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Short Story: The Swing Shift

Posted on January 6, 2011 by garApril 17, 2011
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This story could be called a love letter to the Duke Ellington Orchestra.  I wrote it around the time I fell head over heels for all things Ellington and started listening to his music 23 out of 24 hours in … Continue reading →

Posted in Short Stories | Tagged african-american, black, Ellington, fiction, gay, jazz, queer, short story, Strayhorn | 5 Replies

Ptolemaic Logic

Posted on November 21, 2010 by garNovember 21, 2010
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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 →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged AIDS, astronomy, Catholic Church, contraception, gay, HIV, queer, rant, word usage | 4 Replies

Photoessay: Hidden in the Open

Posted on November 11, 2010 by garNovember 11, 2010
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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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Evolution

Posted on November 6, 2010 by garNovember 6, 2010
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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.”

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Posted in Everything Else | Tagged african-american, black, coming out, family, Gandhi, gay, journal, queer, UCLA, writing | 3 Replies

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