Thanks! I would be interested to read that
To Paradise was very odd, its split jnto 3 books but none are truly linked, they are just vaguely themematic.
One "book" but more of a novella, centered around poor Hawaiian gay guy is wooed by rich white guy. Another is set in 1893 where being gay is legal and actively encouraged but is full of racism. The third book was best and as a standalone I would give it 4*. That is half told from a female perspective which was refreshing! Although it had vaccines cause autism undertones which was a bit unsettling.
it sadly didn’t have as much discussion as i remembered, she does say this, which seems a very vague response:
“Once again, nearly all the central relationships are homosexual. Yanagihara’s queer focus extends to
T. Last spring, in response to a cover of the magazine that featured an eroticized male model wearing lush eyeshadow, a fashion executive jokingly posted, as an Instagram story, “The new OUT magazine looks fabulous in every single way.” I asked Yanagihara if there was a special significance to this aspect of her creative output. She did not find the question meaningful. “I don’t think there’s anything inherent to the gay-male identity that interests me,” she said. “If I were putting on my dime-store-psychologist hat, I would say more that it’s easier, freer, and safer to write about your own feelings as an outsider when cloaked in the identity of a different kind of outsider.”
the whole article is here and does include more mentions of criticism of her for that reason, though not fully addressed. she comes across as a deeply closed off person though, so i wonder if it’s easier to write as a gay man than to address her own sexuality. she mentions in this article not viewing herself as a sexual being. it’s a good read if you want to know more about her:
As a fashion editor, she celebrates idiosyncratic forms of beauty. As a novelist, she explores dark themes of abuse and shame. In both cases, she’s worried only about pleasing herself.
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and just wanted the tea and fuckery 
