2: Poet and Professor of English at Yale, WAYNE KOESTENBAUM explores the affinity of gay men for opera in his new book: "The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality and the Mystery of Desire" (Vintage). KOESTENBAUM traces the art-form back to its origins in The Camerata, a 16th century group of Florentine gentlemen, who studied ancient Greek musical theory. A self proclaimed "Opera Queen", KOESTENBAUM explores this rarely examined territory with what one critic has called "a brilliantly obsessive and funny memoir".
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