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Finding Aid to the Blaise Bulot Writings Coll2014.080
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  • Biographical Note
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
    Title: Blaise Bulot writings
    creator: Bulot, Blaise
    Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.080
    Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet
    Date (inclusive): circa 1990-2004
    Abstract: Unpublished short stories, essays, and a photocopy of a printed manuscript, Letters to Laurence, circa 1993-2004, by R. A. Horne. He published his works of fiction using the pseudonym, Blaise Bulot and his nonfiction works as R.A. Horne.

    Biographical Note

    R.A. Horne was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on March 10, 1929. He completed his undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and continued at the University of Vermont earning a Master's of Science in Chemistry. He went on to receive a Master's of Arts in Philosophy from Boston University, his doctorate in Chemistry from Columbia University, and then a law degree from Suffolk University Law School. He also pursued his interest in art, attending School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, San Francisco Art Institute, and a school operated by the University of Arizona in Florence, Italy.
    Horne published under the pseudonym, Blaise Bulot. He self-published two novels Dark Waters, 1993 and Starr-lyte, 1996. Of the approximately 100 short stories he has written, a dozen have been published in anthologies. Bulot has also written poetry and reviews of gay nonfiction. As of 2005 he split his time between residences in the Boston South End and New Hampshire.
    Kikel, Rudy. "one of US." Bay Windows, June 02, 2005., 12, LGBT Life with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed October 8, 2014).

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Letter in lieu of deed of gift, dated February 23, 2004.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box #, item,] Blaise Bulot Writings, Coll2014-080, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, October 2014.

    Scope and Contents

    The collection consists of two homoerotic short stories, seven essays, and the printed manuscript Letters to Laurence. The manuscript takes the form of a series of letters exploring the Gospels and "Jesus' ministry of love" between a correspondent and John III. The non-fiction essays are titled, "The Cause of Homophobia," "The Marginalization of Gay Literature," "Southern Gay Literature," "Hate Crime Laws and the Erosion of the First Amendment," "Responding to the Religious Right," "The Future of Gay Literature," and "The Boy Scout Decision and the Resurrection of the Right of Association."

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Gay men's writings, American
    Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
    Bulot, Blaise