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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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24Oct/25

Vinny Cusenza

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October 24, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 42: Vinny Cusenza!

Vinny Cusenza shares his novel Blood and Soil. We discuss setting a romance and thriller against the American Nazi movement in the 1950s, and how that shaped the gay closet. We then correlate that history to the echoes of it we’re feeling today.

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Vinny Cusenza writes across genres, but always from the heart. Whether in his literary debut Blood and Soil or his personal essays and travel meditations, Vinny explores the nuances of identity, place, and the quiet power of human connection.

A native New Yorker with a photographer’s eye and a wanderer’s soul, he has won awards for his photography, founded a boutique New England inn, and once sang with Liza Minnelli in Central Park. His work blends emotional honesty with lyrical precision—and just a touch of mischief.

Vinny lives in Brooklyn with husband Steve and the spirit of Neko, their dearly departed, transsexual cat. When he’s not writing or editing, he’s likely photographing the boroughs or planning his next travel dispatch.

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03Oct/25

Jeffrey Round

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October 3, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 39: Jeffrey Round!

Jeffrey Round shares his novel The English Tutor! We discuss cultural differences, dividing beliefs, and love that still blossoms as two people from completely different worlds learn to understand one another.

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Jeffrey Round is an award-winning author, filmmaker, songwriter, and photographer. His books include the Lambda Award-winning Dan Sharp series, the comic Bradford Fairfax series, and the acclaimed war novel The Honey Locust. He directed Agatha Christie’s stage classic, The Mousetrap, for three of its twenty-seven record-breaking years at Toronto Truck Theatre. His plays, films, and music videos have won multiple international awards, including the Luis Buñuel Memorial Award.

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12Sep/25

Daniel Lee

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September 12, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 36: Daniel W.K. Lee!

Daniel W.K. Lee shares his book of poetry, Anatomy of Want. We discuss exploring desire that isn’t necessarily romantic, and writing in a way that’s evocative, not provocative.

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DANIEL W.K. LEE is a third generation refugee. Born in Kuching, Malaysia to an ethnic Cantonese family who fled wars in China and then Vietnam, he made his escape to New Orleans—with his head-turning whippet, Camden.

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15Aug/25

Jessamyn St. Claire

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August 15, 2025

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 10, Episode 32: Jessamyn St. Claire!

Jessamyn St. Claire shares her novel Hunted. We discuss bisexual inclusion, building passion through danger, and writing modern mafia noir thrillers.

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Jessamyn St. Claire is an up-and-coming author of dark and thrilling gay fiction with plenty of action and steam in her stories.

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