Starting in the 1970s, White published more than 25 books, including novels, memoirs, plays, biographies and “The Joy of Gay Sex,” a response to the 1970s bestseller “The Joy of Sex.” He held the rare ...

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Edmund White helped usher in a wave of literary coming-out fiction with his 1982 novel, “A Boy’s Own Story.” White died Tuesday in New York City.