Category Archives: race and class

Beltane 2013 – union and loneliness

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Beltane fell on a Wednesday this year. It’s my favorite holiday, but even though it is a holiday of union, this year it leaves me feeling rather lonely. On Sunday I’d intended to rise early and make the trip across the river … Continue reading →

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Mailbox

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Reblogged from I shall be a toad: I was 20 or 21. He couldn’t have been more than a few years older. I can’t remember his name. Once a week, we would meet at the Trenton soup kitchen. I was … Continue reading →

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three NorCal haiku: Phoenix hotel in the tenderloin

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Three Haiku At the Phoenix Hotel on the edge of the Tenderloin and Little Saigon san francisco streets wrought iron gate, open sky urban oasis blue mosaic pool low chairs arranged artfully artwork, fountains, fire outside, the homeless squeal of … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace Adrienne Rich: Fellow Poet, Feminist, Queer Woman, Trail-Blazer

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Last week, I was about to board a plan to San Francisco when I saw Adrienne Rich’s obituary on the front page of the New York Times. It’s hard to describe Adrienne Rich’s impact on my life with grace and … Continue reading →

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From the archives: In Pura’s voice

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

From the archives, a character study I started in 1998. Would you like to hear more of her story? In Pura’s voice She turned out to be just like all the other bitches. After all I did for her, she … Continue reading →

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Restrepo

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Restrepo is the name of a man, an American man, killed in Afghanistan. His brothers took the valley, killed more men, and named the valley after him. All the men and women, children, goats, and cows who lived and died … Continue reading →

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Of Shortbus and Selkies

Posted on May 2, 2009 by

This morning I was indulging in a bit of self-flagellation about my writing, or lack thereof, and I remembered something said to me some months back. It was something along the lines of “it doesn’t really matter how you write, … Continue reading →

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I still can’t believe it

Posted on November 5, 2008 by

In my lifetime… …a black man became President-Elect of the United States of America. …same-sex couples are now legally married. That is all I have to say. I want to just revel in the success for a while. And both … Continue reading →

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Don’t just vote. Vote for Obama.

Posted on November 3, 2008 by

This year I’ve come to realize something so important, so fundamental, about the way people vote, that it’s going to sound stupid when I say it out loud. The decision for a candidate is not made in a rational way. … Continue reading →

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It’s all related, I swear

Posted on May 23, 2008 by

According to the article in this week’s Boston Phoenix, some Steampunk’rs see us as already living in the dystopian future of the science fiction novels and movies that inspire their aesthetic. You know, a dystopian future where the cost of … Continue reading →

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