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Monthly Archives: November 2010
An Excerpt for World AIDS Day, 2010: Sin Against the Race, Chapter 3
While writing this book, I was often influenced by current events. Bay Area residents might recall the fire on New Year’s Eve 2000 that destroyed the Casa Segura needle exchange and AIDS services center in East Oakland. I tried to … Continue reading
Ptolemaic Logic
Ptolemy was an Egyptian-born Roman philosopher and scientist who lived around the First and Second centuries AD. He’s best known for the Ptolemaic System of the universe, an expansion of Aristotle’s view that the Earth laid at the center of … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, astronomy, Catholic Church, contraception, gay, HIV, queer, rant, word usage
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Excerpt: Sin Against the Race – Chap. 2
It’s interesting how things can change during the editing process, even in the later stages after rereading and rehashing the paragraphs many times. The beginning of this chapter was in Chapter 1, but after much tinkering I finally felt that it works better here. The result is that now almost all of Chapter 1 takes place in Sammy’s store, reaffirming its place as the home base. Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, excerpt, fiction, gay, novel, queer, SATR, writing
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KPFA and the Importance of Voices
KPFA and Pacifica are not new to drama, alas. I remember the last go-round quite well. I was sitting on the floor of the apartment, doing yoga stretches in preparation for my evening workout. I had the KPFA Evening News … Continue reading
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Tagged infighting, KPFA, media, Morning Show, Pacifica, rant
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Photoessay: Hidden in the Open
I love photographic exhibits. One of my favorites was a retrospective of California based 20th century photographers at the Oakland Museum of California some years ago. It featured the works of Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and other masters of that … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, gay, photoessay, photography, queer
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Excerpt: Sin Against the Race, Chap. 1
[Editor's note: This excerpt is from an earlier draft of the first chapter.] Sin Against the Race began life close to 20 years ago as a short story about a young black man in his late teens named Bill … Continue reading
Evolution
1985. UCLA. Sophomore year. I fell into the swell of anti-apartheid protests that engulfed the campus that year and began to live the life of the “activist student.” My mother made a suggestion.
“You should start writing a journal.” Continue reading
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Tagged african-american, black, coming out, family, Gandhi, gay, journal, queer, UCLA, writing
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