Editing Armistead Maupin (section)

==Works==

===''Tales of the City''===
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''Tales of the City'' is a series of novels, the first portions of which were published initially as a newspaper serial starting on August 8, 1974, in a [[Marin County, California|Marin County]] newspaper, ''The Pacific Sun'', picked up in 1976 by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', and later reworked into the series of books published by [[HarperCollins]] (then [[Harper and Row]]). The first of Maupin's novels, entitled ''[[Tales of the City (novel)|Tales of the City]]'', was published in 1978. Five more followed in the 1980s, ending with the last book, ''[[Sure of You]]'', in 1989.<ref name=time>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/totc_04_timeline_01.html |title=''Tales of the City'' graphic timeline |date=May 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515202422/http://www.literarybent.com/totc_04_timeline_01.html |archive-date=May 15, 2006 }}</ref>

A seventh novel published in 2007, ''[[Michael Tolliver Lives]]'', continues the story of some of the characters. It was followed by an eighth volume, ''[[Mary Ann in Autumn]]'', published in 2010 and a ninth volume, ''[[The Days of Anna Madrigal]]'', in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/books/the-days-of-anna-madrigal-concluding-tales-of-the-city.html?_r=0 |title=Saying Goodbye to a City and Its Characters: 'The Days of Anna Madrigal,' Concluding 'Tales of the City' |author=Charles Isherwood |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=13 February 2014 |publisher=The New York Times, Books of the Times}}</ref> In ''[[Babycakes]]'', published in 1984, Maupin was one of the first writers to address the subject of AIDS.<ref name=EW/> Of the autobiographical nature of the characters, he says "I've always been all of the characters in one way or another."<ref name="pub">{{cite web |last=Scott |first=Kemble |date=April 23, 2007 |title=Armistead Maupin's Family Ties |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6435454.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429031921/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6435454.html |archive-date=April 29, 2007 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

The ''Tales of the City'' books have been translated into ten languages, and there are more than six million copies in print. Several of the books have been adapted and broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref name="BBC Radio 4">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qffmr |title= Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website= [[BBC Online]] | access-date= 21 May 2016}}</ref>

====Television miniseries====
{{main|Tales of the City (1993 miniseries)|Tales of the City (2019 miniseries)}}

The first three books in the series have also been adapted into three television [[miniseries]] starring [[Olympia Dukakis]] and [[Laura Linney]]. A co-production with the UK's [[Channel 4]], the first miniseries was on [[PBS]]; subsequent miniseries appeared on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_taleofthe70s.html |title=A Tale of the Seventies |access-date=2017-04-07 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041228044112/http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_taleofthe70s.html |archive-date=December 28, 2004 }} ''[[TV Guide]]'', January 1994. Article by Maupin about the difficult process of getting the ''Tales'' series into TV production.</ref> Dukakis, Linney, and various other cast members from the original series, reunited for the [[Tales of the City (2019 miniseries)|2019 ''Tales'' miniseries on Netflix]] which was not based directly on one of Maupin's novels but used elements from several, including the latter three.

====Musical projects====
He collaborated on ''Anna Madrigal Remembers'', a musical work written by [[Jake Heggie]] and performed by choir [[Chanticleer (ensemble)|Chanticleer]] and [[mezzo-soprano]] [[Frederica von Stade]] on August 6, 1999, for which Maupin provided a new [[libretto]]. He also participated in a concert series with the Seattle Men's Chorus entitled ''Tunes From Tales (Music for Mouse)'', which included readings from his books and music from the era.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgn.org/Archives/sgn.3.5.99/Arts/ |title=Seattle Men's Chorus welcomes Armistead Maupin to Benaroya Hall |date=October 6, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031006120910/http://www.sgn.org/Archives/sgn.3.5.99/Arts/ |archive-date=October 6, 2003 }}</ref>

In May 2011, a theatrical musical version of ''Tales of the City'' had its premiere at [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco. The musical has a score and lyrics by [[Jake Shears]] and John Garden of the rock band [[Scissor Sisters]], and a book by [[Jeff Whitty]]. It was directed by [[Jason Moore (director)|Jason Moore]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/theater/03arts-DEBUTISANNOU_BRF.html | work=The New York Times | title=Debut Is Announced for 'Tales of the City' | first=Patrick | last=Healy | date=April 3, 2010 | access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref>

===''Maybe the Moon'' and ''The Night Listener''===
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Maupin wrote two novels, ''Maybe The Moon'' and ''The Night Listener'', which are not part of ''Tales''.

''Maybe The Moon'' is a story Maupin describes as "partly autobiographical", despite the main character being a female heterosexual Jewish dwarf. The character was also based on his friend [[Tamara De Treaux]], who played the title character in the 1982 film ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_04_behind.html |title=Behind the scenes: THE OUTSIDER |access-date=2006-03-04 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304204018/http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_04_behind.html |archive-date=March 4, 2006 }} – ''San Francisco Focus Magazine]'', October 1992. Interview with Maupin about his friendship with Tamara De Treaux.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_02_about.html |title=Reviews of ''Maybe the Moon'' and synopsis |date=March 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304204013/http://www.literarybent.com/mtm_02_about.html |archive-date=March 4, 2006 }}</ref>

''The Night Listener'' is a [[roman à clef]], inspired by Maupin's experiences concerning the [[Anthony Godby Johnson]] hoax.<ref name="out">{{cite web |date=December 27, 2023 |title=Armistead Maupin: The quick-witted author mined his own experience for The Night Listener |url=http://www.timeoutny.com/newyork/Details.do?page=1&xyurl=xyl://TONYWebArticles1/566/hot_seat/armistead_maupin.xml}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Paul Colichman Chief Executive Officer |url=http://www.planetout.com/pno/entertainment/books/interviews/2000/10/maupin.html |title=Interview at |publisher=Planetout.com |date=August 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815232103/http://www.planetout.com/pno/entertainment/books/interviews/2000/10/maupin.html |archive-date=August 15, 2007 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111947 Audio interview about ''The Night Listener''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211906/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111947 |date=March 3, 2016 }} – on [[WHYY-FM]], October 3, 2000</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_suddenly_01.html |title=Suddenly Home |access-date=2017-04-07 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213145829/http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_suddenly_01.html |archive-date=February 13, 2006 }} – a story featuring the fictional characters in ''Noone at Night''</ref> He says he wanted to create a [[psychological thriller]], while being able to put autobiographical elements in it.<ref name=ny/> The issues he addresses include the ending of his relationship with his [[life partner|long-term partner]] and his relationship with his father. The book very lightly references the ''Tales'' world via Gabriel Noone's assistant, who is one of DeDe Halcyon-Day's twins from ''Tales''. It was serialized on the internet, on [[Salon.com]], prior to its print publication.<ref name=ny/> ''The Night Listener'' was adapted into a movie that was screened at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in late January 2006 and released by [[Miramax]] the following August.<ref name=out/>

===''Michael Tolliver Lives''===
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Prior to the 2007 release of ''Michael Tolliver Lives'', Maupin had been quoted on his website as saying that another ''Tales of the City'' novel was unlikely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/oftasked_01.html |title=Oft Asked Questions |work=Literary Bent .com |date=February 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213145457/http://www.literarybent.com/oftasked_01.html |archive-date=February 13, 2006 }}</ref> Although Maupin originally stated that this novel was "NOT a sequel to ''Tales [of the City]'' and it's certainly not Book 7 in the series,"<ref>{{cite web |author=Armistead Maupin |url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780060761356&itm=1 |title=Michael Tolliver Lives |publisher=Search.barnesandnoble.com |year=2007 |access-date=3 December 2013 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123510/http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780060761356&itm=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he later conceded that "I've stopped denying that this is book seven in ''Tales of the City'', as it clearly is ... I suppose I didn't want people to be thrown by the change in the format, as this is a first person novel unlike the third person format of the ''Tales of the City'' books and it's about one character who interrelates with other characters. Having said that, it is still very much a continuation of the saga and I think I realised it was very much time for me to come back to this territory."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=73|title=I might well come back to Mr Tolliver one more time |first=Steve|last=Bustin |publisher=PinkPaper.com |date=10 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716163144/http://news.pinkpaper.com/Feature.aspx?id=73|archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>

The novel is written from the [[first-person narrative|first-person]] perspective of ''Tales'' character Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, now in his fifties and living as an HIV-positive man.<ref name=ad>[http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid35157.asp "Armistead Maupin talks!"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203002954/http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid35157.asp |date=December 3, 2008 }} – Advocate.com</ref> It also features appearances by familiar ''Tales'' characters, such as Anna Madrigal.<ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,2098649,00.html "Sex and the city"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – Interview in ''[[The Observer]]''</ref> Maupin said: "I was interested in pursuing the life of an aging gay man, and Michael was the perfect vehicle ... However, as soon as I started writing, I found that, one by one, all the other characters stepped forward and asked to be present. It felt natural, so I went with it."<ref name=EW>{{cite magazine |last=Reese |first=Jennifer |date=June 11, 2007 |title=Armistead Maupin on his new ''Tales'' update |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/11/armistead-maupin-his-new-tales-update/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> He calls it "a smaller, more personal novel than I've written in the past."<ref name=ad/> The book was released on June 12, 2007, which was declared 'Michael Tolliver Day' by the [[mayor of San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/usa/story/0,2101187,00.html |title=Latest Maupin tale tells of 'closet of age' |work=The Guardian |location=London }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,2104040,00.html "Reader, he married him"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – Review in ''The Guardian''</ref>

''Mary Ann in Autumn'' was published November 12, 2010 by Harper/HarperCollins, continuing the series. It was reviewed by Joseph Salvatore in the ''New York Times'' Sunday Book Reviews on November 14.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/books/review/Salvatore-t.html?emc=eta1 | work=The New York Times | first=Joseph | last=Salvatore | title=Book Review – Mary Ann in Autumn – By Armistead Maupin | date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> It was followed in January 2014 by ''[[The Days of Anna Madrigal]]'', which Maupin said would be the final novel in the series.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/books/the-days-of-anna-madrigal-concluding-tales-of-the-city.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Charles | last=Isherwood | title=Saying Goodbye to a City and Its Characters: 'The Days of Anna Madrigal,' Concluding 'Tales of the City' | date=January 30, 2014}}</ref>