Michael Arditti

A gay journey of self-discovery

The poet Seán Hewitt describes his long quest for the authentic life and the four people who helped him on his journey to selfhood

Portrait of Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of Seán Hewitt’s guides to self-discovery. [Getty Images]

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