Once in Hollywood, Monette wrote a number of screenplays that, though never produced, provided him the means to be a writer. In 1977, Monette and Horwitz moved to Los Angeles. Also during his late twenties, he grew disillusioned with poetry and shifted his interest to the novel, not to return to poetry until the 1980s. For eight years, he wrote poetry exclusively.Īfter coming out in his late twenties, he met Roger Horwitz, who was to be his lover for over twenty years. He began his prolific writing career soon after graduating from Yale. He was educated at prestigious schools in New England: Phillips Andover Academy and Yale University, where he received his B.A. Monette was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1945. In novels, poetry, and a memoir, Paul Monette wrote about gay men striving to fashion personal identities and, later, coping with the loss of a lover to AIDS. Online Guide to Paul Monette's papers at UCLA: Also during his late twenties, he grew disillusioned with poetry and shifted his interest to After coming out in his late twenties, he met Roger Horwitz, who was to be his lover for over twenty years. For eight years, he wrote poetry exclusively. Online Guide to Paul Monette's papers at UCLA.

Becoming a Man by Paul Monette