What is Edmund White?
[[File:Edmund White BBF 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|200px|White in 2011]] '''Edmund Valentine White III''' (born January 13, 1940) is an [[Americans|American]] novelist, [[memoir]]ist and [[essayist]]. Most of his writings are on the topic [[same-sex relationship]]s. His books include ''[[The Joy of Gay Sex]]'' (1977) (written with [[Charles Silverstein]]), ''[[A Boy's Own Story]]'' (1982), ''[[The Beautiful Room Is Empty]]'' (1988) and ''[[The Farewell Symphony]]'' (1997). White was born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. He is [[HIV|HIV-positive]]. He married writer [[Michael Carroll (American writer)|Michael Carroll]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2014/07/michael-carroll-on-his-new-short-story-collection-the-benefits-of-a-spare-writing-style-and-his-literary-inspirations/|title=Michael Carroll: On His New Short Story Collection, the Benefits of a Spare Writing Style, and His Literary Inspirations|publisher=Lambda Literary Foundation|date=July 2, 2014|author=Pizzoli, Frank|access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://edmundwhite.com/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Edmund}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American autobiographers]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:American playwrights]] [[Category:American essayists]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT people from Ohio]] [[Category:American LGBT writers]] [[Category:People with HIV/AIDS]] [[Category:Writers from Cincinnati]] [[Category:Memoirists]] {{US-bio-stub}}