mad things

This week’s Mary song is from Sparklehorse. You may remember that Mark Linkhous, who was Sparklehorse, passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Your famous Mary this week is author Mary Renault.

According to wikipedia:

A lot of her books had male protagonists and her sympathetic treatment of love between men would win Renault a wide gay readership. It would also foster rumors that Renault was really a gay man writing under a female pseudonym. Renault found these rumors amusing, but also sought to distance herself from being labeled a “gay writer.”