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Prior to the 2007 release of ''Michael Tolliver Lives'', Maupin had been quoted on his website as saying that another ''Tales of the City'' novel was unlikely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/oftasked_01.html |title=Oft Asked Questions |work=Literary Bent .com |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=February 13, 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213145457/http://www.literarybent.com/oftasked_01.html |archivedate=February 13, 2006 }}</ref> Although Maupin originally stated that this novel was "NOT a sequel to ''Tales [of the City]'' and it's certainly not Book 7 in the series,"<ref>{{cite web |author=Armistead Maupin |url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780060761356&itm=1 |title=Michael Tolliver Lives |publisher=Search.barnesandnoble.com |year=2007 |accessdate=3 December 2013}}</ref> he later conceded that "I’ve stopped denying that this is book seven in ''Tales of the City'', as it clearly is ... I suppose I didn’t want people to be thrown by the change in the format, as this is a first person novel unlike the third person format of the ''Tales of the City'' books and it’s about one character who interrelates with other characters. Having said that, it is still very much a continuation of the saga and I think I realised it was very much time for me to come back to this territory."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=73|title=I might well come back to Mr Tolliver one more time |first=Steve|last=Bustin |publisher=PinkPaper.com |date=10 June 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716163144/http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=73|archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> |
Prior to the 2007 release of ''Michael Tolliver Lives'', Maupin had been quoted on his website as saying that another ''Tales of the City'' novel was unlikely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/oftasked_01.html |title=Oft Asked Questions |work=Literary Bent .com |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=February 13, 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213145457/http://www.literarybent.com/oftasked_01.html |archivedate=February 13, 2006 }}</ref> Although Maupin originally stated that this novel was "NOT a sequel to ''Tales [of the City]'' and it's certainly not Book 7 in the series,"<ref>{{cite web |author=Armistead Maupin |url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780060761356&itm=1 |title=Michael Tolliver Lives |publisher=Search.barnesandnoble.com |year=2007 |accessdate=3 December 2013}}</ref> he later conceded that "I’ve stopped denying that this is book seven in ''Tales of the City'', as it clearly is ... I suppose I didn’t want people to be thrown by the change in the format, as this is a first person novel unlike the third person format of the ''Tales of the City'' books and it’s about one character who interrelates with other characters. Having said that, it is still very much a continuation of the saga and I think I realised it was very much time for me to come back to this territory."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=73|title=I might well come back to Mr Tolliver one more time |first=Steve|last=Bustin |publisher=PinkPaper.com |date=10 June 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716163144/http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=73|archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> |
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The novel is written from the [[first-person narrative|first-person]] perspective of ''Tales'' character Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, now in his fifties and living as an HIV-positive man.<ref name=ad>[http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid35157.asp "Armistead Maupin talks!"] – Advocate.com</ref> It also features appearances by familiar ''Tales'' characters, such as Anna Madrigal.<ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,2098649,00.html "Sex and the city"] – Interview in ''[[The Observer]]''</ref> Maupin said: "I was interested in pursuing the life of an aging gay man, and Michael was the perfect vehicle ... However, as soon as I started writing, I found that, one by one, all the other characters stepped forward and asked to be present. It felt natural, so I went with it."<ref name=EW>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,20041807,00.html "Tolliver's Travels"] – ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', June 7, 2007</ref> He calls it "a smaller, more personal novel than I've written in the past."<ref name=ad/> The book was released on June 12, 2007, declared 'Michael Tolliver Day' by the [[mayor of San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,2101187,00.html |title=Latest Maupin tale tells of 'closet of age' |publisher=The Guardian |location=London }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,2104040,00.html "Reader, he married him"] – Review in ''The Guardian''</ref> |
The novel is written from the [[first-person narrative|first-person]] perspective of ''Tales'' character Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, now in his fifties and living as an HIV-positive man.<ref name=ad>[http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid35157.asp "Armistead Maupin talks!"] {{wayback|url=http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid35157.asp |date=20081203002954 }} – Advocate.com</ref> It also features appearances by familiar ''Tales'' characters, such as Anna Madrigal.<ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,2098649,00.html "Sex and the city"] – Interview in ''[[The Observer]]''</ref> Maupin said: "I was interested in pursuing the life of an aging gay man, and Michael was the perfect vehicle ... However, as soon as I started writing, I found that, one by one, all the other characters stepped forward and asked to be present. It felt natural, so I went with it."<ref name=EW>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,20041807,00.html "Tolliver's Travels"] – ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', June 7, 2007</ref> He calls it "a smaller, more personal novel than I've written in the past."<ref name=ad/> The book was released on June 12, 2007, declared 'Michael Tolliver Day' by the [[mayor of San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,2101187,00.html |title=Latest Maupin tale tells of 'closet of age' |publisher=The Guardian |location=London }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,2104040,00.html "Reader, he married him"] – Review in ''The Guardian''</ref> |
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His next project is another ''Tales'' volume: "Whatever I have to offer seems to come through those characters ... And I see no reason to abandon them."<ref name=EW/> |
His next project is another ''Tales'' volume: "Whatever I have to offer seems to come through those characters ... And I see no reason to abandon them."<ref name=EW/> |
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Armistead Maupin | |
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![]() Maupin (left) with husband Christopher Turner in May 2013 | |
Born | Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. May 13, 1944 Washington, D.C., United States |
Occupation | Author |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Notable works | Tales of the City |
Spouse |
Christopher Turner (m. 2007) |
Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr.[1][2][3] (born May 13, 1944)[4][5] is an American writer, best known for his Tales of the City series of novels, set in San Francisco.
Early life
Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., to Diana Jane (Barton) and Armistead Jones Maupin.[1] Soon afterwards, his family moved to North Carolina, where he was raised.[6] He says he has had storytelling instincts since he was eight years old.[7] He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he became involved in journalism through writing for The Daily Tar Heel.[8] After earning his undergraduate degree, Maupin enrolled in law school but later dropped out.
Career
Maupin worked at WRAL-TV (Channel 5) in Raleigh, a station then managed by future U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. Helms nominated Maupin for a patriotic award, which he won. Maupin says he was a typical conservative and even a segregationist at this time and admired Helms, a family friend, as a "hero figure." He later changed his opinions dramatically — "I've changed and he hasn't" — and condemned Helms at a gay pride parade on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol.[6][7][8] Maupin is a veteran of the United States Navy; he served several tours of duty including one in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Maupin's work on a Charleston newspaper was followed with an offer of a position at the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971.[9][10] He says he had known he was gay since childhood,[7][8] but didn't have sex until he was 26 and only decided to come out in 1974 when he was about 30.[6][11][12][13] The same year, he began what would become the Tales of the City series as a serial in a Marin County-based newspaper, the Pacific Sun, moving to the San Francisco Chronicle after the Sun's San Francisco edition folded.[14]
Works
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Tales of the City
Tales of the City is a series of novels, the first portions of which were published initially as a newspaper serial starting on August 8, 1974, in a Marin County newspaper, The Pacific Sun, picked up in 1976 by the San Francisco Chronicle, and later reworked into the series of books published by HarperCollins (then Harper and Row). The first of Maupin's novels, entitled Tales of the City, was published in 1978. Five more followed in the 1980s, ending with the last book, Sure of You, in 1989.[14] A seventh novel published in 2007, Michael Tolliver Lives, continues the story of some of the characters. It was followed by an eighth volume, Mary Ann in Autumn, published in 2010 and a ninth and final volume, The Days of Anna Madrigal, in 2014.[15] In Babycakes, published in 1983, Maupin was one of the first writers to address the subject of AIDS.[13] Of the autobiographical nature of the characters, he says "I’ve always been all of the characters in one way or another."[16]
The Tales of the City books have been translated into ten languages, and there are more than six million copies in print. Several of the books have been adapted and broadcast on BBC Radio 4.[17]
Television miniseries
The first three books in the series have also been adapted into three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney. The first airing was on the American publicly funded television network PBS; subsequent miniseries appeared on the American cable television channel Showtime.[18]
Musical projects
He collaborated on Anna Madrigal Remembers, a musical work written by Jake Heggie and performed by choir Chanticleer and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade on August 6, 1999, for which Maupin provided a new libretto. He also participated in a concert series with the Seattle Men's Chorus entitled Tunes From Tales (Music for Mouse), which included readings from his books and music from the era.[19]
In May 2011, a theatrical musical version of Tales of the City had its premiere at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. The musical has a score and lyrics by Jake Shears and John Garden of the rock band Scissor Sisters, and a book by Jeff Whitty. It was directed by Jason Moore.[20]
Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener
Maupin has written two novels, Maybe The Moon and The Night Listener, which are not part of the Tales canon, though both books occasionally glance in that direction.
Maybe The Moon is a story Maupin describes as 'partly autobiographical', despite the main character being a female heterosexual Jewish dwarf. The character was also based on his friend Tamara De Treaux, who played the title character in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[21][22]
The Night Listener is a roman à clef, inspired by Maupin's experiences concerning the Anthony Godby Johnson hoax.[23][24][25][26] He says that he wanted to create a psychological thriller, while being able to put autobiographical elements in it.[7] The issues he addresses include the ending of his relationship with his long-term partner and his relationship with his father. The book very lightly references the Tales world via Gabriel Noone's assistant, who is one of DeDe Halcyon-Day's twins from Tales. It was serialized on the internet, on Salon.com, prior to its print publication.[7] The Night Listener was adapted into a movie that was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in late January 2006 and released by Miramax the following August.[23]
Michael Tolliver Lives
Prior to the 2007 release of Michael Tolliver Lives, Maupin had been quoted on his website as saying that another Tales of the City novel was unlikely.[27] Although Maupin originally stated that this novel was "NOT a sequel to Tales [of the City] and it's certainly not Book 7 in the series,"[28] he later conceded that "I’ve stopped denying that this is book seven in Tales of the City, as it clearly is ... I suppose I didn’t want people to be thrown by the change in the format, as this is a first person novel unlike the third person format of the Tales of the City books and it’s about one character who interrelates with other characters. Having said that, it is still very much a continuation of the saga and I think I realised it was very much time for me to come back to this territory."[29]
The novel is written from the first-person perspective of Tales character Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, now in his fifties and living as an HIV-positive man.[30] It also features appearances by familiar Tales characters, such as Anna Madrigal.[31] Maupin said: "I was interested in pursuing the life of an aging gay man, and Michael was the perfect vehicle ... However, as soon as I started writing, I found that, one by one, all the other characters stepped forward and asked to be present. It felt natural, so I went with it."[13] He calls it "a smaller, more personal novel than I've written in the past."[30] The book was released on June 12, 2007, declared 'Michael Tolliver Day' by the mayor of San Francisco.[32][33]
His next project is another Tales volume: "Whatever I have to offer seems to come through those characters ... And I see no reason to abandon them."[13]
Mary Ann in Autumn was published November 12, 2010 by Harper/HarperCollins, continuing the series. It was reviewed by Joseph Salvatore in the New York Times Sunday Book Reviews on November 14.[34] It was followed in January 2014 by The Days of Anna Madrigal, which Maupin says will be the final novel in the series.[35]
Personal life
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Maupin is married to Christopher Turner, a website producer and photographer. He saw him on a dating website and then "chased him down Castro Street, saying, 'Didn’t I see you on Daddyhunt.com?'"[23][36] Maupin and Turner were married in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on February 18, 2007, though Maupin says that they had called each other "husband" for two years prior.[16]
Maupin's former life partner of 12 years, Terry Anderson, was once a gay rights activist (Maupin himself has done much of that sort of work),[37][38] and co-authored the screenplay for The Night Listener. He lived with Maupin in San Francisco and New Zealand.[39]
Ian McKellen is a friend and Christopher Isherwood was a mentor, friend, and influence as a writer.[40][41]
Maupin shares a grandfather with English singer Sarah Jane Morris.[7][42] He is an atheist.[43]
He enjoys doing public readings of his own works and has recorded them all as audiobooks.[44]
In 2012 Maupin purchased the home of shoe designers Lynne and Dennis Comeau in Tesuque, New Mexico.[45]
Bibliography
Tales of the City
- Tales of the City. New York: Harper & Row. 1978. ISBN 0-06-090654-5.
- More Tales of the City. New York: Harper & Row. 1980. ISBN 0-06-090726-6.
- Further Tales of the City. New York: Harper & Row. 1982. ISBN 0-06-014991-4.
- Babycakes. New York: Harper & Row. 1984. ISBN 0-06-015262-1.
- Significant Others. New York: Harper & Row. 1987. ISBN 0-06-096408-1.
- Sure of You. New York: Harper & Row. 1989. ISBN 0-06-016164-7.
- Michael Tolliver Lives. New York: HarperCollins. 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-076135-6.
- Mary Ann in Autumn. New York: HarperCollins. 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-147088-2.
- The Days of Anna Madrigal. New York: HarperCollins. 2014. ISBN 978-0-06-219624-8.
Other novels
- Maybe the Moon. New York: HarperCollins. 1992. ISBN 0-06-016552-9.
- The Night Listener. New York: HarperCollins. 2000. ISBN 0-06-017143-X.
Awards
- 2007, Barbary Coast Award, presented by Litquake Literary Festival, San Francisco[46]
- 2006, Best Gay Read Award, presented by the Big Gay Read Literature Festival, in the UK[47]
- 2001, Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Book Award[48]
- 1999, Capital Award, presented by GLAAD Media Awards[49]
- 1997 Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement (Publishing Triangle)
References
- ^ a b "Armisted Maupin Biography". Biography (Great Authors of World Literature, Critical Edition). enotes. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ^ Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr., birth date 13 May 1944, Age 24, Military Date 5 May 1969 U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Reserve Officers, published January 1970, record held in United States Military Registers, 1902–1985. Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Library.
- ^ Pronounced "Mawpin' as read in English, rather than rhyming with the French "Gauguin." "Armistead Maupin" is an anagram of 'Is a Man I Dreamt Up.' (Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up was the title of a 1990 BBC documentary on him.) However, neither the name nor Maupin himself were actually invented. He recalls: "One person even wrote: 'I know for a fact that you don't exist. You're really a lesbian collective in Marin County.' (Sometimes I feel like a lesbian collective in Marin County, but I'm not.)" See: Template:Wayback.
- ^ "Armistead Maupin Bio". IMDb. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Armistead Maupin Biography". Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ a b c Template:Wayback – in The Independent of Raleigh, North Carolina, June 1988 – autobiographical memoir
- ^ a b c d e f Armistead Maupin (October 24, 2000). "Audio interview by Bill Goldstein" (Interview). Interviewed by Bill Goldstein. Archived from the original (.RAM) on April 10, 2009.
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- ^ Template:Wayback – in Guest Informant, 1998–1999. Maupin recalls his first experiences of San Francisco.
- ^ He has said of San Francisco that he had "no sense of it being a gay mecca" and has called it "this amazing city that embraced me, that had made me aware of my true self", and has said "what really floored me was that the straight folks in San Francisco were so civilised about homosexuality." (in the New York Times interview)
- ^ For Armistead Maupin, There Are Still Tales to Tell – Interview in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He agreed to be identified as a homosexual in a "Ten Most Eligible Bachelors" article in San Francisco magazine.
- ^ Template:Wayback – Michael Tolliver's coming out letter, a response in the book to his parents' participation in Anita Bryant's anti-gay Save Our Children campaign. Maupin used the letter to serve the same purpose for his own parents, who followed the Tales serial.
- ^ a b c d "Tolliver's Travels" – Entertainment Weekly, June 7, 2007
- ^ a b "''Tales of the City'' graphic timeline". Web.archive.org. May 15, 2006. Archived from the original on May 15, 2006.
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- ^ a b Scott, Kemble (April 23, 2007). "Armistead Maupin's Family Ties". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on April 29, 2007.
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suggested) (help) [dead link] - ^ "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City". BBC Online. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ Template:Wayback TV Guide, January 1994. Article by Maupin about the difficult process of getting the Tales series into TV production.
- ^ "Seattle Men's Chorus welcomes Armistead Maupin to Benaroya Hall". Web.archive.org. October 6, 2003. Archived from the original on October 6, 2003.
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- ^ Template:Wayback – San Francisco Focus Magazine], October 1992. Interview with Maupin about his friendship with Tamara De Treaux.
- ^ "Reviews of ''Maybe the Moon'' and synopsis". Web.archive.org. March 4, 2006. Archived from the original on March 4, 2006.
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- ^ Paul Colichman Chief Executive Officer (August 17, 2012). "Interview at". Planetout.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007.
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- ^ Template:Wayback – a story featuring the fictional characters in Noone at Night
- ^ "Oft Asked Questions". Literary Bent .com. Web.archive.org. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006.
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- ^ Bustin, Steve (June 10, 2008). "I might well come back to Mr Tolliver one more time". PinkPaper.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
- ^ a b "Armistead Maupin talks!" Template:Wayback – Advocate.com
- ^ "Sex and the city" – Interview in The Observer
- ^ "Latest Maupin tale tells of 'closet of age'". London: The Guardian.[dead link]
- ^ "Reader, he married him" – Review in The Guardian
- ^ Salvatore, Joseph (November 12, 2010). "Book Review – Mary Ann in Autumn – By Armistead Maupin". The New York Times.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (January 30, 2014). "Saying Goodbye to a City and Its Characters: 'The Days of Anna Madrigal,' Concluding 'Tales of the City'". The New York Times.
- ^ Christopher Turner (June 17, 2007). "Five Questions for Christopher Turner: Daddy-hunt site entrepreneur knows of which he posts". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Remarks for the Closing Ceremonies of the Gay Games IV, Yankee Stadium, June 25, 1994. On gaygames.org.
- ^ Template:Wayback at the National AIDS Memorial Grove, located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
- ^ "Audio interview about Maupin's New Zealand home". Web.archive.org. August 3, 2004. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007.
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- ^ "Foreword to 'The Isherwood Century'". Web.archive.org. March 5, 2006. Archived from the original on March 5, 2006.
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- ^ "Armistead Maupin narrator". Recorded Books. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Santa Fe New Mexican", October 14, 2012. http://www.sfnewmexican.com/Leisure/101412mitote#.Ue1IfESE4pI
- ^ Gilmore, Sue (August 5, 2007). "Maupin Up for Another Award". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
- ^ Ward, David (May 11, 2006). "Chronicler of San Francisco wins best gay read award". The Guardian. London. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
- ^ "Armistead Maupin – The Night Listener: Product Features". dealtime.com. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
- ^ "Armistead Maupin". imdb. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
Further reading
- Gale, Patrick. Armistead Maupin. Bath, Somerset, England: Absolute Press, 1999. ISBN 1-899791-37-X
External links
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- Armistead Maupin official website
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- Armistead Maupin at Random House Australia
- Transcript of interview with Ramona Koval on The Book Show, ABC Radio National, from Brisbane Writers' Festival, September 2007
- Template:Wayback – Maupin's previous website, archived on the Wayback Machine; most material is not on the new website
- Armistead Maupin at IMDb
- GLBTQ.com: Armistead Maupin biography – GLBTQ.com
- Armistead Maupin Interviewed
- Works by Armistead Maupin at Open Library
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