Edmund White

Edmund White is a 2010 National Book Critics Circle finalist for his memoir City Boy. He is also the author of many works, including the autobiographical novel A Boy’s Own Story and a popular travel book The Flaneur. He was a recipient of the Lambda Literary Foundation’s 2009 Pioneer Award in recognition of his tremendous contribution to LGBT literature.

Mr. White lives in New York City and teaches in the creative writing program at Princeton University.

Books Authored

Image of The Humble Lover (Wolf Brother)
Author(s):
Edmund White
Genre(s):
Fiction, Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+, Psychological

The Humble Lover

May 1, 2023
Reviewed by: 
Laury A. Egan

Edmund White’s impressive early novels, A Boy’s Own Story (1982) and The Beautiful Room Is Empty (1988) were considered groundbreaking in the genre of gay litera

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Image of A Saint from Texas
Author(s):
Edmund White
Genre(s):
LGBTQ+, Literary, Historical Fiction, Families

A Saint from Texas

August 6, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Richard Cytowic

“‘Murder him. . . . I can’t see any other way out,’ counsels Abbé Pierre as he hands Yvonne the lethal drug. . . . ‘You’ll grieve. You’ll mourn.

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Image of Our Young Man
Author(s):
Edmund White
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

Our Young Man

April 6, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe

There is a wonderful creaminess in the writings of Edmund White. A smoothness, an opalescence.

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Image of Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris
Author(s):
Edmund White
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris

February 20, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe

“. . . there is a bit of the mystic, of real magic to the whole of Inside a Pearl and all its component parts.

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Image of Jack Holmes and His Friend: A Novel
Author(s):
Edmund White
Genre(s):
LGBTQ+, Literary, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, Relationships, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, General, LGBTQ+, Literary, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, Relationships, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, General, Relationships, Literary Fiction, Literary, Genre Fiction, General, LGBTQ+, Coming of Age, Coming of Age

Jack Holmes & His Friend

January 15, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe

“Edmund White who wrote The Beautiful Room Is Empty. Edmund White who gave us A Boy’s Own Story as well. It is as if he owes it to us to always excel.

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Image of Sacred Monsters
Author(s):
Edmund White
Genre(s):
Essays, General, Literary, LGBTQ+, Biography & Memoirs, History, Literary Nonfiction, Essays, General, Literary, LGBTQ+, Biography & Memoirs, History, Literary Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction, LGBTQ+, Essays, Literary, History, General, Biography & Memoirs

Sacred Monsters

January 6, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Vinton Rafe McCabe

“In the Spring of 2012 a new novel from Edmund White entitled Jack Holmes and His Friend, is upcoming. The reader hopes that with this new work of fiction Mr.

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Image of City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s
Author(s):
Edmund White
Genre(s):
Authors, Biography & Memoirs, Historical Fiction

City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s

November 14, 2010
Reviewed by: 
George De Stefano

Edmund White, who will turn 70 in 2010, is the grand old man of American gay literature.

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