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“I suppose you could say that Paul is a … hustler? His rich wife Corina paid him grandly when they divorced, wouldn’t you say?” “That’s called alimony,” I laughed.”

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Book:After the Blue Hour
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After the Blue Hour

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John Rechy
John Rechy

John Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is a renowned American novelist, playwright, and essayist, best known for his groundbreaking depictions of LGBTQ+ life and marginalized communities. Born in El Paso, Texas, to a Mexican father and Scottish-American mother, Rechy gained fame with his 1963 debut novel City of Night, a semi-autobiographical work about a young male sex worker. His bold, unflinching style challenged societal taboos and established him as a key figure in gay literature. Rechy has written numerous novels, plays, and non-fiction works, including Numbers and The Vampires. He has taught at several universities and received multiple awards, including from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work continues to influence discussions on sexuality, identity, and social justice. more

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“The U.S. socioeconomic system, like the hustler, makes false promises, the principal one being that social mobility is available to all who work hard. By its very nature, a hierarchical system cannot possibly keep such a promise. The number of positions at successively higher levels decreases very quickly and is always less than the number of hardworking people who want the positions. This structure sets many ambitious workers on a collision course with the reality of limited opportunity. When they are finally hit with the tragic disappointment, they may become angry or resentful, and so the hierarchical system must engage in widespread cooling out. It does this not only to protect its agents who stand at the gate and do the dirty work of exclusion, but also to make sure that those who have been disappointed do not become opponents of the hierarchical system itself and enemies of its power elite. It is vital to the system that the losers serve the hierarchy respectfully, and not sabotage it, when they find themselves with jobs that have lower social status than the society of “unlimited opportunity” had led them to expect. Cooling out is therefore an integral part of the socioeconomic system. Those who say “That’s life” should understand that there is nothing natural about a system that kills the spirit of large numbers of people by first putting them in a position where they need opportunity, then promising them virtually unlimited opportunity and finally making them losers.”

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