The Descent

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Originally published in 1952, “The Descent” is a vivid look at post-WWII America with observations on the battle of the sexes.

In order to give Fritz Peters the recognition he deserves, Hirsch Giovanni is re-publishing five of his most revered literary works as well as working with director William Gazecki to develop a documentary centered on Fritz’s life and work.

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Meet the Hirsch Giovanni team…

CHRISTOPHER ADAMS is a British-American playwright and screenwriter based in the UK. His plays include Cooked (Bread & Roses Theatre, 2015), Antigone (Actors of Dionysus, 2017), and Tumulus (VAULT, 2018 | Soho Theatre, 2019). He currently has a television project in development with FilmNation and is working with Hirsch Giovanni as the screenwriter for the film adaptation of “Finistère.”

Christopher was a member of the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writers Programme (2011) and Studio Writers Group (2013), the Arcola Theatre’s writing group (2015), and the Orange Tree Collective (2015-2016). His full-length and short plays have been performed in London, Birmingham, Dublin, and Shanghai. His plays Lynchburg (2013) and Haunts (2015) were long-listed for the Bruntwood Prize.

In his academic life, Christopher holds a PhD in mid-twentieth century queer publishing history from the Institute of English Studies, University of London. He is a co-editor of The Collected Works of John Ford: Volumes II & III (OUP). He teaches on the ‘Introduction to the Principles of Descriptive Bibliography’ course at Rare Book School (University of Virginia), and has written on John Ford for the Globe Theatre. He is a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.

ALEXANDRA CARBONE is a graduate of Haverford College. She is Creative Executive at Hirsch Giovanni Entertainment, where she is documentarian for Unapologetically Fritz, and managing editor for the Fritz Peters Collection.

JACK PARLETT is a writer, poet and critic based in London. He is the author of several books, including “Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise,” a queer history that was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by the New Yorker and an Editor's Pick in the New York Times. His other books are “The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr,” an academic monograph, and “Same Blue, Different You,” a poetry chapbook. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Boston Review, Granta, Literary Hub, BBC Culture and elsewhere. He is currently working on a new book about flamboyance.