Mysteries of Montreal

Robert Barlow, 1931 H.P.L. was in the news in this recent New Yorker article , written by the author Paul La Farge, which has clearly come from the research for this book , looks at the relationship between Lovecraft and Robert Barlow . The article contains another attempt to guess at Lovecraft's sexuality through his associations with others, but I think the article pins it with this phrase, even if it continues afterwards to try to suggest otherwise. " the salient feature of his sexuality really seems to be how indifferent he was to it " Even the choice of image to accompany the article is provocative There are many more existing images that could have been used, even of Lovecraft and Barlow together . However, it is an interesting article in how it goes on to talk about Barlow himself. I have heard of him, but he isn't someone I looked into a great deal, and that seems a shame, as he looks to be an interesting character. It does strike me though, that Barl...