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Brushing Fame

Why I Push Guts

February 7, 2013

The question has been raised as to why I am such an advocate for Kristen Johnston’s opus Guts. For those who have managed not to hear about it, the book is “a surprisingly raw and triumphant memoir that is outrageous, moving, sweet, tragic, and heartbreakingly [read more]

Poetry

New Poems

January 4, 2012

I’m still not fast or prolific, but I am starting to write again: Physical intimacy is the     easy way To feel loved. Well, we thought so back then. In the ‘old days’ — before IT.     too proud (Too poor) to rent boys Rent [read more]

LGBTITQQ2S

Nearly Straight

March 23, 2011

Another of my essays for a college-level English class; this one addresses the new image of gay men in mainstream media. You can read it as a pdf file here. It builds on some themes and concepts presented in What Makes a Man, a Man? [read more]

Family, Identity

Decapitated Bunnies

September 10, 2010

I was reminded today of one of my Ex’s. To be clear, there are only a handful of men who have garnered that identity. Sure I’m a “gay man with a healthy libido” who celebrated sexual freedom (as we thought) back in the late 70s [read more]