In mid-1974, my third trade book [“trade” means produced by a traditional publisher], Selma 1965, came out from Charles Scribner’s Sons. Scribner’s had published Hemingway, Edith Wharton, Fitzgerald, Vonnegut, Stephen King, and lots more bigtime writers – and now, me.
[NOTE: Anybody, especially a church bureaucrat or official, who tells you that Big Christianity, Catholic & Protestant, is not cracking apart over LGBT and associated issues, is either terribly under-informed, or putting you on. Such happy-or “We (& Jesus)-can work-it-out” talk is red-flag stuff, a warning that either their competence or their candor, or … Continue reading Two Clashing Religious Views: An Asian American Apostate Speaks; and Anglican & Catholic Internal Splits: Big Crashes Ahead? Two Perspectives
What Goes ‘Moo’ And Then Explodes? Gwynne Dyer — April 21, 2024 “When I do a puzzle with my daughters, there is usually an elephant next to a giraffe next to a rhino,” said Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science. “But if I was trying to give them a more realistic sense … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Cows that Blow Up, and Could Blast Our Future
[NOTE: Given the heavy U.S.-based support for this draconian law, it behooves allies of LGBTQ folks to speak out about this, and keep pressure on U.S. and Uganda officials to oppose it.] The Guardian Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-gay bill Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to … Continue reading Uganda Prez Blinks, Delays New, U.S. Evangelical-Backed “Kill Gays” Law: Debate Continues
FOUR: Bringing Them, Home, and Bringing It Back Part One is here. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. While on Nantucket, I managed to draft about sixty pages of my Quaker novel, and several episodes of the quilt story, before cash ran too low for more room rent. Than I had reluctantly taken … Continue reading The Island of Two Stories: Part Four of Four