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'The Letters of Thom Gunn' is both an intimate portrait of the poet and a window on the development of what would become gay and leather culture, and the rise of the hippies and drug culture.

'The Letters of Thom Gunn' is both an intimate portrait of the poet and a window on the development of what would become gay and leather culture, and the rise of the hippies and drug culture.

1977 had plenty of news and arts coverage when the Bay Area Reporter was still biweekly with 26 issues a year. But the illustrated cover, an ad for The Balcony bar, took a macho cartoonish focus with art by Chuck Arnett, who was known more famously for his mural on the wall of the Tool Box bar, which had been photographed for the groundbreaking 1963 Life magazine feature, "Homosexuality in America." Intended as a warning, it served as a magnet for many gay men. At 48 pages, this edition of the B.A.R. had expanded advance coverage of the upcoming Gay Freedom Day March and Fair (Grace Jones ...