Continuing the pseudonyms theme, I turn to the remarkable character Samuel Steward, the subject of Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Spring (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), which was nominated for a National Book Award this year (but was aced out by Patti Smith’s touching … Continue reading Pseudonyms 2: Samuel Steward