The tale of a Revolutionary, a lesbian fry-cook, a rich heiress & her prostitute lover all centered in the epicenter of a sleezy fast food anti-life restaurant in San Francisco.
Like it's companion anthology SUZIE Q & OTHER STORIES, ALEXANDER D'ORO contains 5 shorter gems. It is a black-of-center collection. The title piece, is semi autobiographical, mostly about a fabulous character we first met in FLASH! ON THE HUSTLER! A beautiful black sissy, failed theatrical actor, and hustler extraordinaire. The growing up of two gay teenagers, the author, describes his own early years. We were talking about ideas and the civil...
Approximately 800 poems were written by the author over a twenty-year time frame. Originally published in 33 chapbooks, in the 1970's in small chap books Red self-printed by mimeograph, machine copy, & stencil 'back in the day' before Xerox photo copy, which he distributed in the streets and gay bars. They were combined & republished in 1996, in a 2-volume poetry collection. THE AGE OF OM, and, THE IRON WOMAN. They contain Early Poems (1957-19...
Street of Dreams was written around the same time in the authors life, of early transition (sex change) along with its companion book Doing It For The Mistress, and Autumn Changes.
4th publication of this world-class novel. A highly recommended novel, written by one who lived it! Lucy & Mickey portrays gay life in the late 1950's, early '60s, and a powerful romance & sexual drama between two females, Lucy & Mickey. Gay bar raids, street scenes, underclass women. Street prostitution as it intersects the gay life. Drugs incursion into their lives, from hardcore addicts. Chicago, New York.
Continuing journal of an old transsexual man living in poverty with his 2 parrots and cat. He is a writer, painter &... goes to religious institutions in his spiritual quest. His life &... More > times. Many interesting interactions with fascinating characters. He lives in the queer, arts mecca, San Francisco. He sits in the sun on fire hydrants and ledges of buildings, writing his infameous NOTES, which comprise these journals, he is seeing a...
The artist's premire piece about his alcoholism, and how he has claimed sobriety for 39 years. This short book will be a God-Send for many who struggle with substance abuse. A must-have for your library of self-help. Makes a good present to give to someone strugling to find sobriety.
This collection of shorter works is a glimpse of gay & lesbian life in the 1980's. Characters of different walks of life, & nationalities. Some deal with substance abuse. Most deal with their love lives. Tales of struggle and lesbian strength.
Approximately 800 poems were written by the author over a twenty-year time frame. Originally published in 33 chapbooks, in the 1970's in small chap books Red self-printed by mimeograph, machine copy, & stencil 'back in the day' before Xerox photo copy, which he distributed in the streets and gay bars. They were combined & republished in 1996, in a 2-volume poetry collection. THE AGE OF OM, and, THE IRON WOMAN. They contain Early Poems (1957-19...
The Journal of Red Jordan Arobateau, PASSAGE, continues where AUTUMN CHANGES ended. It too is A Transsexual Account. PASSAGE picks up in 2005, 7 years after he's begun. It also flashes back into the past. This Journal is both interesting, & funny. It is both philosophical and anecdotal: "Amid time, mixing the sediment of experiences, grew wisdom, and he began to find others like him, so alone, not the glamorous, but black women in low rent hot...
A middleclass lesbian bartender-in a straight bar-finally meets a femme. Butch/femme drama. Class differences. Interracial, white-Latina. Peep shows. A weave of the day-to-day emotional fabric in the lives of lesbian women. Most popular seller
The continuing journal of an old transsexual man living in poverty with his 2 parrots and cat. He is a writer, painter &... goes to religious institutions in his spiritual quest. His life & times. Many interesting interactions with fascinating characters. He lives in the queer, arts mecca, San Francisco. He is treated to free coffee at the Persian coffeehouse, and sits in the sun on fire hydrants and ledges of buildings, writing his infameous ...
The ongoing journal of an old transsexual man who lives in poverty in San Francisco with his cat and parrots, creating fine art, and fine literature. He is a spiritual seeker who is often found in religious places, seeking to touch the Devine. He longs for better times here on earth
This novel takes place durring the wind-down of the Viet Nam war, the early 1970's, in mystical San Francisco.
Gradually she'd given up houses. Abandon things. Gotten rid of her possessions. She became a traveler.
"I keep nothing.
Each day is my last, and I'm alive.
These are the words of a homeless street woman, a survivor, a sensitive soul. This is an account of her daily plans, routes, survival--and her thoughts, ideas & dreams.
Continuing journal of an old transsexual man living in poverty with his 2 parrots and cat. He is a writer, painter & goes to religious institutions in his spiritual quest. His life & times. Many interesting interactions with fascinating characters. He lives in the queer, arts mecca, San Francisco. He sits in the sun on fire hydrants and ledges of buildings, writing his infameous NOTES, which comprise these journals, he is seeing a male hustler...
Continuing journal of an old transsexual man living in poverty with his 2 parrots and cat. He is a writer, painter & goes to religious institutions in his spiritual quest. His life & times. Many interesting interactions with fascinating characters. He lives in the queer, arts mecca, San Francisco. He sits in the sun on fire hydrants and ledges of buildings, writing his infameous NOTES, which comprise these journals, he is seeing a male hustler...
The continuing journal of an old transsexual man living in poverty with his 2 parrots and cat. He is a writer, painter &... goes to religious institutions in his spiritual quest. His life & times. Many interesting interactions with fascinating characters. He lives in the queer, arts mecca, San Francisco. He sits in the sun on fire hydrants and ledges of buildings, writing his infameous NOTES, which comprise these journals, he is seeing a male ...
The continuing journal of an old transsexual man living in poverty with his 2 parrots and cat. He is a writer, painter &... goes to religious institutions in his spiritual quest. His life & times. Many interesting interactions with fascinating characters. He lives in the queer, arts mecca, San Francisco. He sits in the sun on fire hydrants and ledges of buildings, writing his infameous NOTES, which comprise these journals, he is seeing a male ...
