Alec Clayton
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Location | Olympia, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | I am an artist and writer living in Olympia, Washington. I write an art review column, a theater review column and arts features for the Weekly Volcano, a community theater review column for The (Tacoma) News Tribune and regular arts features for OLY ARTS (Olympia). My published novels are: This Is Me, Debbi, David; Tupelo; The Freedom Trilogy (a three-book series consisting of The Backside of Nowhere, Return to Freedom and Visual Liberties); Reunion at the Wetside; The Wives of Marty Winters; Imprudent Zeal and Until the Dawn. I've also published a book on art, As If Art Matters. All are available on amazon.com. I grew up in Tupelo and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and have been living in the Pacific Northwest since 1988 where I am active in many progressive organizations such as PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). |
| Interests | art, literature, film, theater, civil rights, human rights, equal rights, peace, sports when the home team is winning |
| Favorite movies | No Country for Old Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Bagdad Café, Benny & Joon, Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, Frida, My Family (Mi Familia), Brokeback Mountian, Whale Rider, Crash, Kinky Boots, All That Jazz. |
| Favorite music | Dave Brubeck, Charlie Mingus, Leonard Cohen, KD Lang, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton |
| Favorite books | anything by Michael Cunningham or Cormac McCarthy, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, most of Barbara Kingsolver's novels, Steinbeck's novels and Hemingway's short stories. |