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Rick Whitaker

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Assuming the Position: A Memoir of Hustling

Assuming the Position: A Memoir of Hustling

Rick Whitaker's unsentimental account of what drove him to prostitution and the cost of a life of emotional deceit.

2001

Stories

Pinned

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The Widower

An unfinished novel about Hart Crane

Feb 23

The Widower

Feb 23

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Dear Ohio

To the state I left behind

Jul 12

Dear Ohio

Jul 12

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Six early stories

I wrote the short stories below while a student of Gordon Lish in NYC; they were published in his literary magazine The Quarterly in 1990…

May 12

Six early stories

May 12

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Primal Scream

Photo by Nsey Benajah on Unsplash

Apr 11

Primal Scream

Apr 11

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A little love story

With a satisfying denouement

Mar 10

A little love story

Mar 10

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40.4 million people have died of AIDS

Including:

Mar 3

40.4 million people have died of AIDS

Mar 3

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A dozen limericks

(Photo by Timothy Dykes on Unsplash)

Feb 28

A dozen limericks

Feb 28

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Three Plays by Mae West

A review of the book edited by Lillian Schlissel

Feb 27

Three Plays by Mae West

Feb 27

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Fathers and Sons

Notorious paterfamilias: a list

Feb 20

Fathers and Sons

Feb 20

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A sampling of pleasures

A few of the things that make me happy

Feb 19

A sampling of pleasures

Feb 19

Rick Whitaker

Rick Whitaker

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Author of Assuming the Position: A Memoir of Hustling; The First Time I Met Frank O’Hara: Reading Gay American Writers; and An Honest Ghost, a novel.

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