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""Nights in Fairyland is an awe-inspiring work of primary research. Straw unearths entirely novel sources in the Brevities periodicals: widely circulated and influential in their time, they now exist as rare print artifacts that were never collected or archived and have been almost entirely neglected in print culture histories until now. By examining Stephen G. Clow's career, his networks, his magazines, and their imitators, the book documents the rise of the night-life column. Along the way, it elucidates all kinds of unexpected links: between literary circles in Greenwich Village and sensational journalism, between anti-fascism and tabloid publishing, and between Hollywood scandal and New York queer subcultures."" Faye Hammill, University of Glasgow ""Nights in Fairyland is the exciting tale of an archetypal gossipmonger with nine lives and the many magazines he published. Will Straw sinks his hooks with gusto into ephemera, trivia, and trifles, extrapolating significance out of cultural cast-offs. Stephen G. Clow's Broadway Brevities is Straw's ultimate flea-market find: a largely forgotten magazine that shows how the cocktail of entertainment journalism got its punch mixing stardom and fandom with rumours and gossip, exposing the often-implied link between showbiz and queer life. Nights in Fairyland fizzes with cultural histories that tickle your tongue as you sip the main story with unusual anticipation."" Paul Moore, co-author of The Sunday Paper: A Media History ""Will Straw is the world's leading expert on Broadway Brevities, a tabloid whose news and gossip columns chronicled essential queer history that would otherwise be lost. This is a book I have long been waiting for, the indispensable study of an important source."" Hugh Ryan, author of When Brooklyn Was Queer

""Nights in Fairyland is the exciting tale of an archetypal gossipmonger with nine lives and the many magazines he published. Will Straw sinks his hooks with gusto into ephemera, trivia, and trifles, extrapolating significance out of cultural cast-offs. Stephen G. Clow's Broadway Brevities is Straw's ultimate flea-market find: a largely forgotten magazine that shows how the cocktail of entertainment journalism got its punch mixing stardom and fandom with rumours and gossip, exposing the often-implied link between showbiz and queer life. Nights in Fairyland fizzes with cultural histories that tickle your tongue as you sip the main story with unusual anticipation."" – Paul Moore, co-author of The Sunday Paper: A Media History ""Will Straw is the world's leading expert on Broadway Brevities, a tabloid whose news and gossip columns chronicled essential queer history that would otherwise be lost. This is a book I have long been waiting for, the indispensable study of an important source."" – Hugh Ryan, author of When Brooklyn Was Queer ""Nights in Fairyland is an awe-inspiring work of primary research. Straw unearths entirely novel sources in the Brevities periodicals: widely circulated and influential in their time, they now exist as rare print artifacts that were never collected or archived and have been almost entirely neglected in print culture histories until now. By examining Stephen G. Clow's career, his networks, his magazines, and their imitators, the book documents the rise of the night-life column. Along the way, it elucidates all kinds of unexpected links: between literary circles in Greenwich Village and sensational journalism, between anti-fascism and tabloid publishing, and between Hollywood scandal and New York queer subcultures."" – Faye Hammill, University of Glasgow

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Will Straw is James McGill Professor Emeritus of Urban Media Studies at McGill University.

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