Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music Literary Fiction Despite medical advances over the

Despite medical advances over the last twenty years

the lyrical tragedy of "A Suicide Gun" sits beside the wild

Dale's journey was improvised

Twenty-three years later

to children five generations from now

Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music Literary Fiction Despite medical advances over theComposer performer Julius Eastman (1940 90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, classical music, disco, academia, and downtown New York. His music, insistent and straightforward, resists labels and seethes with a tension that resonates with musicians, scholars, and audiences today. Eastman's provocative titles, including Gay Guerrilla, Evil Nigger, Crazy Nigger, and others,