Discipline: Literature

George Whitmore

Discipline: Literature
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1985, 1987
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Whitmore_(writer)
George Whitmore (1945–1989) was an American playwright, novelist, and poet. He also wrote non-fiction accounts about homosexuality and AIDS. Whitmore emerged as an author in the context of the early gay literary movement that emerged in New York during the 1960s and 1970s. He wrote two books of poetry, three plays, and three novels. He also wrote for The New York Times Magazine, the New York Native, and Christopher Street. He was also the "contributing editor and literary critic" at The Advocate from 1974 to 1976.

Studios

Mansfield

George Whitmore worked in the Mansfield studio.

The Helen Coolidge Mansfield Studio was donated by graduates of the Mansfield War Service Classes for Reconstruction Aides. Helen Mansfield helped found the New York MacDowell Club. The small, shingled frame structure with stone foundation was originally fronted on the west side by a neat white picket fence and gate, a garden, and a stone pathway…

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