In 1990, he published Tangled Up in Blue, an AIDS-themed novel which was his only work not to feature Rousseau as its central character, although its main characters reappear in Duplechan’s subsequent Rousseau novels as supporting characters. He has also been identified as one of the first important gay writers to have come of age after the Stonewall riots, and whose writing thus lacked the internalized homophobia that often characterized the work of the previous generation of gay writers. Blackbird, a prequel novel focusing on Rousseau’s childhood, was published the following year and more strongly established Duplechan’s reputation as an important writer of gay African-American fiction. The novel introduced Johnnie Ray Rousseau, the lead character in nearly all of his subsequent novels. Writingĭuplechan published his first novel, Eight Days a Week, in 1985. After graduation, he initially pursued a career in music, both as a solo singer and as a member of a jazz vocal group, but gave it up after the time demands of pursuing music while also holding down a full-time day job began to threaten his relationship with his partner Greg Harvey. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied English and participated in the university’s men’s choir. Backgroundĭuplechan was born on Decemin Los Angeles, California.
He is best known for his novelsBlackbird, adapted in 2014 by Patrik-Ian Polk as a film starring Mo'Nique and Isiah Washington, and Got ‘til It’s Gone, which won an award in the Gay Romance category at the 21st Lambda Literary Awards. Larry Duplechan (born Decemin Los Angeles, California) is an American novelist.
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