Edmund White remembers the group meeting from 1979 to 1983; see his essay "Out of the Closet, Onto the Bookshelf", The New York Times, June 16, 1991, Section 6, Page 22.
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Brozan, Nadine (1994). "CHRONICLE". The New York Times. Published:May 9, 1994. Short piece on Felice Picano reading and reference to The Violet Quill.