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Jack Fritscher | |
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![]() Fritscher in 1972 | |
Born | John Joseph Fritscher June 20, 1939 Jacksonville, Illinois, United States |
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Alma mater | Pontifical College Josephinum Loyola University Chicago |
Genre | Popular Culture LGBT History Literary fiction |
Literary movement | New Journalism American Transcendentalism American drama American film |
Spouse | Mark Hemry |
Partner | Robert Mapplethorpe David Sparrow |
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John Joseph "Jack" Fritscher (born June 20, 1939) is an American author,[1] university professor, historian, and social activist known internationally for his fiction, erotica, and nonfiction analyses of pop culture and gay male culture. An activist prior to the Stonewall riots, he was an out and founding member of the Journal of Popular Culture. Fritscher became highly influential as editor of Drummer magazine.[2][3]