circuitmouse
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | writer, artist, literary curator |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Introduction | I've grown up all over America since coming here as a child, from Cape Cod to California. Editor of BLK and Kuumba, author of the "BLK Guide to Southern California"; and a chapbook of poetry; published in the "The Big Gay Book", "Blood Whispers", "Louder Than Bombs", "The Road Before Us: 10 Black Gay Poets", "Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS", "Sundays at Seven", "Uncommon Heroes", and "Fighting Words: Personal Essays by Black Gay Men". For over a decade he was the literary curator at A Different Light, where he also curated the Gay Men's Writers Series. He organized "The Fire This Time: A Gay and Lesbian Response to the LA Riots," The West Hollywood Poetry Walk, the inaugural ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives literary series, HIV:LA, and BGM at Highways Performance Space. His play "Angelenos Anonymous" was performed on the anniversary of the riots. He has performed at the San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival and across the U.S. His art been exhibited around the country as well. |
| Interests | architecture, gay culture, gay literature, gay rights, historic preservation, Paul Madonna, sobriety, This American Life, todo lo cubano, urban studies, world music |
| Favorite movies | Breathless, Brokeback Mountain, Cabaret, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Color Purple, Fiddler on the Roof, Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozhinho (The Way He Looks), Hotel Rwanda, The Maltese Falcon, The Namesake, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Wizard of Oz |
| Favorite music | Albita, Apache Indian, John Beltran, Celia Cruz, Etienne Daho, Jorge Drexler, Karsh Kale, EARTHA KITT, Ernesto Lecuona, Ivri Lider, Scotch Ellis Loring, Ricky Martin, Bette Midler, Mark Nishita, Jane Olivor, Ozomatli, Phideaux, Eros Ramazotti, Vicki Randle, Marcos Sacramento, Paul Van Dyk, Sara Vaughn, Fats Waller, Zap Mama |
| Favorite books | Autobiograpy of a Family Photo, Bastard Out of Carolina, Before Night Falls, Blanche on the Lam, Coffee Will Make You Black, Forbidden Colors, Funny Boy, Giovanni's Room, The Joy Luck Club, The Motion of Light in Water, Querelle, The Right to Write, A Single Man, Tales of the City, This Bridge Called My Back, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Sawyer, anything by Julia Cameron, Tom Corcoran, S.V. Date, Tim Dorsey, John Green, Thich Nhat Hanh, Carl Hiaasen, Pico Iyer, Anne LaMott, John Maisel, Barbara Parker, John Scalzi and David Sedaris |
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