{"product_id":"nothing-ever-just-disappears-seven-hidden-queer-histories-9781639365555","title":"Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Queer Histories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of artistic freedom, survival, and the hidden places of the imagination, including James Baldwin in Provence, Josephine\u003c\/b\u003e Baker in Paris, Kevin Killian in San Francisco, and E. M. Forster in Cambridge, among other groundbreaking queer artists of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNothing Ever Just Disappears \u003c\/i\u003eis radical new history of seven queer lives and the places that shaped these groundbreaking artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the turn of the century, in the shade of Cambridge's cloisters, a young E. M. Forster conceals his passion for other men, even as he daydreams about the sun-warmed bodies of ancient Greece. Under the dazzling lights of interwar Paris, Josephine Baker dances her way to fame and fortune and discovers sexual freedom backstage at the Folies Bergère. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And on Jersey Island, in the darkest days of Nazi occupation, the transgressive surrealist Claude Cahun mounts an extraordinary resistance to save the island she loves, scattering hundreds of dissident artworks along its streets and shorelines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNothing Ever Just Disappears \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life the stories of seven remarkable figures and illuminates the connections between where they lived, who they loved, and the art they created. It shows that a queer sense of place is central to the history of the twentieth century and powerfully evokes how much is lost when queer spaces are forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the suffragettes in London and James Baldwin's home in Provence, to Kevin Killian's San Francisco and Derek Jarman's cottage in Kent, this is both a thrilling new literary history and a celebration of freedom, survival, and the hidden places of the imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Diarmuid Hester is a writer and academic based at the University of Cambridge. He is a radical cultural historian and an authority on sexually dissident literature, art, film, and performance. Diarmuid is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in English at the University of Cambridge, and a research associate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003egorse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author of \u003ci\u003eWrong: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Iowa Press, 2020).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600126939410,"sku":"9781639365555","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cdd2649b-a13b-4b58-844a-48139313636a.jpg?v=1732209605","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nothing-ever-just-disappears-seven-hidden-queer-histories-9781639365555","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}