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"""Reaching Ninety is a wonderful account of the life of a public intellectual whose devotion to some of the most important issues of his time has been nothing less than admirable."" -- ""Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments"" ""Reaching Ninety, the fifth volume of Martin Duberman's ongoing series of memoirs that began with Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey in 1991, bring us to the present state of US and queer politics. Sometimes funny, often righteously angry, and always deeply contemplative, it is the current capstone--hopefully with more to come--to a full life of intellectual and political engagement. Duberman's five memoirs brilliantly chart more than seventy years of queer history. Collectively they are an invaluable document, and the wisdom of Reaching Ninety illuminates our world today."" -- ""Michael Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United States"" ""A bold, exemplary life, told with unflinching honesty and psychological insight. Our great champion of broad left coalition, prizewinning historian and playwright Duberman advances feminism, Black power, class struggle, antiwar activism, queer scholarship, and teaching to bring about a better world."" -- ""John Howard, author of Truths Up His Sleeve"" ""An energetic, fun, and kvetchy take-no-prisoners memoir of the American theater, academic ironies, and gay activist warfare. Duberman is a conflicted and talented man reaching high and low for an elusive resolution to great expectations that his prodigious accomplishments never satisfy. Hustlers, cocaine, Paul Robeson, and finally the embrace of love make this a fascinating and rollicking read."" -- ""Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show"""

Reaching Ninety is a wonderful account of the life of a public intellectual whose devotion to some of the most important issues of his time has been nothing less than admirable. -- Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments Reaching Ninety, the fifth volume of Martin Duberman's ongoing series of memoirs that began with Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey in 1991, bring us to the present state of US and queer politics. Sometimes funny, often righteously angry, and always deeply contemplative, it is the current capstone--hopefully with more to come--to a full life of intellectual and political engagement. Duberman's five memoirs brilliantly chart more than seventy years of queer history. Collectively they are an invaluable document, and the wisdom of Reaching Ninety illuminates our world today. -- Michael Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United States A bold, exemplary life, told with unflinching honesty and psychological insight. Our great champion of broad left coalition, prizewinning historian and playwright Duberman advances feminism, Black power, class struggle, antiwar activism, queer scholarship, and teaching to bring about a better world. -- John Howard, author of Truths Up His Sleeve An energetic, fun, and kvetchy take-no-prisoners memoir of the American theater, academic ironies, and gay activist warfare. Duberman is a conflicted and talented man reaching high and low for an elusive resolution to great expectations that his prodigious accomplishments never satisfy. Hustlers, cocaine, Paul Robeson, and finally the embrace of love make this a fascinating and rollicking read. -- Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show

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Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, CUNY, Martin Duberman is the author of some two dozen books, including Stonewall, Cures, Paul Robeson, Haymarket, and Jews Queers Germans. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Bancroft Prize, the Vernon Rice/Drama Desk Award, three Lambda Literary Awards, a special award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters for his contributions to literature, the 2007 lifetime achievement award from the American Historical Association, and the Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has been a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and has received honorary degrees from Amherst College and Columbia University. He lives in New York City. Donald Corren received his education at Juilliard. He has acted on and off Broadway, played a recurring role for nine seasons on NBC's Law & Order, as well as other television parts. Corren has also written for TV and corporate clients, including the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has narrated several audiobooks.

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