{"product_id":"the-wild-young-fags-60s-gay-pulp-novel-cover","title":"The Wild Young Fags (60's Gay Pulp Novel Cover)","description":"\u003ch1 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Young Fags\u003c\/em\u003e — Jack Smith Vintage Gay Pulp Poster\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in \u003cstrong\u003e1969\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eCameo Library\u003c\/strong\u003e in North Hollywood, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Young Fags\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eJack Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e belongs to that wonderful trash heap of late-1960s gay pulp fiction, where the covers were lurid, the titles were shameless, and nobody involved seemed terribly interested in good taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the tail end of the pre-Stonewall era, when homosexuality was still criminalized, heavily policed, and treated by respectable society as somewhere between a scandal and a contagious disease. Mainstream culture wasn't exactly offering gay men much in the way of representation, unless you enjoyed tragedy, pathology, or a cautionary ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo the pulps stepped in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheap, sensational, and usually a little ridiculous, books like \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Young Fags\u003c\/em\u003e circulated through adult bookstores, mail-order catalogs, and those dim little corners of America where queer life managed to survive anyway. They were often marketed as sleaze, and frequently they were sleaze, but they also gave gay readers a glimpse of themselves in print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Young Fags\u003c\/em\u003e sounds less like a literary novel and more like a dare. Loud, provocative, and impossible to ignore, it captures exactly the sort of shameless paperback energy that makes these old books so collectible now. The original cover promised trouble, sex, and young men behaving badly, which is really all anyone could ask from a vintage gay pulp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"18″ x 24″ \/ Matte","offer_id":68013549912222,"sku":"74496145492524938862","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36\" x 48\" \/ Matte","offer_id":68013549944990,"sku":"23251982318151136624","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/1893\/4942\/files\/391655026418983517_2048.jpg?v=1794495682","url":"https:\/\/brankobrand.com\/products\/the-wild-young-fags-60s-gay-pulp-novel-cover","provider":"Branko Brand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}