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Theater: "Tea Towels" at Theater for the New City
My one-act "Tea Towels" premiered as part of Village Playwrights One-Act Pride Festival.
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Jul 4, 20241 min read


Press: "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems"
A recap of recent reviews for the new poetry collection "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems"
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Jul 3, 20241 min read


Readings: COME HEAR! 2024
I've read at the Rainbow Book Fair maybe twice before via the COME HEAR! poetry marathon organized by Nathaniel A. Siegel and Regie...
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Apr 27, 20241 min read


Press: "Periodic Boyfriends" (Again)
"Periodic Boyfriend" reviews from "Vagabond City," "Other Terrain" and poet Evelyn Berry.
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Apr 16, 20241 min read


Poems: "Four Gay Men" at "Northwest Indiana Literary Journal"
The first book I ever had published -- if you consider a chapbook a book and self-published as published -- was Untitled and other poems....
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Feb 23, 20243 min read


Short Stories: "Going Nowhere" and "The Blow" at "Unlikely Stories"
Last year, motivated perhaps by my inability to be more prolific, I decided to start sending out short stories from my first book Publick...
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Feb 13, 20241 min read


Press: "Periodic Boyfriends" / "My Bedroom..."
The end of 2023 and the beginning of 2023 collectively had me experiencing a little flurry of friendly press as Periodic Boyfriends...
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Jan 6, 20241 min read


Press: "Periodic Boyfriends" Reviews 2023
With each book, getting blurbs for the back is a stranger, riskier process than seeking reviews. Somehow asking people you know (even...
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Dec 5, 20232 min read


Press: "Price in Purgatory" at 53 Above
It's not often that I get to premiere three shows in a single theatrical season but this year was a happy exception. And so, after Click opened at The Tank in September and My Bedroom Is an Installation at Imago in October, I rounded out the fall with Price in Purgatory: A Live Radio Play at 53 Above. Directed and sound-designed by the truly inspiring Douglas Wagner, my final show of the year featured actors Jmar Reid, Sai Cameron Gatrall and Mike Pinney and played to enthus
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Nov 15, 20232 min read


Poem: "Skyfall" at "Ovunque Siamo"
Having had two books of sonnets published since 2019, I thought I'd try my hand at another form. So late last year, I began writing...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read


Theater: "Price in Purgatory" at 53 Above
Happy hour in Hell? Something like that (and just in time for Halloween). My new “live” radio play Price in Purgatory concerns horror...
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Oct 27, 20231 min read


Press: "My Bedroom Is an Installation" at Imago Theatre
Although this is the third script I've created with Imago Theatre's Jerry Mouawad in the last three years, My Bedroom Is an Installation...
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Oct 26, 20232 min read


Poem: "Missing the boat" at "Eunoia Review"
My first chapbook was a self-published one that I did back in the 1990s when I was living in Portland, Oregon: Untitled and other poems....
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Oct 25, 20232 min read


Press: "Click" at The Tank
Inspired by the death of film legend Jean-Luc Godard in 2022, I wrote the script for Click in a week, using my memories of Breathless...
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Sep 19, 20231 min read


Poem: "Gay Street" at "Grand Little Things"
Some poems take a long time to create but every once in awhile, I can pen one in my head. This particular one, "Gay Street," was written...
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Sep 17, 20232 min read


Foundlings Press Residency at ArtPark
Yaddo, MacDowell, UCross, Millay Colony for the Arts... I've certainly heard of different residencies over the years but I've generally...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read


Poem of the Week at Just Buffalo Literary Center
In anticipation of my participation at ArtPark next weekend, poet-curator R.D. Pohl has selected a pair of sonnets as Poem of the Week at...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read


Book Launch Reflections: "Periodic Boyfriends"
It might seem strange to have an aggregate image of other people to reflect the June 18th book launch party for my own book Periodic...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read


Poem: "A Psychological Asana" at "Bourgeon"
Getting multiple poems placed in a single publication is rare for me. Usually, the magazine or website takes one piece and I'm happy...
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Jun 2, 20232 min read


Poem: "Mendelevium" at "Red Tree Review"
The final poem from Periodic Boyfriends to find a home prior to the book's publication is the sonnet "Mendelevium." This poem concerns...
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May 20, 20231 min read
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