A Letter from Quentin Crisp
In 1994 a Cincinnati civil rights attorney heard Quentin Crisp on the radio, looked him up in the phone book, and called.
The year is 1994. Local civil rights attorney Scott E. Knox heard the late Quentin Crisp on a radio show and was intrigued. He asked a friend how to reach Crisp, and the friend said simply: “He’s in the NYC phone book, call.”
So Scott made a cold call and spoke with Quentin. A note in Crisp’s hand followed:
I too was sorry to hear that TALES OF THE CITY had been banned from American television. Its author, Mr. Maupin is such a happy, smiling pink and white man and there is nothing sleazy, furtive about him or his work.
The note refers to Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin.
Scott is donating the note to the Ohio Lesbian Archives.