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JAMUL, Calif., Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ In
The Wasteland, Author Harper Jameson brings readers into the extraordinary mind of T.S. Eliot as he rises from an obscure bank clerk to the world s most famous poet. The book explores his profound struggle to accept his sexuality. It weaves a narrative inspired by Eliot s poems, his letters, and his iconic characters, and is as much a meditation on art, intolerance, and demagoguery as it is a story about the poet s life.
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T.S. Eliot s sexuality has never been settled, historically. In fact, Eliot publicly denied being gay, then burned nearly all letters that might have contradicted this. But on January 2, 2020, over 1100 letters written by Eliot were published by Princeton University. Emily Hale, the recipient of these letters, donated them with the instruction to publish them 50 years after she and Eliot died. They give insight into Eliot s true character, a side of him shut off from th