Author Archives: Lane Igoudin

Speaking Out on Gay Parenting and Writing at Lambda LitFest

Loved being part of the “Our Families, Our Stories: Writing and Parenting in the Trenches” apanel t 2019 Lambda LitFest with Michael Kearns, Carla Sameth, Pat Alderete, and Aimee Rowe, and reading there the opening chapter of my book Dispositions. From a lesbian Mom with a child from a short-lived straight marriage, to a pioneering,Continue reading “Speaking Out on Gay Parenting and Writing at Lambda LitFest”

Lambda LitFest Writing/Parenting Panel

Please come to our panel “Our Families, Our Stories: Writing and Parenting in the Trenches” at Lambda Literary Festival. Here’s the panel description: For those LGBTQ writers who are parents, the realities of parenthood intersects at every level of the professional author experience. Queer parents are often intentional in creating their families and in howContinue reading “Lambda LitFest Writing/Parenting Panel”

#AWP20 Panel Proposal Accepted

The AWP 2020 organizers accepted the proposal for a panel I’ll be moderating, called “Nurturing Future Danticats and Nabokovs: Engaging Multilingual/ESL Students in Creative Writing.” With the 35% proposal acceptance rate, it is a testament to the importance of the topic and the joint expertise of our panelists. Here is the panel description and theContinue reading “#AWP20 Panel Proposal Accepted”

Interview in LA Collegian Wired

In April, Los Angeles Collegian – the student newspaper of Los Angeles City College – interviewed me about the UCLA / Medical Humanities project for their Facebook / YouTube newscast called Collegian Wired – East Hollywood News. I participated in the development of this new major at UCLA in October 2018-March 2019 as an AndrewContinue reading “Interview in LA Collegian Wired”

Letter to the Editor of The Jewish Journal Published

On return from AWP, I found that my letter to The Jewish Journal (LA) got published in my absence. I’d sent it in response to a prior feature article about why the US should continue to support Israel. I suppose JJ timed it with the Israeli elections, as they put it at the very topContinue reading “Letter to the Editor of The Jewish Journal Published”

Reading “Saviors or Vultures?” at AWP 2019 in Portland

On the closing night of the conference, I read my new short story “Saviors or Vultures?” based on a chapter from my memoir Dispositions, at a reading organized by the AWP College Writing Caucus at Café Marino Adriatico in the Division district. Such a warm, receptive crowd, and a joy to hear other writers readContinue reading “Reading “Saviors or Vultures?” at AWP 2019 in Portland”

AWP19 Book Fair: Enormous and Exhilarating

It took me almost 2 days to get through the AWP 2019 bookfair. It is enormous, but then everything about this conference is enormous: 15,000 attendees ant-crawling through the convention center, 30 concurrent talk tracks, the enormous lines, and the ensuing networking and camaraderie. Among my bookfair finds is a collection of Tel Aviv noir;Continue reading “AWP19 Book Fair: Enormous and Exhilarating”

Every Child Deserves a Family campaign… with our photo

Every Child Deserves a Family campaign website launched earlier this week supports the efforts to “win and conserve protections” for LGBTQ families nationwide. I am simply delighted to have our family photo featured on it. (Click and scroll down to the “LGBTQ Families” section.) We’ve been proudly supporting ECDF, in particular, the work of FamilyContinue reading “Every Child Deserves a Family campaign… with our photo”

Poets & Writers’ Los Angeles Literary Fall Roundtable

Glad to have participated in the November 2018 Poets & Writers’ Los Angeles Literary Roundtable, organized by the Poets & Writers magazine. What a great gathering! I enjoyed the Poetry.LA presentation and their noir poetry series with Suzanne Lummis, and talked about The Citadel unveiling. Two roundtable participants, it turns out, have published in TheContinue reading “Poets & Writers’ Los Angeles Literary Fall Roundtable”