Essay by Paul Varnell reprinted in the Independent Gay Forum. Originally appeared May 17, 2000, in the Chicago Free Press.

Allan Bloom quotations at Annabelle.net.

Bloom's Curriculum Vitae at the Olin Center.

From the New Republic: Andrew Sullivan on Saul Bellow's roman a clef about Allan Bloom, Ravelstein. Reprinted at the Independent Gay Forum.