Talk:Edmund White

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Stroke

Edmund White had a stroke and is recovering from it. This should be mentioned in the article.96.227.207.86 (talk) 20:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC) http://www.towleroad.com/2012/05/author-edmund-white-suffers-stroke.html#ixzz1viQ4hh3E[reply]

"The Disappointment Project"

Can anyone verify that this is indeed one of White's works? I have never heard of it; there is no book of that title in the Library of Congress; there are no copies on AddAll.com or Amazon.com; a few White book jackets that I checked do not refer to it; and Google searching brings up only references to the Wikipedia bibliography. Barnabypage 13:15, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have provisionally removed it by commenting it out. Obviously, if anyone knows for sure that it is really one of White's works, go ahead and reinstate it! Barnabypage 15:18, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have now received an email from Edmund White confirming that he didn't write a book of this name. Barnabypage 21:07, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Added some of White's anthology appearances, divided work into Fiction/Nonfiction categories, added link to White's home page. Heyfoureyes 01:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Incest?

"His father was having sex with his sister" - this seems to be an exaggeration if you read My Lives. I'm changing it to "had sex with his sister" --Totorotroll (talk) 11:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please rewrite incest stuff

The article reads, 'Incestuous feelings existed in White's family; his mother was attracted to him.' This should be rewritten so that it is clear that this is White's claim (if that is in fact what it is). It's not appropriate for the article to state this as fact. Skoojal (talk) 21:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gay Men's Health Crisis

I added mention of White being one of the founders of the Gay Men's Health Crisis. This was among the very first organizations to address the developing HIV/AIDS crisis.Malke 2010 21:02, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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