121 Words
- 851 Views
- 2 Comments
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12.
Ralph Waldo Emerson "Friendship"
- 5,951 Words
- 384 Views
- 4 Comments
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13.
Wayne Studer "Lavender Country"
- 781 Words
- 776 Views
- 3 Comments
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14.
Unknown "One of the men Hemingway loved"
- 218 Words
- 858 Views
- 1 Comments
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15.
Oscar Wilde "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."
- 11,538 Words
- 837 Views
- 4 Comments
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16.
George Sand to Daniel Stern
- 392 Words
- 720 Views
- 2 Comments
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17.
Martin Greif "Babe slugged anyone tittering at Howard’s petit-point"
- 1,511 Words
- 317 Views
- 5 Comments
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18.
Isabella Maria Ludovica "the privilege of possessing you"
- 355 Words
- 735 Views
- 0 Comments
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19.
Alexander Hamilton “Love à la française”
- 797 Words
- 343 Views
- 4 Comments
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20.
Margaret Mead’s Definition of “Perversion”
- 109 Words
- 749 Views
- 1 Comments
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21.
Sam Steward "Doing and Done"
- 4,385 Words
- 736 Views
- 5 Comments
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22.
Leo Tolstoy “I never loved women”
- 530 Words
- 348 Views
- 4 Comments
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Leo Tolstoy "The Ivins"
- 2,574 Words
- 579 Views
- 2 Comments
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24.
O. Henry ”A man? … No, doctor; there is nothing of the kind”
- 2,430 Words
- 687 Views
- 3 Comments
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25.
John Boswell "Review of the novel Ephesiaca"
- 1,066 Words
- 781 Views
- 2 Comments
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26.
Dolly Wilde encounters Virginia Woolf
- 535 Words
- 757 Views
- 4 Comments
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27.
Doctor Evelyn Hooker “…an enormous difference…”
- 3,980 Words
- 712 Views
- 5 Comments
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28.
Leonard to Lytton “But who will marry Virginia?”
- 1,069 Words
- 295 Views
- 4 Comments
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29.
David Leavitt "Gravity"
- 1,685 Words
- 755 Views
- 2 Comments
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30.
Carl Morse “A touchdown pass never reached its tight end”
- 584 Words
- 671 Views
- 2 Comments
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31.
Oliver Goldsmith "on how friends should love"
- 536 Words
- 711 Views
- 2 Comments
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32.
Robert Fish “Keith asked a number of questions”
- 1,822 Words
- 602 Views
- 4 Comments
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33.
Oliver Goldsmith "Love and Friendship, or the story of Alcander and Septimius"
- 1,340 Words
- 511 Views
- 2 Comments
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34.
D. H. Lawrence “His love was more perfect than any love I have known”
- 3,122 Words
- 706 Views
- 2 Comments
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35.
Augustine “Better than that phantasm of God”
- 749 Words
- 707 Views
- 3 Comments
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36.
Lawrence of Arabia “Sex is an integer in all of all”
- 1,207 Words
- 555 Views
- 2 Comments
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37.
E. M. Forster "Ansell"
- 3,147 Words
- 751 Views
- 2 Comments
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38.
Anne Sexton "There the snow was, beautiful and terrible"
- 346 Words
- 533 Views
- 0 Comments
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39.
Henry David Thoreau "The Pond in Winter"
- 1,790 Words
- 549 Views
- 2 Comments
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40.
Owlfeather “…but I want to be with you” – a Native American point of view
- 2,951 Words
- 707 Views
- 4 Comments
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41.
from an Eyewitness to Wilde’s Second Trial
- 283 Words
- 649 Views
- 4 Comments
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42.
Skanda Purana "Sumedha and Somavan"
- 2,396 Words
- 527 Views
- 2 Comments
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43.
Carter Newman Bealer “Draw the curtains, Malcolm, will you?” “Certainly, Malcolm.”
- 1,158 Words
- 635 Views
- 2 Comments
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44.
Alison Laurie “New Zealand Bobby and the Kamp life of Aotearoa and Australia”
- 3,097 Words
- 572 Views
- 4 Comments
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45.
Alison Laurie Part II “A Kamp Girl’s Activism in Europe”
- 3,581 Words
- 206 Views
- 4 Comments
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46.
Jody Shotwell "The Gateway"
- 3,279 Words
- 514 Views
- 5 Comments
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47.
Tor Hell "Loving Soldiers in Sweden"
- 701 Words
- 280 Views
- 4 Comments
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48.
Edward Carpenter “Afar from feminine society”
- 958 Words
- 259 Views
- 6 Comments
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49.
Edward Carpenter “The unconquerable force of these unions”
- 1,275 Words
- 534 Views
- 0 Comments
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50.
Gavin Arthur “…his tongue flickered over me like summer lightning…”
- 1,854 Words
- 342 Views
- 4 Comments
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51.
James Gardiner "A Bit of Scarlet"
- 1,476 Words
- 595 Views
- 6 Comments
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52.
Joseph Orgel and Neil Miller – Two Takes on Edward “Maurie” Forster
- 2,159 Words
- 459 Views
- 3 Comments
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53.
E. M. Forster "The Obelisk"
- 6,104 Words
- 539 Views
- 6 Comments
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54.
Thomas Pynchon "To Love Decently"
- 116 Words
- 326 Views
- 2 Comments
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55.
Jack Saul “Recollections of a Mary-Ann”
- 1,994 Words
- 328 Views
- 6 Comments
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56.
Siobhan Somerville “Double Lives on the Color Line”
- 5,991 Words
- 364 Views
- 4 Comments
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57.
James Baldwin "signal of a bitter time to come”
- 5,029 Words
- 1,045 Views
- 2 Comments
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58.
Bayard Rustin through a kaleidoscope
- 1,645 Words
- 336 Views
- 4 Comments
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59.
Brian Keith “…Dear Dave…”
- 627 Words
- 578 Views
- 5 Comments
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60.
Christopher Robinson “The Muse of Violets”
- 910 Words
- 256 Views
- 4 Comments
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61.
Fredrick Loring “…you and a few others will know what I mean…”
- 18,110 Words
- 565 Views
- 8 Comments
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Barry Goldwater "...you don't need to be straight to shoot straight..."
- 210 Words
- 240 Views
- 2 Comments
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63.
John McElroy "Love in Andersonville Extermination Camp, Part 1"
- 556 Words
- 168 Views
- 2 Comments
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64.
Sarah Prager "A Proper Kickoff for Pride Month"
- 1,608 Words
- 152 Views
- 2 Comments
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65.
Chip Livingston “…I want you back, Elan…” – a Native American point of view
- 1,045 Words
- 122 Views
- 2 Comments
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66.
Hans Christian Andersen “Do you imagine this is the whole world?”
- 3,793 Words
- 127 Views
- 4 Comments
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Hans Christian Andersen – “How firmly you have grown into my heart”
- 1,453 Words
- 160 Views
- 6 Comments
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68.
Hans Christian Andersen through a kaleidoscope
- 2,602 Words
- 131 Views
- 2 Comments
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69.
Noël Coward “Me and the Girls”
- 17,923 Words
- 199 Views
- 2 Comments
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70.
Henry van Dyke - on Hallam and Tennyson’s Love
- 202 Words
- 106 Views
- 2 Comments
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71.
Who built a wall of imaginary law around these needs – excerpts from " Joseph"
- 2,144 Words
- 144 Views
- 3 Comments
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72.
AC Benus "...the great adventures that lie ahead..."
- 8,463 Words
- 93 Views
- 2 Comments
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73.
Henry Stevenson Washburn "...the Potomac held his body in its embrace..."
- 912 Words
- 68 Views
- 1 Comments
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74.
Elisa Rolle “Arthur C. Clarke”
- 2,203 Words
- 317 Views
- 3 Comments
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75.
Gregory Woods "Refuting Lies About Whitman’s Orientation"
- 130 Words
- 48 Views
- 0 Comments
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76.
James Lane Allen “I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep”
- 6,390 Words
- 69 Views
- 6 Comments
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77.
Axel Nissen “Entirely credible and honestly touching”
- 951 Words
- 59 Views
- 5 Comments
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78.
Bret Harte "Tennessee’s Partner"
- 3,750 Words
- 74 Views
- 4 Comments
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79.
Tom Cook "A Trans Pioneer"
- 952 Words
- 69 Views
- 4 Comments
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80.
Alexander Berkman "The Yegg"
- 2,562 Words
- 53 Views
- 2 Comments
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