Kinsey, and ally to the original Hell Angels’s chapter in Oakland. On South State Street, where he moonlighted as a tattoo artist during the middle years of the 20th century, surrounded by the violent and the sketchy, he was. In January 2023, Hamline University opted not to renew the contract of an art professor who showed a 14th-century depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in class. I’m pretty stoked to read on for tales of adventure from this friend of Gertrude Stein, lover of Rudolph Valentino and Thornton Wilder, research associate to Dr. It’s a great read for Bay Area junkies too- the author pulled from Steward’s diaries, which were only recently discovered in an old attic in San Francisco, and although it precedes the gay rights era, there is definitely a sense that California was THE place for social and sexual freedom, even in the 1940s. Outside of teaching, Steward, who was gay, published gay erotica under the pseudonym Phil Andros and took up tattooing. Sort field for winners: Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade. I’m only 5 chapters in, but this compelling biography of a shy English Literature Professor turned S&M porn writer has me hooked. Instead of my usual scrambling to find an semi-interesting magazine at the ‘port, I am already completely decided on what I’ll be reading: Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade. Samuel Steward (190993) was an English professor, a tattoo artist for the Hells Angels, a sexual adventurer who shared the considerable scope of his experiences with Alfred Kinsey, and a prolific writer whose publications ranged from scholarly articles to gay erotica (the latter appearing under the pen name Phil Andros). Tomorrow at this time I’ll be on a plane to LAX. Lit Bombast: Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade
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