Stuart Kellogg
Stuart Kellogg | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 6, 1948 New York City, US |
| Died | August 3, 2011 (aged 63) |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Editor and writer |
| Years active | 1980s to 2011 |
| Employers | |
Stuart Kellogg (January 6, 1948 – August 3, 2011) was an American editor, journalist, novelist, and LGBTQ advocate. He was the editor of The Advocate and the managing editor of the Journal of Homosexuality.
Early life
[edit]Kellogg was born on January 6, 1948 in New York City, New York.[1][2] His parents were Wynne (née Krementz) and George Dwight Kellogg Jr., a teacher and assistance headmaster at Hotchkiss School.[3][4][5] His mother died in 1961.[5] His paternal grandfather, George Dwight Kellogg, was a classical scholar who taught at Williams College, Princeton University, Union College, and Rutgers University–New Brunswick.[6]
Kellogg attended Groton School.[3] He graduated with a degree in English from Yale College in 1970, cum laude.[3][7] While at Yale, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall.[8]
Career
[edit]In the early 1980s, Kellogg was the managing editor of the Journal of Homosexuality and The Advocate, a bi-monthly magazine covering LGBTQ topics.[3] He was the executive editor of The Advocate from 1987 to April 1990.[9][10][11] He left the magazine to write books.[10][11] He also edited books on queer theory and homosexuality in literature.[12]
Kellogg was a features writer and columnist for the Daily Press in Victorville, California from 1986 to 2007.[3][13] He often wrote about California's High Desert and its residents.[13][4] He also wrote fiction, literary criticism, and a novel.[14][3]
Personal life
[edit]Kellogg's partner of 26 years was Fernando Torres, a Daily Press graphic artist.[3][9][4] They lived in Apple Valley, California.[9] Kellogg's brother, David Kellogg, was the publisher of Foreign Affairs.[4]
Kellogg died on August 3, 2011, at his home in Apple Valley at the age of 63.[13]
Selected publications
[edit]As editor
[edit]- Essays on Gay Literature. New York: Routledge, 1985. ISBN 9780918393098
- The Essence of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. with Hunter Lewis. Edinburg, Virginia: Axios Press/Hunter Lewis Foundation, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60419-042-7
- Literary Visions of Homosexuality. New York: Routledge, 2016. ISBN 9781138968967
References
[edit]- ^ New York, New York, U.S., Birth Index, 1910-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
- ^ National Archives at Washington, D.C. Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Census Place: Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: 2153; Page: 30; Enumeration District: 3-50. via Ancestry.com
- ^ a b c d e f g "Stuart Kellogg Obituary". Legacy.com. New York Times. August 17, 2011. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Steve (August 8, 2011). "About Stuart ..." Victorville Daily Press. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ a b "George Kellogg Obituary (2010) - Hesperia, CA - Hesperia Star". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ Gordon, Laura. "KELLOGG, George Dwight". Database of Classical Scholars | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ Kellogg, Stuart (March 1997). "The Yale of My Day". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ "Necrology" (PDF). The Review. Winter. St. Anthony Hall: 14. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2022.
- ^ a b c Ring, Trudy (August 25, 2011). "Former Advocate Editor Kellogg Dies". Advocate. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ a b Krier, Beth Ann (April 4, 1990). ""Outing' empties the closet". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ a b Krier, Beth Ann (1990-03-22). "Whose Sex Secret Is It?: Do We Have a Right to Know a Public Figure's Sexual Orientation? Recent Disclosures by Gay Activists, Media Fuel a Bitter Debate". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ Cabe, Matthew. "This Desert Life: The night Stuart Kellogg caught ghosts". Victorville Daily Press. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ a b c Yosten, Karen (August 4, 2011). "Longtime Daily Press features writer Stuart Kellogg dies". Victorville Daily Press. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ "The Essence of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics". Axios Press. Retrieved 2025-02-21.