Philip Sparrow Tells All: Lost Essays by Samuel Steward

I first heard about Samuel Steward because of his friendship and correspondence with Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas. I had read about the essays that he wrote for the Illinois Dental Journal long before they were collected in Philip Sparrow Tells All: Lost Essays by Samuel Steward. Before reading this book I had read his memoirs, Chapters from an Autobiography, the mysteries he wrote with Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas appearing as characters and some collections of his gay erotica that he wrote using the pseudonym Phil Andros. These essays are interesting but not his best writing. I would be interested in reading his older writings, especially his novel Angels on the Bough.  I would also be interested in his book on tattoos. I am not saying that there are problems with these essays. He did sneak some references to gay sadomasochism into these essays. He definitely lead an interesting life, and his sex life makes mine look boring.