With regard to Andrew Brown's posting regarding
VN's "homosexual" reading tastes, the quote comes from a letter to Edmund
Wilson. In response to VN's request for advice concerning what writers to
include in his lit course at Cornell, Wilson had, as I recall, proposed
Katherine Mansfield. VN, who had no predilection for female authors, was
sure enough of his own sexuality to use this jocular locution without a moment's
hesitation to express his literary preference. As to twisted
interpretations from predictable sources, caveat
emptor.