Press

The following is my attempt at compiling a list of press clippings that discuss Armistead Maupin and the TOTC series. This list will be updated over time.

2020's

• 2022
  • "Armistead Maupin Conversation" Charlotte.org.uk (May 19, 2022)
     
  • "We have downsized to a smaller home and it has freed us to live the life we want" The Guardian (UK) (July 19, 2022) by Damian Barr - I included this story because the author discusses Maupin's concept of a "logical family."
     
  • "Pride 2022: Interview with authors on their LGBTQ+ picture books" Publishers Weekly (Jun 9, 2022) by Iyana Jones - I included this link because one of the interviewees, Mark Ceilley, mentioned that the Tales of the City series was his first time he felt "seen" as a queer person in literature, which is very powerful tribute to the power of TOTC
     
  • "Book Review: Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City graphic novel by Isabelle Bauthian & Sandrine Revel" The Queer Review (Feb. 25, 2022) by Chad Armstrong
     

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• 2021
  • "Armistead Maupin and Laura Linney: how we made Tales of the City" The Guardian (Oct. 4, 2021) by Stuart Jeffries
     
  • "Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin on transphobic 'assholes' and cutting family ties" Pink News (Sept. 25, 2021) by Patrick Kelleher
     
  • "Why I live in Clapham: Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin's guide to his south-west London area" Evening Standard (UK) (Oct. 5, 2021) by Prudence Ivey
     
  • "The one lesson I've learned from life: Armistead Maupin says don't try to keep up, just keep open" The Daily Mail (UK) (Oct. 17, 2021) by Liz Hoggard
     
  • "Armistead Maupin: 'I finally said goodbye to my father on a Navajo Reservation' The Telegraph (UK) (Oct. 2021) - by Armistead Maupin, as told to Nick McGrath

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• 2020
  • "London's Newest Queen" Alta (Apr 1, 2020) by Will Hearst
     
  • "Cozy up with Armistead Maupin, as he reads you a story while sheltering in place" Datebook (Apr 15, 2020) - by Mick LaSelle
     
  • "How to get to Barbary Lane" The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide (Nov. 21, 2020) - by R. Eric Gustafson
     

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2010's

• 2019
  • "Get to know Tales of the City's First Chapter" Vulture (June 28, 2019) by Ross Rudiger
     
  • LeisureArts & Culture Tales of the City, Netflix's Buzzy New Show, Is Based on Armistead Maupin's Beloved Books Town and Country (July 9, 2019) by Choloe Foussianes
     
  • 'Tales of the City' Revew: A revival that keeps up with the Times" Rolling Stone (June 4, 2019) by Alan Sepinwall
     
  • "An admirable Tales of the City update wants to be considered radical without being radical" AV Club (May 30, 2019) by Pilot Viruet
     
  • "Armistead Maupin to tell his next tale from London" The Datebook (April 9, 2019) by Leah Garchik
     
  • "Armistead Maupin: 'When Stonewall happened, I was smoking my first dick, so I was a little disracted" Daily Beast (June 5, 2019) - by Tim Teeman
     
  • "Armistead Maupin on the new SF: "Conversations in cafes aren't fun to eavesdrop on now' SF Gate (Apr 12, 2019) by Amy Graff
     
  • "Original 1993 'Tales of the City' Miniseries premiers on Netflix" SFist (July 2, 2019) by Jay Barmann
     

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• 2018
  • "Armistead Maupin’s ‘Tales of the City’: The Best Soap Opera in Book Form" Daily Beast (Sept 11, 2018) by Tim Teeman
     

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• 2017
  • "Logical family: A memoir by Armistead Maupin review - in search of a second family" The Guardian (UK) (Oct. 8, 2017) by Tim Adams
     
  • "Armistead Maupin: 'I wrote the memoir to show I had made a journey from darkness" The Guardian (UK) (Oct. 20, 2017) by Paul Laity
     
  • "Armistead Maupin left me speechless last night" Seattle Review of Books (Oct. 2017) by Paul Constant
     
  • "'Tales of the City's All-White Cast Was a 'Mistake,' Says Armistead Maupin" Advocate.com (July 17, 2017) by Daniel Reynolds
     

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• 2015
  • "Armistead Maupin to tell tales of his ‘Logical Family’" Marin Independent Journal (Oct. 22, 2015) - by Paul Lieratore
     

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• 2014
  • "Saying Goodbye to a City and its charcters" NY Times (Jan. 31, 2014) by Christopher Isherwood
     

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• 2012
  • "El Mitote" Santa Fe New Mexican (Oct. 13, 2012)
     

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• 2011
  • "Readers come to defense of Armistead Maupin" Newstimes (CT) (July 17, 2011)
     
• 2010
  • "Debut is announced for 'Tales of the City" NY Times (April 3, 2010) by Patrick Healy
     

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2000's

• 2007
  • "Armistead Maupin on his new 'Tales' Update" Entertainment Weekly (June 11, 2007) by Jennifer Reese
     
  • "Armistead Maupin's Family Ties" Publisher's Weekly (April 23, 2007) by Kemble Scott
     
  • "Five questions for Christopher Turner / Daddy-hunt site entrepreneur knows of which he posts" SF Gate (June 17, 2007) by Justin Berton
     
  • "A conversation with author Armistead Maupin" KUOW (June 19, 2007)
     

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• 2006
  • "Chronicler of San Franscisco wins best gay read award" The Guardian (May 11, 2006) by David Ward
     
  • "Armistead Maupin talks!" Advocate.com (Aug 4, 2006) by Mark James
     

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• 2005
  • "Armistead Jones Maupin -- father of 'Tales of City' author" SF Gate (july 31, 2005) by Julian Guthrie
     

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• 2003
  • "Seattle Men's Chorus welcomes Armistead Maupin to Benaroya Hall" Seattle Gay News Online (Oct 6, 2003)
     

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• 2002
  • "Is there a God? AV Club (Oct. 9, 2002) - by Stephen Thompson
     

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1990's

• 1999
  • "For Armistead Maupin, there are still Tales to tell" St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1999) by Brad L. Graham
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• 1997
  • "Talk back" The Oklahoman (Nov. 2, 1997)
     

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• 1994
  • "Lawmaker objects to state TV programming" The Daily Oklahoman (January 21, 1994) by Mick Hinton
     
  • "Entertainment News" Sapulpa Daily Herald (OK) (Jan. 30, 1994)
     
  • "A Tale of the Seventies" TV Guide (Jan. 1994) - by Armistead Maupin
     

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• 1993
  • "Sex, Drugs and Sourdough : ‘Tales of the City,’ Armistead Maupin’s chronicle of ‘70s San Francisco, finally comes to TV--thanks to the British. ‘I’ve been out of the closet for almost 20 years of my life, and I’ve been penalized for that’"LA Times (Nov. 14, 1993) - by David Gritten
     

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• 1992
  • "Behind the Scenes- The Outsider" SF Focus Magazine (Oct. 1992) - by Amy Rennert
     

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• 1990
  • "Military's policy on gays is hypocritical" Sapulpa Daily Herald (OK) (May 18, 1990) by Sarah Overstreet
     

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1980's

• 1988
  • "Growing up gay in Old Raleigh" The Independent (Raleigh, NC) by Armistead Maupin
     

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1970's

• 1977
  • "Letter to Mama" from More Tales of the City (as published in the SF Chronicle (1977)- by Armistead Maupin
     

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• 1976
  • "Belly laughts abound in 'Beach Blanket Babylon'" Contra Costa Times (Dec. 28, 1976) - by Pat Gerber
     
  • "Gaye LeBaron" The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA Dec. 14, 1976)
     
  • "Tales of the City' : Can a newspaper serial find happiness in S.F.?" LA Times (Aug. 15, 1976) - by Daryl Lembke (the clipping is continued on second page which can be found here.
     
  • "She's 25, single and mad for SF" - By Armisted Maupin - a reprint of the first TOTC column from 1976.
     
  • "SF Spring Opera: 'La Perichole' Scores a Hit" The Sacramento Bee (Feb. 23, 1976) - by William C. Glackin
     
  • "Fine 'La Pericole' opens Springs Opera" The SF Examiner (Feb. 20, 1976) - by Alexander Fried
     

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• 1975
  • Advertizement: Starting Tomorrow- Tales of the City, a new story by Armistead Maupin" SF Chronicle
     
  • Moddy-bopper saga comes to SF AP/BakersField Californian (Oct. 2, 1976)
    
    Two tidbits are especially noteworthy from this story: (1) Connie Bradshaw was killed off by "The Tinkerbell Bandit" (a very different outcome than we get from the books), and (2) Ed Bayley, the dean of UC-Berkley's school of journalism was quoted as saying, "I think it's just trash... It's sort of imitation pornography."
     

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• 1974
  • "Armistead Maupin dialed the Church of Satan..." The Honolulu Advertiser (Jun. 13, 1974)
     

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