Hold Tight Gently

Winner of a Lambda Literary AwardHonor Book at the 2015 Stonewall Book AwardsFinalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay NonfictionOne of NPR’s Guide to 2014’s Great Reads“A meticulously researched, nuanced, empathic and insightful portrait of two important artistic and political figures.”—San Francisco Chronicle“A powerful book that displays both the malice and the nobility of our species.”—Kirkus Reviews“Insightful…A vivid, complex snapshot.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“An important and, unfortunately, still timely book.”—Booklist

Martin Duberman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the CUNY Graduate Center, where he founded and for a decade directed the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. The author of more than twenty books-including Andrea Dworkin, Radical Acts, Waiting to Land, A Saving Remnant, Howard Zinn, The Martin Duberman Reader, and Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me (for young adults)-Duberman has won a Bancroft Prize and been a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York City.