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Welcome!

“David Rosen takes readers on a dazzling tour through Gotham’s territories of transgression in the 1920s.  … Welcome to the party, and please enjoy responsibly!”
– David Huyssen, professor, American history, University of York (UK)

“Witty, historically astute, and an excellent storyteller, David Rosen is the perfect guide as he leads his readers to Gotham’s secret watering holes, all-night parties, and risqué entertainments while introducing an array of colorful figures and larger-than-life personalities along the way.”
– James F. Wilson, professor, Theatre, Graduate Center, CUNY; author of Bulldaggers, Pansies, and ChocolateBabies: Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance

Better a square foot of New York than all the rest of the world in a lump — better a lamppost on Broadway than the brightest star in the sky. —Texas Guinan

The book is richly illustrated with 75 photos from the era. The History Press, November 2020

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The Bookshelf

Sin, Sex & Subversion:
How What Was Taboo in 1950s New York Became America’s New Normal. Available from Carrel Books or Amazon
Sex Scandal America:
The Politics & The Ritual of Public Shaming. Available from Key Publishing or Amazon
Off-Hollywood:
The Making & Marketing of Independent Films. Available form Amazon
Hopeless:
Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion. Available from AK Press or Amazon

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DAVID ROSEN is a widely published author whose books include
Sex, Sin & Subversion: The Transformation of 1950s New York’s Forbidden into America’s New Normal (2016); Sex Scandal America: Politics & the Ritual of Public Shaming (2009); Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of Independent Films (1991), originally commissioned by the Sundance Institute and the Independent Feature Project. He is author of many scholarly articles, book reviews and popular pieces on media-tech, telecom, politics, sex and American life.

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