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1、Unit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness by Anatole BroyardUnit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardAnatole Paul Broyard (July 16, 1920 October 11, 1990) p an American writerp literary criticp editor for The New York Times. During his lifetime：p many reviews & columnsp short storiesp essaysp two

2、 books His autobiographical works (published after his death):p Intoxicated by My Illness (1992) p Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir (1993)Unit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardHis marriagep Broyard first married Aida Sanchez, a |Light skinned Puerto Rican with whom he had a

3、daughter, Gala. They divorced after Broyard returned from military service in World War II.p In 1961, at the age of 40, Broyard married again, to Alexandra (Sandy) Nelson, who was a modern dancer and a younger woman of Norwegian-American ancestry. Unit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole Broyardp B

4、royard had some stories accepted for publication in the 1940s. p He began studying at Brooklyn College before the US entered World War II. p When he enlisted in the Army, the armed services were segregated; p Broyard was accepted as white, went to officers school, and was promoted to captain.Unit 2

5、Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole Broyard After his death, Broyard became the center of controversy and discussions related to how he had chosen to live as an adult in New York. A Louisiana Creole of mixed race, he was criticized by some blacks for passing as white as an adult and failing to acknow

6、ledge his African-American ancestry. Multiracial advocates though have cited Broyard as an example of someone forging their own racial identity long before it was acceptable in mainstream America. Because of his artistic ambition, in some circumstances he never acknowledged that he was part black.Un

7、it 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole Broyard Anatole Broyard wanted to be a writer - and not just a Negro writer consigned to the back of the literary bus. -Brent Staples (the writer and editor ) In his terms, he did not want to write about black love, black passion, black suffering, black joy; h

8、e wanted to write about love and passion and suffering and joy. -The historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Unit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardUnit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardUnit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardUnit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardUnit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardUnit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -Anatole BroyardUnit 2 Intoxicated by My Illness -