Richard Schaefers was kind enough to draw my attention to a fascinating Oct. 5 "American Chronicles" piece on The New Yorker's homepage: "The Book Club That Helped Spark the Gay-Rights Movement." (Not sure whether it will run in the print edition.) In it, Michael Waters recounts how "Donald Webster Cory" (real name: Edward Sagarin) came to establish the Cory Book Service, which distributed various gay and lesbian books to subscribers. He ran it from 1952 to 1954, before selling his mailing list and all but disavowing the project after coming under the influence of a disapproving therapist. It would re-emerge in 1957 as the Winston Book Service (run by a straight woman!) and operate for a decade before finally disbanding, under yet another owner, in 1969.
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