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EPISODE · Jan 24, 2026 · 47 MIN

Arthur Tress’ The Ramble: NYC 1969

from Lit NYC · host Harry Siegel

The self-described “ last Confederate widow,’ whose newly published photographs of gay men in Central Park’s Ramble in 1968 and 1969 are the earliest shots of outdoor cruising in a natural setting, joins Alex Krales and Harry Siegel to discuss his work in a New York City where homosexuality was still both a taboo and a crime, and much more. 

The self-described “ last Confederate widow,’ whose newly published photographs of gay men in Central Park’s Ramble in 1968 and 1969 are the earliest shots of outdoor cruising in a natural setting, joins Alex Krales and Harry Siegel to discuss his work in a New York City where homosexuality was still both a taboo and a crime, and much more.

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