John Loughery
Pulitzer Prize-nominated & Edgar Award-winning historian, biographer, and novelist.
Unhinged
Out Now
Unhinged, the first book in a trilogy of novels set in Connecticut, is the story of a therapist's confrontation with some of the thornier aspects of contemporary life.
A story of sex, commitment, the crucial role therapy plays in our lives today, and the search for happiness in the wildly fractured America of the twenty-first century.
Biographies & History
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![Cover of Alias S.S. Van Dine by John Loughery, with a sepia photo of a man in a fedora holding a cane and cigarette]()
Alias S.S. Van Dine: The Man Who Created Philo Vance
The first biography of the modernist art critic who became the best-selling detective novelist of the Jazz Age. -
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John Sloan: Painter and Rebel
The first full-length biography of the Ash Can painter, pacifist, and socialist — a Pulitzer Prize finalist. -
![Cover of The Other Side of Silence by John Loughery, showing a purple-toned photo of two young men walking together]()
The Other Side of Silence: Men’s Lives and Gay Identities, A Twentieth-Century History
A landmark narrative history of gay male life in America, winner of the Lambda and Randy Shilts Awards. -
![Cover of Dagger John by John Loughery, with a portrait of Archbishop John Hughes over an old engraving of New York harbor]()
Dagger John: Archbishop John Hughes and the Making of Irish America
The first biography in fifty years of the combative archbishop who shaped Irish-Catholic New York — winner of the Lehman Prize. -
![Cover of Dorothy Day by John Loughery and Blythe Randolph, with a black-and-white portrait of Dorothy Day in a hat]()
Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century
The first biography in forty years of the radical Catholic activist whom Pope Francis named alongside Lincoln and Dr. King. -
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A Radical Vision: The Life and Times of Elihu Burritt, Abolitionist, Pacifist, Linguist
The first full-length biography of the “Learned Blacksmith,” an abolitionist and pacifist far ahead of his time.
Anthologies
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First Sightings: Contemporary Stories of American Youth
Twenty American coming-of-age stories arranged by the age of their young protagonists, from age 4-18. -
![Cover of Into the Widening World, edited by John Loughery, with a photo of boys diving into a river beside a temple]()
Into the Widening World: International Coming-of-Age Stories
A collection of twenty-six coming-of-age stories from twenty-two countries. -
![Cover of The Eloquent Essay, edited by John Loughery, with an abstract collage set on a lined-paper background]()
The Eloquent Essay: An Anthology of Classic & Creative Nonfiction
Seventeen classic and creative essays of the twentieth century — from Orwell and Didion to Amy Tan and Carl Sagan.
Memoirs
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![Cover of An American at War by John Loughery, with a vintage photo of a soldier standing on a felled tree]()
An American at War: Surviving Bataan, Mukden, and the Trauma of Recovery
The story of the author’s uncle — a Bataan Death March survivor and four-year POW — drawn from his wartime diaries. -
![Cover of Where the Pulse Lives by John Loughery, featuring a sketch of a red cape on a pale, mottled background]()
Where the Pulse Lives: A Memoir of Growing Up Gay in the Twentieth Century
A personal memoir of coming of age gay in Connecticut and New York across the decades of shame, liberation, and AIDS.
