Quotes
Gorham Munson
Hart, forgive me for saying this. But you want to speak for America.
Hart Crane
Yeah.
Gorham Munson
Does it matter that you're queer?
Hart Crane
[Annoyed, rolls eyes]
Whitman was queer. That's why he could love *all* of America. The roustabouts. The slaves. The, the soldiers he nursed in the Civil War.
Gorham Munson
So you will expose yourself?
Hart Crane
It's funny, considering my truckdriver left me. No. People can know everything about us when we're dead. But for now, it's better to keep quiet. For father's sake.
Gorham Munson
[sarcastically]
Right. You wouldn't want to lose that tremendous job for the sake of some queer affirmation.
