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Richard Blanco Conversation last Saturday

 

Richard Blanco (l) talks with Eduardo Santiago. Photo: Steven Reigns

So, I went to Lambda Literary event! And didn’t take any photos of my own! (Thanks Steven for use of the above photo!)

It was great! Mr. Blanco gave us his background and a lot of personal history, his stories (and pictures) on what it was like (and what it continues to be like) to be a Cuban-American, growing up in Miami, living now in New England.

What the experience of writing a poem and delivering it at Obama’s second inaugural was like. (Just the very idea makes me nervous, just thinking about it. Even if Beyonce and Jay Z were there — and he has a photo of that, him with them).
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His poetry and story were/are powerful. At the same time, it was so heartening to be reminded that we are a country that does value art, that does value writing, that does value education, that does value diversity. That what’s happening now is a temporary over-correction that could have been predicted (and was, I guess). So listening to this great writer made me feel better about our current situation and gave me inspiration — and a lot of hope!

 

 

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Spooky homo-centric for Hallow’s Eve at Stories, Echo Park

Valley Village Matron after a rough night.

Last night Hank Henderson curated a great (and sometimes scary) evening of gay writers at his monthly reading series homo-centric, one of the few (is it now the only?) regular local L.A. events celebrating LGBTQ literature.

One of the things I like best about Hank’s series is that he champions both the emergent writer as well as the better known. It’s thrilling to be both a reader there (I’ve done it a couple of times) but also a listener, discovering the enormous amount of writing talent we have in our town.

 

Hank Henderson reading at homo-centric, 10/18/12

Hank started off the evening himself, reading the short story “Peekaboo” by Bill Pronzini.  It’s in a compilation named Graveyard Plots (also available here) which, for me, had me on the edge of my seat with the accumulated anticipation of being really scared shitless all of a sudden. Don’t read it alone. (Queer connection: this story was read by a homosexual. Content is neutral!)

Next, Philip Littell spun a tale from the perspective of two ghosts anxiously awaiting a visit from the realty people. One of the humans is “sensitive” to the presence, one is not. Likewise, one of the ghosts is more assured in his role, the other, not so much. I really liked that this was told from that perspective, as in my usual forays into the realm of the ghostly world (OK, I admit it, reality shows Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State, Ghost Adventures, My Ghost Story, Paranormal Witness, blahdy blahdy boo!) it’s always told from the human POV. Here, we had ghosts who were at times lonely, scared, confused, controlling and funny! (Queer connection: I’ll go ahead and assume the assertive ghost was gay. Either that, or it was Philip’s cool sexy t-shirt with the orange stripes.)

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