Queer Archive
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Billie Allen
Posted on July 19, 2011 | No CommentsShe knew me as I was. And she knew, too, the artist I’m writing about currently: the late filmmaker and director, Bill Gunn. The two Bills. Companeros. She of the beautiful mind and skin, he of the same. I met... -
God Bless You, Gertrude
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsYou have only to open the Library of America’s sterling edition of Gertrude Stein’s “Writings, 1903-1932,” to find what you are looking for in terms of inspiration. She changed everything, and she can change your mind with a glance of... -
Versions of Masculinity
Posted on June 27, 2011 | No CommentsIn New Orleans. Clouds like planes of solid atmosphere. The heat that sends you scurrying and then laying flat. An atmosphere of dazed reconciliation. My gay pride was spent here amidst sudden showers, and not knowing the gay scene at... -
Amazement (for Kevin)
Posted on June 12, 2011 | No CommentsToday, I was visiting friends in the West Village. One friend in particular. The windows were open. Gray mist, happy thoughts, transitioning from one home to another. Suddenly, the sound of cymbals and chanting on Fifth Avenue, we poked our...
