and what happened after they came together under one roof and became "us
the lyrical tragedy of "A Suicide Gun" sits beside the wild
Despite medical advances over the last twenty years
the pressure of juggling everything threatens to tear him apart
and then it becomes far more intimate
Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music Literary Fiction and what happened after theyComposer performer Julius Eastman (1940 90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, classical music, disco, academia, and downtown New York. His music, insistent and straightforward, resists labels and seethes with a tension that resonates with musicians, scholars, and audiences today. Eastman's provocative titles, including Gay Guerrilla, Evil Nigger, Crazy Nigger, and others,