Gay and Lesbian

The Doomed Glamor of Polk Street

This is a memoir of seeing Polk Street back in the 1970s when it was a gay mecca.

Letters to the Dead (an excerpt from a novel-in-progress)

Janis, the speaker in the piece, a writer and fired college professor, is in a rehab. Her best friend Ev has recently died. In this ...

Roast of Tomas Hussien Thundiyil part 2

Aaron Shurin

Aaron Shurin reads "In the Bars of Heaven and Hell" from his new book is King of Shadows, a collection of narrative essays, just ...

The Doomed Glamour of Polk Street

A young man loses his cherry on the mean streets of Polk.

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