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Gary Indiana

(1950 — )

Gary Indiana (born Gary Hossington) is an American writer, actor, artist, and critic.


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Gary Indiana

Gary Indiana
21st Century American Essay Literature Memoir

Gary Indiana

This collection of essays is written with the air of Indiana looking back at his life and taking an inventory of sorts as he acknowledges that he is living in a time that is closer to the end than to the beginning.

September 8, 2025September 7, 2025 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Gary Indiana

Horse Crazy

Gary Indiana
Contemporary American Literature

Horse Crazy

Not only is this published at a time when LGBT+ relationships were not depicted with any kind of regularity in literature, but it uses a framework that is used frequently in heterosexual romances.

June 30, 2025June 29, 2025 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Horse Crazy

Millennial Crime Trilogy

Gary Indiana
Contemporary 21st Century American Crime

Millennial Crime Trilogy

The three books are substantial, but not overbearing at 300–375 pages each. Each of them is based on a criminal case and uses that case as roman à clef to explore a snapshot of different aspects of society at the turn of the last century through the lens of real events barely veiled.

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 by S. Hargrave — 1 comment on %s
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