On the Future of Wagnerism: Art, Intoxication, Addiction, Codependence and Recovery by Lawrence D. Mass

NEW YORK - March 30, 2022 - PRLog -- In various chapters on a broad range of topics, a narrative emerges of the struggles Mass endured with self-awareness and self-expression, especially around his subcultural identities of being gay and Jewish, via pathways of opera, Wagnerism and addiction.

Lawrence D. Mass, M.D., is a co-founder of Gay Men's Health Crisis and was the first to write about AIDS in the press. He is the author of Homosexuality and Sexuality: Dialogues of the Sexual Revolution, Volume 1, and Homosexuality as Behavior and Identity: Dialogues of The Sexual Revolution, Volume 2. He is the author/editor of an anthology, We Must Love One Another Or Die: The Life and Legacies of Larry Kramer. He has written widely on medicine, health and culture for mainstream and specialist publications.

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A recently retired physician specializing in addiction medicine, Mass resides in New York City. His life partner of 40 years, legendary Gay Liberation pioneer Arnie Kantrowitz, died 1/21/22 from complications of COVID. Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite is dedicated to him.

On the Future of Wagnerism is now available on Amazon and through most major retailers.

ISBN: 978-1629672212
685 Pages (Paperback)
Published Oct-2021
$29.95 USD

Larry is currently available for interviews with podcasters, bloggers, and the media to discuss the broad range of subjects that have marked his experience–from AIDS, Larry Kramer and addiction, to opera, Wagnerism and the future. For more information visit www.LawrenceDMass.com.