Published in 1992, Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin features a gay Armenian-American character, Jeff Kassabian. Maupin’s inspiration for the character was George Stambolian.
Stambolian was an American educator, writer, and editor of Armenian descent. Stambolian was a prominent leader in the gay literary movement during the 1960s and 1970s. He edited the popular Men on Men: Best New Fiction series. The third installment of the series earned Stambolian a LAMDA Literary Award. He was a professor of French at Wellesley College from 1966 until his retirement in 1991.
Maupin is best known for his Tales of the Cities series of novels: Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, Michael Tolliver Lives, Mary Ann in Autumn and The Days of Anna Madrigal. In addition to Maybe the Moon, he wrote a psychological suspense novel, The Nightlistener, and a memoir, Logical Family.
Jeff is a writer, about my age. He ekes out a living as an office temp, but his real energy goes into his work-in-progress, a rambling autobiographical novel about growing up gay and Armenian in the Central Valley. This is his second book.
Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin Maybe the Moon interview with Charlie Rose (1993)
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ISBN: 0-06-016552-9. Published by HarperCollins.
