I’ve loved traveling for as long as I can remember, but rarely had the means to do it. My first trip to Europe overlapped the last week of my last quarter at U.C.L.A. My roommate, a Russian Studies student, invited me to join him on a two-month summer journey across Western Europe that would eventually […]
Epiphany in a Haystack: How living abroad has influenced my writing Read More »
Like a lot of writers, I would often think, while dashing off a poem or wrangling with some plot twist in a novel, “If it pleases me, it will please others.” Isn’t that what they teach in adult education writing classes? It certainly was true for me back in the Ford Administration when I wrote
There’s a Reason We Have Two Ears and One Mouth Read More »
When I think about being a gay author and why I feel it’s essential to hear gay stories, my mind goes back to the beginning of seventh grade. Before, I was “gay” or a “Homo,” as they used to shout, I was just a weird kid. Being silly and playful was allowed for a child,
I Made it Through Seventh Grade Gym Class and So Can You Read More »
