Jewelle Gomez's Blog

• I/Porn

  June 8, 2009

  • I/Porn I'm a period piece junkie. I watched all the episodes of the recent PBS adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Little Dorrit" and was riveted. When Nicholas Nickelby was on Broadway I sat through both sections, totally 7 hours, in one day and came out smiling. AND watched it on TV. Dickens is able to create a kaleidescope of quirky characters in that soap opera way but with enough class ...
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• Saints & Sinners & Marriage

  May 29, 2009

  • The Civic Center Plaza here in San Francisco was bristling with energy when we waited on the steps of the Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear what the Justices had to say about Proposition 8.  They ultimately let it and it's anti-equal marriage change to our constitution stand although in a wierd turn the Court validated the 18,000 marriages that had taken place...mine included.  Now we have ...
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• National Poetry Month

  April 20, 2009

  • National Poetry Month always makes me happy.  So many poets...so few days in the month!  I'll mention just a couple of finds:Aaron Shurin teaches at University of San Francisco and used to teach at San Francisco State, which is where we met in the mid-90s.  His sparkling eyes are a hint at his major intelligence.  He's written a number of collections of poetry since 1993 as well as two ...
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