{"title":"Dirk Vanden","description":"Dirk Vanden, born Richard Fullmer, has been called \"a hero, a pioneer\" of Gay Literature. His writing has been critically acclaimed as being \"on a level with Genet, Forster, Joyce, White, and even Faulkner.\" ALL TOGETHER won the \"Lambda Literary Award, for Best Gay Erotica-2011.\" His autobiography, IT WAS TOO SOON BEFORE... won the prestigious \"Rainbow Award as Best LGBT Biography\/Memoir.\" Dirk is retired, and now lives in Carmichael California, a bedroom community for Sacramento, with his eighth dog-child, an Aussie-Shepherd\/Springer Spaniel mix, \"Buddy III.\" He is currently working on a stage play and TV series called \"GONE ARE THE DAYS.\"","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/dirk-vanden.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}