Bruce Bawer
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| Bawer's writings on [[literature]], gay issues and [[Islam]] have all been highly controversial. While championing such authors as [[William Keepers Maxwell Jr.]], [[Flannery O'Connor]], and [[Guy Davenport]], he has criticized such authors as [[Norman Mailer]] and [[E. L. Doctorow]]. A member of the [[New Formalism|New Formalists]], a group of poets who promoted the use of traditional forms, he has assailed such poets as [[Allen Ginsberg]] for what he views as their lack of polish and technique. | Bawer's writings on [[literature]], gay issues and [[Islam]] have all been highly controversial. While championing such authors as [[William Keepers Maxwell Jr.]], [[Flannery O'Connor]], and [[Guy Davenport]], he has criticized such authors as [[Norman Mailer]] and [[E. L. Doctorow]]. A member of the [[New Formalism|New Formalists]], a group of poets who promoted the use of traditional forms, he has assailed such poets as [[Allen Ginsberg]] for what he views as their lack of polish and technique. | ||
| - | Bawer was one of the first gay activists to seriously propose [[same-sex marriage]], notably in his 1993 book ''A Place at the Table'', and his 2006 book ''[[While Europe Slept]]'' was one of the first to skeptically examine the rise of Islam in the [[Western world]]. | + | Bawer was one of the first gay activists to seriously propose [[same-sex marriage]], notably in his 1993 book ''[[A Place at the Table]]'', and his 2006 book ''[[While Europe Slept]]'' was one of the first to skeptically examine the rise of Islam in the [[Western world]]. |
| Although he has frequently been described as a conservative, Bawer has often protested that such labels are misleading or meaningless. He has explained his views as follows: "Read ''A Place at the Table'' and ''Stealing Jesus'' and ''While Europe Slept'' and ''Surrender'' one after the other and you will see that all four books are motivated by a dedication to individual identity and individual freedom and an opposition to groupthink, oppression, tyranny." | Although he has frequently been described as a conservative, Bawer has often protested that such labels are misleading or meaningless. He has explained his views as follows: "Read ''A Place at the Table'' and ''Stealing Jesus'' and ''While Europe Slept'' and ''Surrender'' one after the other and you will see that all four books are motivated by a dedication to individual identity and individual freedom and an opposition to groupthink, oppression, tyranny." | ||
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Theodore Bruce Bawer (born October 31, 1956), who writes under the name Bruce Bawer, is an American writer who has been a resident of Norway since 1999. He is a literary, film, and cultural critic and novelist and poet who has also written about gay rights, Christianity, and Islam.
Bawer's writings on literature, gay issues and Islam have all been highly controversial. While championing such authors as William Keepers Maxwell Jr., Flannery O'Connor, and Guy Davenport, he has criticized such authors as Norman Mailer and E. L. Doctorow. A member of the New Formalists, a group of poets who promoted the use of traditional forms, he has assailed such poets as Allen Ginsberg for what he views as their lack of polish and technique.
Bawer was one of the first gay activists to seriously propose same-sex marriage, notably in his 1993 book A Place at the Table, and his 2006 book While Europe Slept was one of the first to skeptically examine the rise of Islam in the Western world.
Although he has frequently been described as a conservative, Bawer has often protested that such labels are misleading or meaningless. He has explained his views as follows: "Read A Place at the Table and Stealing Jesus and While Europe Slept and Surrender one after the other and you will see that all four books are motivated by a dedication to individual identity and individual freedom and an opposition to groupthink, oppression, tyranny."
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