“I am a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” Washington Wizards center Jason Collins made this announcement April 29, thirty-eight years after Washington Redskins Dave Kopay became first pro player to come out–after [...]
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A Word In Edgewise: More Lessons from Facebook
May 2, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
As any Facebook follower knows, one receives daily innumerable photos of cats, dogs, infant bats, baby pygmy hippopotami, Friesian and Gypsy Vanner horses–all creatures great and small. I’ve always been fascinated by creatures the more [...]
Books: 468
May 2, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
The Book of Killowen Erin Hart Scribner $26 The fourth in Hart’s fine Nora Gavin series finds American pathologist Nora and her Irish lover archaeologist Cormac Maguire, called to Killowen Bog in County Tipperary. The corpse of [...]
A Word In Edgewise: Playing Well with Others
April 18, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
I usually finish a book before discussing it, but Gilles Herrada’s The Missing Myth: A New Version of Same-Sex Love is an exception. His introduction offers insights into avoiding adversarial barriers to meaningful discussion, which I apply here [...]
Books: 466
April 4, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
Two markedly disparate books, one a memoir, one a novel, explore in their fashions the theme of selfness, who one is in place and time, and what maps the perspectives one uses to chart one’s [...]
A Word In Edgewise: Kind Hearts, Queens, and Presidents
April 4, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
By signing a new charter for the fifty-four member Commonwealth of Nations, Queen Elizabeth II has given Royal support to equal rights for all–just shy of naming GLBT subjects. “‘We are implacably opposed to all forms of [...]
A Word In Edgewise: I Now Pronounce You…
March 21, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
The discussions roil on about whether to hold out until legalized same-sex pairings are called “marriages” or to yield to the separate-but-equal “civil unions” terminology if that will allow the unions to happen. Personally? I think that [...]
Glimpses: 464
March 7, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
Big Balls in the Twin Cities 28th Paul Bunyan Invitational Bowling Tournament Time to register for the Paul Bunyan Invitational! The 28th Tournament will be held March 22-25 (not Easter weekend). Entries must be postmarked by [...]
A Word In Edgewise: Closet of the Curiosities: Writing Micro Seminar I
March 7, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
After a reading of my novel, M-o-t-h-e-r Spells Murder, I was asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” There’s not really a formula, nor are ideas are pulled fresh minted from the author’s nether orifice, nor are [...]
Glimpses: 463
February 21, 2013 by E.B. Boatner
Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival – Twentieth Year From February 28 through March 17, the Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival will offer a unique collection of films carefully chosen with an eye for quality and providing something for [...]
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