At heart, a California writer
In my early 20's I came across a college catalog that offered a lit course entitled "California Writers." At the time I was an East Coast refugee, living in southern California, working on a bad first novel and a few stage plays.
All of a sudden there was a label for me, a name for the kind of writer I wanted to be. Of course it helped that the definition was wide open – geography aside, what is a California writer?
MFA: The road not taken
It took eleven long years to get my BA in Lit/Writing. After that, I made the conscious decision to skip graduate school. I wanted my voice and style of writing to reflect the world I was living in: my interactions, my perspectives. I knew it was a risk but it was the road I had to follow.
Adopting a long view
Writing is a long-term investment. I long ago adopted that long view of my craft. In the past few years I feel the investment has begun paying off. My specific flavor of the California writer that I am has begun taking shape. I'm chronicling that evolution in my blog, A Gentle Iconoclast in Paradise
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Fiction ↓ Book Reviews ↓ Articles ↓ Public Readings
Fiction |
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Ravenous |
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Rapture |
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SOMA Literary Review (http://somalit.com |
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Chandler comes Out |
In the anthology Wilma Loves Betty |
Book Reviews |
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Review of LA MARAVILLA, by Alfredo Véa Jr. |
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Illuminating Year of Childhood |
Review of A YEAR OF RHYMES, by Bernard Cooper |
In Search of 'The Culture of Desire' |
Review of THE CULTURE OF DESIRE, by Frank Browning |
Avuncular Splendor |
Review of THE UNCLE FROM ROME, by Joseph Caldwell |
Golden Boys and Bayous |
Review of THE GOLDEN BOY, by James Kenneth Melson, and HEARTLANDS, by Darrell Yates Rist |
An Otherwise Ideal Candidate |
Review of HONOR BOUND, by Joseph Steffan |
Review of THE NEW JOY OF GAY SEX, by Dr. Charles Silverstein and Felice Picano |
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'Kill Hole': Departure, Initiation and Return |
Review of KILL HOLE, by Jamake Highwater |
Men on Men, and on Family |
Review of MEN ON MEN 4, Ed. George Stambolian, and A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, Ed. John Preston |
Some Funky Kinda Shelter |
Review of SHELTER, by Wesley Gibson |
Family Values: Round One |
Review of FAMILY FICTIONS, by Richard Hall |
Schecter Scores in New Haven |
Review of TWO HALVES OF NEW HAVEN, by Martin Schecter |
The Dangerous Literature of the Body |
Review of HIGH RISK, Ed. Amy Scholder and Ira Silverbers |
Review of CLOSE TO THE KNIVES: A MEMOIR OF DISINTEGRATION, by David Wojnarowicz |
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Decades and Dirty Underwear |
Review of THE GAY DECADES, by Leigh W. Rutledge, and LOVE JUNKIE, by Robert Plunkett |
Living Well after 'Goodbye' |
Review of AFTER YOU SAY GOODBYE: WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE DIES OF AIDS, by Paul Kent Froman |
Unified Voices in the Never Ending March |
Review of MAKING HISTORY: THE STRUGGLE FOR GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS, 1945-1990, by Eric Marcus |
'Tooning' in to Gay Humor |
Review of B.B. AND THE DIVA, by Rupert Kinnard, and WHAT I LOVE ABOUT LESBIAN POLITICS..., by Kris Kovick |
Review of BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA, by Dorothy Allison |
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A Beginning Place |
Review of MAURICE, by E.M. FORSTER, and GIOVANNI'S ROOM, by James Baldwin |
Articles / Essays |
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Seeing Red |
In the anthology The Day We Met |
San Diego Gay & Lesbian Times |
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A Bit of History at The Blue Door |
San Diego Gay & Lesbian Times |
Lady BJ Transplants Her Talent |
San Diego Gay & Lesbian Times |
The Dichotomous Realm of Godot |
Old Globe Theatre's Half-Hour (San Diego) |
Artwalk 88: The Year of Pastel Cacti |
Revolt in Style |
Public Readings |
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Reading of "Rapture" (short story) |
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Reading from my novel in progress (Hugo Storm) |
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Reading from "The Letters of Harwins" (an unpublished novel) |
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"A Close Encounter with Art" (personal narrative) |
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Blue Door Bookstore |
Reading of "Burning Books" (short story) in a program with: |