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29May/26

Sven Davisson of Rebel Satori Press

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May 29, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 19: Sven Davisson of Rebel Satori Press!

Sven Davisson of Rebel Satori Press joins us to share his latest release, The United Rite. We also cover his upcoming oracle decks, the Press’s latest releases, and what you can do to help save the legendary Hampshire College.

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Sven Davisson is the innovative force behind Rebel Satori Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to pushing boundaries and amplifying marginalized voices. With a keen eye for compelling narratives and a commitment to fostering diverse literary landscapes, Davisson curates a catalog that challenges conventions and sparks dialogue. Under his stewardship, Rebel Satori continues to be a beacon for groundbreaking literature that resonates with readers seeking fresh perspectives. His works include Breeding Devils in Chaos, The Rise & Fall of Rajneeshpuram, The Star Set Matrix, the story “Dim Star Descried” in Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism, and Puck You!

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July 4, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 23: Sven Davisson!

Sven Davisson returns to share his latest book, Puck You! We dive into reclaiming lost customs and engaging with transformative rituals as queer men to find solace in shared mythic histories & courage to embrace our path of queer resistance. We then look at some of Rebel Satori’s recent releases!

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Sven Davisson is the innovative force behind Rebel Satori Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to pushing boundaries and amplifying marginalized voices. With a keen eye for compelling narratives and a commitment to fostering diverse literary landscapes, Davisson curates a catalog that challenges conventions and sparks dialogue. Under his stewardship, Rebel Satori continues to be a beacon for groundbreaking literature that resonates with readers seeking fresh perspectives. His latest book, Puck You!, reclaims folklore as a path for queer empowerment. His other works include Breeding Devils in Chaos, The Rise & Fall of Rajneeshpuram, The Star Set Matrix, and the story “Dim Star Descried” in Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism.

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June 7, 2024

It gives us great pleasure to welcome Sven Davisson of Rebel Satori Press back as the guest on Season 9, Episode 22!

Sven Davisson returns to share his upcoming book, Breeding Devils in Chaos, a re-queering of the male mysteries. We then move on to highlight the titles Rebel Satori Press will be releasing this summer.

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Sven Davisson is the innovative force behind Rebel Satori Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to pushing boundaries and amplifying marginalized voices. With a keen eye for compelling narratives and a commitment to fostering diverse literary landscapes, Davisson curates a catalog that challenges conventions and sparks dialogue. Under his stewardship, Rebel Satori continues to be a beacon for groundbreaking literature that resonates with readers seeking fresh perspectives. His other works include The Starry Dynamo, The Star Set Matrix, and the story “Dim Star Descried” in Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism.

Since 2002, Rebel Satori Press has been committed to releasing cutting edge fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, with an emphasis on amplifying LGBTQIA+ voices and promoting diversity through the press and its imprints Queer Mojo, Queer Space, Arabi Manor, and the Library of Homosexual Congress. We are dedicated to safeguarding the voices of our heritage.

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June 9, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to welcome Sven Davisson of Rebel Satori Press back as the guest on Season 8, Episode 24 – Rebel Satori + Our Review of Wanda Sykes – I’m An Entertainer!

Sven Davisson returns to highlight Rebel Satori Press’s recent and Pride Month Releases. We follow that up with news of their imprints – Queer Mojo, Queer Space, Arabi Manor, and The Library of Homosexual Congress. Then Baz and Vance rate and review Wanda Sykes’ special “I’m An Entertainer,” and close by sharing who won their weeks!

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Rebel Satori is celebrating their 20th year in publishing (though it actually started with a zine back around 1989). In addition to the main press, Rebel has three imprints Queer Mojo, Queer Space (edited by Joseph Campbell) and Arabi Manor. They recently announced their fourth imprint—The Library of Homosexual Congress curated by Tom Cardamone—that will focus on bringing out of print queer books back in to print before they are lost to history. First LOHC title will appear this fall.

Sven Davisson is a writer, photographer and editor based in New Orleans. He is the Owner/Publisher of Rebel Satori.

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June 24, 2022

It gives us great pleasure to welcome Sven Davisson of Rebel Satori Press as the guest on Season 7, Episode 25 – Rebel Satori + Our Review of Queer as Folk!

Sven Davisson introduces us to Rebel Satori Press and its imprints: Queer Mojo, Queer Space, Arabi Manor, and The Library of Homosexual Congress. We then discuss their most recent release, Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs. Then Baz and Vance review Peacock’s Queer as Folk and share who won the week for them!

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Rebel Satori is celebrating their 20th year in publishing (though it actually started with a zine back around 1989). In addition to the main press, Rebel has three imprints Queer Mojo, Queer Space (edited by Joseph Campbell) and Arabi Manor. They recently announced their fourth imprint—The Library of Homosexual Congress curated by Tom Cardamone—that will focus on bringing out of print queer books back in to print before they are lost to history. First LOHC title will appear this fall.

Sven Davisson is a writer, photographer and editor based in New Orleans. He is the Owner/Publisher of Rebel Satori.

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22May/26

Frank Spinelli

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May 22, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 18: Frank Spinelli!

Frank Spinelli shares the third Angelo Perrotta Mystery: Precious Friends – Murder in Sag Harbor. We talk about how he uses his career to write a physician solving crimes, his experience to craft psychological suspense, and his location to understand economic class struggles.

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Frank Spinelli is a physician from New York. His writing credits include: The Advocate Guide to Gay Men’s Health and Wellness, Pee-Shy: A Memoir, Perfect Flaw: Angelo Perrotta Mysteries Book 1, No Angels Wept: Angelo Perrotta Mysteries Book 2, contributing author to Our Naked Lives and Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Men.

He has made appearances on Sirius Radio and co-hosted Speak Out: Real Talk About AIDS. His documentary credits include 30 Years from Here (Emmy nominated) and Positive Youth. His television credits include ABC News, NBC Nightly News, MTV, and Sesame Street – as well as hosting a season of Dueling Doctors.

He lives in Sag Harbor with his incredibly patient husband and their four-legged adopted son.

Frank Spinelli is an advocate for child sexual abuse survivors and has given frequent interviews about his experience as a victim of child sexual abuse while in the Boy Scouts.

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15May/26

Ron Naples

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May 15, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 17: Ron Naples!

Ron Naples joins us to share his memoirs: My Last Dance With Auntie Brie 1 & 2. We talk about his coming out in the 70s, his life in the early 80s club scene and as a house boy in Ptown, up through finally settling down in San Francisco – most of which was guided by the drag queen Auntie Brie. We discuss the importance of memory, as well as archiving these unique gay experiences.

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Ron Naples, a native of Connecticut, has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area with his partner Joe, for the last 40 years. In the ’70s, he was a percussion major at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In the ’80s, he earned a degree in Interior Design from CCC in San Pablo, CA. In later years, he became certified in massage therapy from NHI in Emeryville, CA, which he continues to practice today.

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08May/26

Mickie Kennedy

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May 8, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 16: Mickie Kennedy!

Mickie Kennedy joins us to share his poetry memoir Worth Burning. We talk about his life’s story and the themes of family, illness, and what it means to rebuild after trauma and tragedy.

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Born and raised in rural North Carolina, Mickie Kennedy is a gay poet who explores queerness, family, illness, and what it means to rebuild after trauma and tragedy. His work is a window to an integral time in gay history, when AIDS was its zenith and sex was synonymous with death. His debut poetry collection, Worth Burning, was published by Black Lawrence Press in February 2026, and his chapbook, Glandscapes, won Button Poetry’s 2025 Chapbook Prize. Recent poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, POETRY, The Threepenny Review, The Southern Review, The Sun, Copper Nickel, Nimrod, and Black Warrior Review.

Kennedy earned an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University, where he studied with Carolyn Forché. When he’s not writing, he runs eReleases, a national press release distribution company that helps small businesses earn real media coverage. He lives with his husband and grown children, splitting time between Baltimore County, Maryland and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

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01May/26

O’labumi Brown

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May 1, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 15: O’labumi Brown!

O’labumi Brown joins us to share her memoir Hairalujah. We discuss the art of moving between hardship and joy in memoirs. O’labumi shares some of her anecdotes and how the evolution of her hair marks the different points of her life.

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O’labumi Brown was born and raised in New York City, where she studied with Michel Marriott, whose memoir workshops were legendary. Brown, a memoirist, loves using metaphor to set a mood. Her short story “Romance on the Iron Horse” was published in Between the Covers: An Adult Romance Anthology, and her short story “Dragon Della” was published in ThereAfter Magazine. Her debut memoir Hairalujah traces the author’s journey of queer identity in the 80s and steps through allegory’s shadow to tell a story about the lessons she’s learned and how she rose from the rubble. O’labumi currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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17Apr/26

Andrew F. Giles

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April 17, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 14: Andrew F. Giles!

Andrew F. Giles joins invites us into his novel Transhumance. We discuss queer people returning to non-urban areas, and the speculative fiction idea that messages of the land reverberating through generations, and we follow the movement of the seasons.

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Andrew F. Giles writes poetry and prose, with work in many journals and anthologies. Transhumance is his first novel. He teaches remotely, and works and lives at Greyhame Farm, a smallholding in Asturias, Spain.

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10Apr/26

Vincent Traughber Meis

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April 10, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 13: Vincent Traughber Meis!

Vincent Traughber Meis joins us to share the English and Spanish versions of his novel Iguana. We discuss characters falling in love with other cultures, finding romance, and how to write diversity with empathy by exploring curiosity!

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Vincent Traughber Meis was born and raised in a large family in Decatur, Illinois. From an early age, he wrote plays—often cajoling his sisters into acting in them—as well as poems and short stories. In high school, he continued to write and won a local contest sponsored by the newspaper.

After graduating from Tulane University, he wrote numerous short stories and a couple of novels, which initially gathered dust on the shelf. It wasn’t until the 1980s that he began to see his byline in print, publishing travel articles, poems, and book reviews in outlets such as The Advocate, LA Weekly, InStyle, and Our World.

His passion for travel led him to live abroad in Spain and Saudi Arabia, where he taught English as a Second Language. These international experiences deeply informed his writing, with many of his articles, stories, and later novels exploring the gay experience across different cultures.

In 1991, Meis began teaching English at City College of San Francisco. There, he also served as the Publications Coordinator for Union Action, where he wrote member profiles, feature articles, and edited numerous pieces. The publication earned several awards from the California Federation of Teachers.

He took early retirement in 2011 to focus on his writing and has since published ten novels. Several of his books have received critical acclaim: Tío Jorge, Down in Cuba, and Deluge each won Rainbow Awards, while The Mayor of Oak Street and First Born Sons earned Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Awards.

His short stories have appeared in various anthologies and online publications, often reaching finalist status in short story competitions. His work frequently centers characters across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and reflects a rich tapestry of racial and ethnic diversity. Vincent lives with his husband in San Leandro, California, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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03Apr/26

Lee Pulaski

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April 3, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 12: Lee Pulaski!

Lee Pulaski returns with his latest novel Murder of a Midnight Marriage. We discuss being in the public light, the masks of personality, and the chaos of weddings!

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Living in the real world was never a long-term plan for Lee Pulaski. He spent many a day imagining bold adventures and playing them out in the quiet countryside of Chino Valley, Arizona. Lee was first published in high school for writing about the news and telling compelling feature stories about people. And while Lee’s still a working journalist today, his excitement for writing mystery, romance, and fantasy inspired him to write his first novel in 2006 after a particularly breathtaking autumn…

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August 1, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 29: Lee Pulaski!

Lee Pulaski shares his latest novel We Ride at Brunch. We discuss found family and whether friends can become lovers. Then we peek into the state of LGBTQ book events.

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Living in the real world was never a long-term plan for Lee Pulaski. He spent many a day imagining bold adventures and playing them out in the quiet countryside of Chino Valley, Arizona. Lee was first published in high school for writing about the news and telling compelling feature stories about people. And while Lee’s still a working journalist today, his excitement for writing mystery, romance, and fantasy inspired him to write his first novel in 2006 after a particularly breathtaking autumn…

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December 20, 2024

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 9, Episode 49: Lee Pulaski!

Lee Pulaski returns to share the latest novel in his Chino Valley series: Miss Phoenix Goes Deliciously Mad. We then discuss writing current hot-topics into romance novels, like drag queen story hour and mentoring youth through their coming out. He also shares the release of his anthology: Fables From the Other Side of The Rainbow, wherein you’ll find stories like finding grandpa’s love letters to another man, and a DJ who returns a missing cat only to be happily rewarded.

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Stories are like potato chips. Lee Pulaski cannot write just one.

Lee’s journey of writing books started in 2006, but his love of writing and reading was born much earlier. He learned to read at age 3½, a fact his proud mother will tell anyone anytime and anywhere. That love of reading soon turned into a desire to write, ranging from short stories for school to three-act plays that include one that was produced when Lee was in high school.

Lee’s motivation to write was born by not seeing characters that were like him in the books he absorbed. Since he couldn’t find stories about two men finding their happily ever after, he chose to provide that himself. At the time, Lee was sadly single, so the books helped to provide form to his dreams of finding a suitable gentleman. Even after finding his sweetheart, Todd, the love stories haven’t stopped.

Even with his relocation to Wisconsin in 2011, part of him remembers his hometown fondly, prompting him to “go home again” and write love stories based in Chino Valley, Arizona. In those stories, Lee seeks to push boundaries with those books, tackling topics like gay fatherhood and coping with family members in the fierce grip of alcoholism, as well as writing about runaway drag queens and furries.

When he finds himself in a rare moment of not writing, he likes to travel around Wisconsin with Todd, checking out street art and out-of-the-way restaurants, among other things, as well as spending some quality time with the latest litter of Australian Shepherd puppies his mother raises.

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February 2, 2024

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 9, Episode 5 Interview – Lee Pulaski

Lee Pulaski returns to share his recent books, Heartsong of the Lonesome Road, and The Tragic Tale of Tabby and Henny. After diving into those, we discuss his upcoming works, which include a mystery, a fantasy, an anthology and a drag queen.

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Living in the real world was never a long-term plan for Lee Pulaski. He spent many a day imagining bold adventures and playing them out in the quiet countryside of Chino Valley, Arizona. Lee was first published in high school for writing about the news and telling compelling feature stories about people. And while Lee’s still a working journalist today, his excitement for writing mystery, romance, and fantasy inspired him to write his first novel in 2006 after a particularly breathtaking autumn…

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June 2, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 8, Episode 23: Lee Pulaski + our “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” review!

Lee Pulaski returns with his audiobook White Christmas in the Desert, which he proudly gets to label “narrated by the author!” Then Baz and Vance rate and review The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and close by sharing who won their weeks!

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Living in the real world was never a long-term plan for Lee Pulaski. He spent many a day imagining bold adventures and playing them out in the quiet countryside of Chino Valley, Arizona. Lee was first published in high school for writing about the news and telling compelling feature stories about people. And while Lee’s still a working journalist today, his excitement for writing mystery, romance, and fantasy inspired him to write his first novel in 2006 after a particularly breathtaking autumn…

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August 26, 2022

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 7, Episode 34: Lee Pulaski + Our Review of Uncoupled!

Lee Pulaski returns to share his latest novel, The Night of the Hodag. We discuss writing supernatural investigations, the importance of writing non-traditional relationships (three men in this case), incorporating local lore into writing, and the importance of local writing groups. Then Baz and Vance review Uncoupled and share who won the week for them!

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Living in the real world was never a long-term plan for Lee Pulaski. He spent many a day imagining bold adventures and playing them out in the quiet countryside of Chino Valley, Arizona. Lee was first published in high school for writing about the news and telling compelling feature stories about people. And while Lee’s still a working journalist today, his excitement for writing mystery, romance, and fantasy inspired him to write his first novel in 2006 after a particularly breathtaking autumn…

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October 29, 2021

It gives us great pleasure to welcome Lee Pulaski as the guest on Season 6, Episode 43 – All Of A Sudden An Idea Was Forming!

Lee Pulaski joins us to share his recent release, White Christmas in the Desert, how the fall colors inspired his first novel, writing stories about non-standard families, tender romances, mysteries, and so much more!

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Living in the real world was never a long-term plan for Lee. He spent many a day imagining bold adventures and playing them out in the quiet countryside of Chino Valley, Arizona. Still, he never could have imagined at the time that the dreams and worlds created in his mind would someday be in print form.

Lee first published in high school, where he wrote about the news and told compelling feature stories about people. His talent for photography helped to bring those stories to life. Lee’s still a working journalist today.

Despite seeing his byline several times a week, Lee still yearned to see his name on the cover of a book. He was inspired to write his first novel in 2006 after spending a vacation camping with family during a particularly breathtaking autumn, where the reds, oranges and yellows were on full display. The experience helped bring about a romantic story called The Colors of Love and Autumn, which he published through Torquere Press in 2008 as an e-book. Now twenty books in, Lee is still writing—and still in the pursuit of new worlds and new dreams.

He joined the Shawano Area Writers in 2011, giving him a chance to test out his WIPs, and providing an opportunity to work with other writers striving to see their work in print.

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27Mar/26

Lauren Sanders

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March 27, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 11: Lauren Sanders!

Lauren Sanders shares the 25th Anniversary of their novel Kamikaze Lust. We discuss sex and sexuality in literature, how audience views on sex scenes have changed, and how to tell stories about porn without pornography.

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Lauren Sanders (she/they) is the author of the novel & audiobook, Kamikaze Lust, which won a 2000 Lambda Literary Award and has been reissued in a 25th anniversary edition from Akashic Books, with a new foreword by Carly Moore. Lauren’s other novels include, With or Without You (a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award) and The Book of Love and Hate, which The Advocate called “a thrilling tale of espionage, family ties, sex, love, and betrayal.”

She is co-editor of a really fun cultural-pastiche anthology called Too Darn Hot: Writing About Sex Since Kinsey, and her short fiction, reviews, and journalism have appeared in various publications over the past decades, including Bookforum, the American Book Review, Poets & Writers, the long lost New York Press—anyone else remember when New York City was crawling with alternative weeklies?

By day Sanders runs editorial and digital content at a national foundation dedicated to education and the arts. She has served on nonprofit boards, most recently at New York Writers Coalition, whose mission was to cultivate community through free and low-cost writing workshops throughout New York City and beyond. She is a graduate of Barnard and Columbia’s J-school and along the way also snagged an MA in Creative Writing from City College.

Sanders was born in Queens and has lived most of her life between Brooklyn and downtown NYC, with a stopover during her formative years in Long Island (see, With or Without You, but remember it’s fiction, ok?). These days she resides in the nation of Brooklyn and cavorts on the north shore of Long Island where on clear day you might find her paddle boarding the Sound or hanging with her partner and Staffie mix, Maverick.

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20Mar/26

Mike Player

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March 20, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 10: Mike Player!

Mike Player shares his western comedy, Utopia. We discuss humor in literature, white-washed wild-west history, misfit heroes, and the art of writing stories that resonate with people of all types.

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Mike Player is a comedy writer, actor, and author. He is the creator/executive producer of MTV’s LOGO Network series, “The Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack.” He is the founder of three comedy groups; “Shock of the Funny” in New York, and “The Gay Mafia” and “Angry Daddies” in Los Angeles. He is the editor and a contributor to “Out on the Edge: America’s Rebel Comics” published by Alyson Books. He is the author of several published science fiction/horror short stories, as well as the comedy/suspense novels, “Viral – The Story of the Milkshake Girl,” and “Hyperloop To Hell.” His most recent novel is a queer comedy western, “Utopia.”

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