In this centennial year of The New Yorker, the magazine reflects on the impact of Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain," a story about two shepherds who fall in love. Michael Cunningham, whose literary career was shaped by stories like this, notes that while The New Yorker was not the first publication to feature gay narratives, its portrayal of the relationship as primarily a love story was groundbreaking. Cunningham expresses a desire to fully absorb this narrative, underlining its depth and significance in the landscape of LGBTQ literature.
"It was a story in The New Yorker about two gay men that was first and foremost a love story... I didn't want to just read it. I wanted to absorb this story in a more lasting way."
"The New Yorker was not the first big-deal magazine to run a story about gay people. It wasn't, like, 'Oh, my God, a story, finally!'"
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