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  • Come Cure Your Blues!

    November 4, 2009

    • LGBTQ contributors were the heart of the cult nonfiction magazine Morbid Curiosity. To celebrate the release of a new book drawn from the magazine's pages, Books Inc. on Market hosts a reading on November 6 at 7:30 p.m. Featured stories: * Claudius Reich survives a nail bomb on Old Compton Street, London * Dorian Katz gets attacked in Lower Haight * Dean Estes grows up gay in the Mormon ...
  • Morbid Curiosity keeps going and going...

    October 27, 2009

    • It had to happen. The reading in Half Moon Bay this last Saturday had the smallest audience yet: three (two SOs and a close friend) plus the bookstore staff. I felt terrible for having asked my readers to slog through October traffic over the hill for so little benefit. They were wonderful, though, very professional. They brought the show, even if Half Moon Bay didn't cough up the audience.I'm ...
  • I have a morbid outlook

    October 24, 2009

    • There's an interview with me in the new issue of Morbid Outlook: http://www.morbidoutlook.comToday is event #8 in the Morbid Curiosity roadshow. A feature about the magazine appeared in the Half Moon Bay Review: http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2009/10/23/community/arts_entertainment/doc4ade0b0c1a394937502892.txtI have my voice back. My nails are silvered. My daughter is home for her October ...
  • Just a quick reminder...

    July 17, 2009

    • My next reading (and first public one in New York) will be taking place at the New York Public Library, Riverdale Branch, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18th--details can be found here. The event is free and open to the public, so if you're in the area please stop by! Greg
  • Upcoming Reading in Seattle

    July 8, 2009

    • For those of you in the Seattle, WA area next week, I will be doing an author reading from The Pool of Shikama on Wednesday, July 15th, at 7:00 PM at the University of Washington Bookstore. It's a fabulous store with a huge inventory and a friendly staff. Come on by, hear a little bit of story magic, and introduce yourself! More info on the Events Page for the University Bookstore (about ...
  • Single Woman of a Certain Age Reading Tuesday 6/30 from 6-7:30 PM at SF Main Librry

    June 29, 2009

    • Readings from Single Woman of a Certain Age at San Francisco glorious Main Library!Readers include Jane Ganahl, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Joyce Maynard, Wendy Merrill, April Sinclair and Cameron Tuttle
  • Spoken Word: June 20

    June 24, 2009

    •  I attended Spoken Word at Cafe del Sol in Floyd June 20.  It was, as usual, lively and inspiring.  Colleen Redman, author of Loose Leaf Notes (and other texts), commented here:http://www.looseleafnotes.com/notes/2009/06/just_when_you_thought_the_floy.html
  • First the "Podcast" Readings live here at Red Room

    April 29, 2009

    • I've been doing a series of readings of very short stories - no longer than five or six minutes apiece - and posting them on my main website.  I have now imported that audio to my Red Room author's page for your enjoyment (assuming you enjoy such things). These are very short stories based on Internet Emoticons - I have (so far) read my stories based on the standard smiley face, the cheesy grin, ...
  • John Siddique and Mark Illis at Central Library

    April 10, 2009

    • Had a very nice evening on Thursday: I went to the Manchester launch of John Siddique's poetry collection, Recital: An Almanac, and Mark Illis's story collection, Tender, both of them new books from Salt. Central Library committee room was packed out for two riveting readings. The two authors had provided bubbly wine, so groan, but also yum, I succumbed (I've been staying off alcohol lately.) ...
  • Baby Steps to World Domination

    April 8, 2009

    • I've been moving forward on the release events for the Morbid Curiosity book. While up in Seattle, we dropped into Elliott Bay Book Company, just to gauge its health. Saturday night, just after the soccer game let out, there was a good crowd moving around the store, looking at books. I would love to do an event there, if they'll let me. I'm thinking about ganging it together with a trip to ...