One of the biggest galleries in Provincetown, with two floors of exhibition space in three separate rooms, features provocative and playful painting, photography and Augmented Reality by an international roster of artists.

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“The case feels, a century later, as relevant as ever.
Polchin brings a wealth of colorful supporting detail.
A likable and knowledgeable guide to the era.”
The New York Times

“An entertaining account of an obscure yet fascinating crime”
Publishers Weekly

“Cements his place in the new true crime canon”
CrimeReads

Writer, professor, and cultural historian, James Polchin holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University. He is a Clinical Professor in Liberal Studies at NYU where he teaches writing and cultural history. For a number of years he taught in London, Paris, and Florence. He has previously taught at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation, Princeton University Writing Program, The New School, and the American University.

His book Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall was a finalist for an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and named one of the best true crime books of the year by CrimeReads.

His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Paris Review, Rolling Stone, Slate, TIME, Huffington Post, CrimeReads, NewNextNow, The New Inquiry, and the Gay and Lesbian Review. He has been interviewed about his work by Vox, Oxygen, BBC4 Radio, National Public Radio, The American Scholar, CrimeReads, Bookforum, House of Mystery Radio, among other places.

James Polchin splits his time between New York and Provincetown, where he lives with his partner, the painter and photographer Greg Salvatori, and Albert, the yellow Labrador who loves tiaras.