A Gay Diary: 1975-1982

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Summary: A Gay Diary Dissapoints
Review: I was very disappointed with this book. This is, ostensibly, the story of an interesting person (Donald Vining) in an interesting industry (theater) in an interesting place (Yale and New York City) in an interesting time (1930s and 1940s). But this book came across like reading someone's DayRunner. I did this...I did that. People surface and disappear with no explanation. There is no attempt to analyze or even really comment on anything that is mentioned in the text; be it a play, a famous director, the author's motives or even World War II. For instance, it would have been interesting to understand what formed the author's pacifist beliefs and what effect holding these beliefs had upon him, his family, his friends or his career.