One evening in May 1959, some fed-up drag queens, hustlers and other customers pushed back, barraging officers with hot coffee and half-eaten crullers. Outnumbered, police fled but called for backup, and arrests were made. John Rechy, author of the landmark 1963 gay novel “City of Night,” has recalled seeing coffee cups fly.
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“They demand nothing of the reader,” says the host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” whose new book is “The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening.” “And every page has the promise of a happy ending.”