

Better Angels
A Retelling of Bayard Taylor's "Joseph and His Friend: A Pennsylvania Story
Author: Wayne Goodman
Narrator: Wayne Goodman
Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: waynegoodmanbooks
Published: 06/30/2017
Synopsis
Bayard Taylor’s "Joseph and His Friend: A Pennsylvania Story" is considered the first American Gay novel. Originally published in 1869 as a serial in "The Atlantic," the author could not relate the story openly and had to use suggestive ways to describe his characters’ activities and motivations. In "Better Angels," Goodman retells the tale frankly and candidly, free from antiquated 19th Century cultural restraints. This is the author’s second book revivifying forgotten, historically-significant Queer stories. Previously, in "Vanya Says, 'Go!,'” Goodman updated the first Russian-language Gay novel "Wings," by Silver-Age poet Mikhail Kuzmin.