Ian Young (writer)

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Ian Young
BornJanuary 5, 1945
Occupationnon-fiction, journalism, poetry
NationalityCanadian
Period1970s-present
Notable worksThe Gay Muse, The Male Homosexual in Literature

Ian Young (born January 5, 1945) is an English-Canadian poet, editor, literary critic, and historian. He was a member of the

The Body Politic from 1975 to 1985[1] and for Torso between 1991 and 2008.[5]

Young is best known for his work as editor of the anthology The Gay Muse[6] and the bibliography The Male Homosexual in Literature.[7] He edited The Male Muse: A Gay Anthology, the first English-language anthology of poetry with gay male themes.[2] In 1974, a shipment of The Male Muse was seized and burned by British customs officials.[2]

He was interested in ceremonial magic during the 1980s and was a founding member of the Hermetic Order of the Silver Sword.[5]

His recent book, Encounters with Authors (2013), featured historical and critical essays on the work of three noted Canadian LGBT writers, Scott Symons, Robin Hardy and Norman Elder.[8]

Publications

  • White Garland: 9 Poems for Richard (1969)
  • Year of the Quiet Sun (1969)
  • Double Exposure (1970, 2nd edition 1974)
  • Lions in the Stream (1971) (with Richard Phelan)
  • Some Green Moths (1972)
  • Invisible Words (1974)
  • The Male Homosexual in Literature: A Bibliography (1976; 2nd edition 1982)
  • Common-or-Garden Gods (1976)
  • Son of the Male Muse (1983)
  • Gay Resistance: Homosexuals in the Anti-Nazi Underground (1985)
  • Sex Magick (1986)
  • The AIDS Dissidents: An Annotated Bibliography (1993)
  • The Stonewall Experiment: A Gay Psychohistory (1995)
  • The AIDS Cult: Essays On the Gay Health Crisis (1997) (with
    John Lauritsen
    )
  • Out in Paperback: A Visual History of Gay Pulps (2012)
  • Encounters with Authors: Essays on Scott Symons, Robin Hardy, Norman Elder (2013)
  • London Skin & Bones: The Finsbury Park Stories (2017)
  • The Male Homosexual in Literature: A Bibliography Supplement (2020)

See also

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