![]() ![]() ![]() In many of these cases, two unrelated men check into a hotel, but only one checks out. Extrapolating from news clippings from the early 20th century, Polchin reads between the lines of reportage, teasing out the homosexual implications of certain stories of violent crime. One book I have found indispensable this summer has been Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall (Counterpoint, $26) by James Polchin. It's undeniably encouraging to see the strides made since and, perhaps counterintuitively, continues to pique my curiosity for what came beforehand. The half-century anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots this year drew much fanfare to the significance of that historical moment. ![]()
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