Jack Fritscher, PhD

Jack Fritscher, PhD: Specialist in American Literature, Creative Writing, Criticism, and American Pop Culture, including the History of Masculine-Identified Gay Pop Culture

Celebrating 70 Years as a Published Novelist, Journalist, Photographer, Videographer, Tenured University Professor, Arts Critic, Historian, and Award-Winning Writer

“Jack Fritscher is a prolific writer who since the late sixties has helped document the gay world and the changes it has undergone.”– GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco

Jack Fritscher, PhD is one of America’s most prolific and distinctive voices in gay literature and cultural history — a pioneer participant whose writing career began before Stonewall and continues today. His complete archive includes novels, non-fiction books, short fiction, essays, photography, and his landmark work as founding San Francisco editor of Drummer magazine. Browse his books, interviews, gay icons, articles, and Drummer Magazine archives at this site.

CURRENT RELEASE & NEWS

Inventing the Gay Gaze-Independent Press Awards

Inventing the Gay Gaze
Independent Press Award
WINNER – Essays and Interviews
SILVER – Fine Arts

Assaracus Issue 27 cover

ASSARACUS
A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry
10 Poems by Jack Fritscher