Jeffrey Kahrs & I will host the first “Word Chaser at the Racer” June 19th, 7 pm: music, open mike, & feature readers Every 3rd Wednesday at 5628 Roosevelt Way NE Come to the 1st one, hear the hosts read— we’ll have a grand time! Shortly after I’m headed to …
Join us! Finishing Line Press is hosting a reading in Portland during AWP. Come to this Off-Site reading at Black Hat Books on Wednesday night, March 27th, 7 pm. Address: 2831 NE MLK Blvd, about a mile south of AWP. I’ll read …
Happy New Year! From my yearly taking stock of my writing, 2018 was a very busy year, especially for my book, truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS, and also for submitting poems, writing new work and expanding …
AIDS It’s in Our Blood: Stories of Love, Loss, Rage, and Survival In this variety show, performers will present work related to long-term survival of HIV revolving around themes of love, loss, rage, and survival. “Someday, the AIDS crisis will be over. Remember that. And when that day comes—when that …
World AIDS Day was launched in 1988 to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, to encourage people to support those living with the condition and to remember those who have died. Some 35 million people are now living with HIV, but experts hope that continuing …
Publishing my book, truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS, was a bold thing to do in 2017, it was coming together during the approach of the presidential election. In the book I ‘came out’ as a long-term survivor. This public reveal was frightening at many levels, …
In the mail this week, the day I was reading at It’s About Time Reading Series, I received a Congratulations letter and FOUR Award Certificates from the Human Relations Indie Book Awards! My book “truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS” won in these four categories: 2018 …
My book was a finalist for the Bisexual Book Award and the Lambda Book Award, so I went to New York City to attend these two events. The Bisexual Book Award was held at the artist co-op Westbeth, down the block from where I used …
This is the culmination of a fabulous year promoting my book, truth be bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS. It is a finalist for the 6th Annual Bisexual Book Awards, along with author and poet Irene Suico Soriano for her book …
April with its glorious cherry blossoms came in a flash! To my great surprise and honor I was invited to be the Poet in Residence at the Seattle Review of Books for the month of March. They highlighted me by publishing a poem a week and …
