Larry Duplechan
Larry Duplechan | |
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Born | December 30, 1956 |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1980s–present |
Notable works | Blackbird, Got 'til It's Gone |
Spouse | Greg Harvey |
Larry Duplechan (born December 30, 1956, in
Background
Duplechan was born on December 30, 1956, in
Writing
Duplechan published his first novel, Eight Days a Week, in 1985.
In 1990, he published Tangled Up in Blue, an
Duplechan's next novel Captain Swing (1993) returned to Rousseau, and found him grieving the death of his boyfriend Keith in a car accident.[3]
After Captain Swing, Duplechan took a hiatus from writing for several years and returned to singing, founding an a cappella vocal group and participating in community choirs after the home he shared with Harvey was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.[3] A new 20th anniversary edition of Blackbird was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2006,[3] and Duplechan's most recent novel to date, Got 'til It's Gone, was published by the same company in 2008.[3]
In 2022, Duplechan contracted with Team Angelica, London, to write a movie memoir, Movies That Made Me Gay, to be published[4] in October 2023.
In addition to his novels, his work has also been published in numerous anthologies, including Freedom in This Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's Writing (2005), The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered (2010) and Mighty Real: An Anthology of African American Same Gender Loving Writing (2011).
Personal life
Duplechan and Harvey legally married in 2008, during the period between the initial legalization of
He has pursued studies in comparative religion.[3] He served for several years as a deacon for a Metropolitan Community Church congregation, and considered entering the seminary.[3] He and Harvey later attended the Westwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.[3] Since 2018, they have enjoyed a “friends of the church” relationship with an Episcopal church in Monrovia, California, where they often sing in the choir.
Works
- Eight Days a Week (1985, ISBN 978-0932870841)
- Blackbird (1986, ISBN 978-1551522029)
- Tangled Up in Blue (1990, ISBN 978-0312051679)
- Captain Swing (1993, ISBN 978-1555832346)
- Got 'til it's Gone (2008, ISBN 978-1551522449)
- Movies That Made Me Gay (2023, ISBN 173-9773918)
References
- ^ "‘Precious’ Oscar Winner Mo’Nique Returns To Screen In Indie ‘Blackbird’". Deadline Hollywood, January 6, 2014.
- ^ 21st Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary Foundation, February 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Claude J. Summers, Larry Duplechan Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. glbtq.com, 2011.
- ^ "Larry Duplechan title for Team Angelica".