Martin Duberman discusses some of the main themes from his new biography, A Saving Remnant: The Radical Lives of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds (The New Press), reading from excerpts from the book. Recorded at 192 Books on March 9th, 2011.
In this remarkable dual biography of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds, the prize-winning historian Martin Duberman reveals a vital historical milieu of activism, radical ideas, and coming to terms with homosexuality when the gay rights movement was still in its nascent stages. With a cast of characters that includes intellectuals, artists, and activists from the critic Edmund White and the writer Mary McCarthy to the young Alvin Ailey and Allen Ginsberg, A Saving Remnant is a brilliant achievement from one of our most important historians.
Martin Duberman is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the CUNY Graduate School, where he founded the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. His many books include the memoir Cures: A Gay Man’s Odyssey and The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography. His awards include the Bancroft Prize, the Lambda Book Award, and an American Historical Association Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York.
