Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. PREFACE xi
4. 1 My Mother’s Death 1
5. 2 Attempted Therapies 9
6. 3 A New Kind of History 15
7. 4 Reading My Circadian Chart 28
8. 5 Hustlers 39
9. 6 A Heart Attack 48
10. 7 The Reagan Years Begin 55
11. 8 The New York Civil Liberties Union and the Gay Movement 61
12. 9 Writing the Paul Robeson Biography 85
13. 10 New York Native 98
14. 11 CUNY, Christopher Lasch, and Eugene Genovese 104
15. 12 The Onset of AIDS 115
16. 13 Completing Robeson 125
17. 14 The Salmagundi Controversy 135
18. 15 Paul Robeson Jr. 144
19. 16 Depression 148
20. 17 Hospitalization 163
21. 18 Getting Clean: AA and CA 171
22. 19 East Germany and After 181
23. 20 The Theater Again 190
24. 21 Aftermaths: 1985–1988 197
25. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 223
26. INDEX 225