Proud to share my guest blog post on the Family Equality website as part of the celebration of the International Family Equality Day (IFED 2020). The cause it celebrates – achievement of equal rights for LGBTQ families everywhere – is very close to my heart as both a gay parent and a former refugee whoContinue reading “Essay on raising a multicultural family in FamilyEquality.org”
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‘AWPocalypse of 2020’: A Convention on the Brink of the Pandemic (California Writers Club)
Just came out in the Spring 2020 issue of the bi-monthly California Writers Club Bulletin: my article “A Writers’ Convention That Almost Didn’t Happen” (excerpted on this site), a firsthand account of the #AWP20 congress that barely made it under the wire of the pandemic. Every year, thousands of writers travel to the annual AssociationContinue reading “‘AWPocalypse of 2020’: A Convention on the Brink of the Pandemic (California Writers Club)”
AWP 2020: Two Panels and a Reading
Every year, thousands of writers flock to the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference, the largest literary convention in North America. This year, however, was special. The coronavirus pandemic cast doubt on this giant event until March 2, just two days before its start, when the organizers and the host city ofContinue reading “AWP 2020: Two Panels and a Reading”
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”
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”
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”
“The iPad Wars” published and read live
“The iPad Wars” was read at the unveiling of the annual issue of The Citadel Nov. 14 in front of about 100 students and faculty in the campus Quad. After a few years on hiatus, our venerable literary journal is back! Published at LACC for more than 50 years, The Citadel features juried fiction and poetryContinue reading ““The iPad Wars” published and read live”
Lane Igoudin | Author, Professor, Dad 