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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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13Mar/26

Geoffrey Newman

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March 13, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 9: Geoffrey Newman!

Geoffrey Newman shares his memoir, Better to Cry Now. We discuss living a blessed life in defiance of those who say you won’t make it, and how Geoffrey found the flow of his life that helped him be a proud, gay, black man so he could then help his students overcome any obstacle with creativity, tenacity, and love.

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Geoffrey Newman, PhD, is dean emeritus of the College of the Arts at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He was the first holder of the Owen Duston Distinguished Professorship from Wabash College in 1987 and received the prestigious Amoco Award for Theatrical Excellence from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in 1979. He helped establish the Department of Theater at Wabash College in 1970 and served on the faculty of the drama department from 1975 to 1986, during which time he was appointed chairman of drama (1982–1986). He then served as the founding dean of the College of Arts at Montclair State University from 1988 to 2011. He now resides in Palm Springs, California, with Ed, his husband and soulmate of forty-seven years.

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02Jan/26

Neil Laird

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January 2, 2026

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 11, Episode 01: Neil Laird!

Neil Laird helps us kick off the new year by sharing his series Prime Time Travelers. We discuss how his career as an Emmy-nominated director of historic series for television shaped writing his series. We also discuss uncovering examples of gay life in ancient times while balancing satire, romance, and historical drama in his series

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Neil Laird is a multiple Emmy-nominated director of historical films for Discovery, BBC, PBS, History Channel, National Geographic, and many other networks. He has produced over 100 programs around the globe that feature crumbling Egyptian tombs, lost Mayan cities, and mysterious shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea.

But to his continued disappointment, he has yet to stumble upon a time machine to see these things when they were shiny and new. His book, the first in a series, aims to remedy that grave injustice.

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26Dec/25

Gordon Blitz

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December 26, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 51: Gordon Blitz!

Gordon Blitz returns to share his novel Converso Jews: A Hidden Family Story. We discuss his recent plays and monologues, as well as the book’s dual story line and how it explores families in the past hiding their Judaism from the Catholics in control and how it has affected a modern family who doesn’t know where some of their rituals came from as they learn to embrace an interfaith, gay love relationship.

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After forty years as an accountant, Gordon Blitz retired in 2017 and became a passionate writing machine. As a senior LGBTQ+ man, he has a unique perspective on the many facets of being LGBTQ+ for the last fifty years. He is a multi-media creative artist, novelist, playwright and performer.

A Homeless Thanksgiving had a reading in 2025 as part of the Talking It Out Festival at the Spit & Vigor Blackbox Theatre in New York City.

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May 10, 2024

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 9, Episode 18 Interview – Gordon Blitz

Gordon Blitz joins us to share his multi-genre strengths by writing about dementia, aging, and late-life same-sex love in Harmonic Dissonance. We then discuss his crime novel Murder Times Three-A Waverly Place Mystery where he highlights bisexual and asexual aspects of being queer while a cat uncovers clues that lead the amateur sleuth through the case.

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From a young child, Gordon was called a sissy, girlie, fag, queer, and homo. Getting towel whipped, stomach punched and spit on were part of his world. Being bullied like this made him go into a nice, staid, and stable career in accounting. Gordon didn’t find his writer’s voice until 2017 when he retired from forty years of debits and credits. Since then he’s become a passionate writing machine. Gordon has published work in Whoa Nelly Press, Wingless Dreamer, Two Hawks Quarterly, the Santa Monica College Journals Chronicles and On Going Moments, and Gay Wicked Ways.

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19Dec/25

Madeleine Nakamura

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December 19, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 50: Madeleine Nakamura!

Madeleine Nakamura shares her novels Cursebreakers and Angel Eye. We discuss the impact of queer speculative fiction, as well as authentic ways to introduce mental illness in main characters.

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Madeleine Nakamura is an author and editor based in Los Angeles. Her debut adult queer fantasy novel Cursebreakers, published by Red Hen Press, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Independent Book Review and won bronze in the Foreword INDIES. In her spare time, Madeleine enjoys tabletop RPGs, video games, cooking, and embroidery.

The sequel to Cursebreakers, Angel Eye, is available now and has also received a Kirkus Star.

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21Nov/25

Hugh Flynn

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November 21, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 46: Hugh Flynn!

Hugh Flynn shares his memoir Something Special Be. We discuss the challenges LGBTQ+ folks face when pursuing legal guardianship, not to mention how it rips families apart, while Hugh shares how inspiring his brother Aaron was during his journey to self-determination!

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Hugh Flynn is a multi-award-winning author, playwright, journalist, and former healthcare communications executive. He has been widely published throughout the US and Canada, and he has written extensively on health, wellness, labor, human rights, and entertainment. He has as a long history advocating for underserved populations. SOMETHING SPECIAL BE is his first memoir. His current project is a collection of short stories entitled FIFTH GRADE , an unfettered look at the outrageous life of a precocious child. He and his husband live in Southern California where his notably wry, sardonic sense of humor is on daily display.

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14Nov/25

Robyn Green

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November 14, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 45: Robyn Green!

Robyn Green shares her debut novel The Dramatic Life of Jonah Penrose. We discuss writing depth into the lives of the characters who bring her theatre-based queer romcom to life!

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Born and raised in Suffolk, England, Robyn started writing from a young age. She studied English Literature and creative writing at sixth form then specialising in set and costume design and script writing.

When she’s not writing romance Robyn works as a Wardrobe and Costume Lead, creating and curating gorgeous costumes and props for the stage.

With a passion for literature and theatre Robyn can usually be found reading a book with her son or watching a musical, with a cup of tea never far from view.

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