Yes This Boy Does - Reflections on My Second Reading

On Thursday, May 15, I had the distinct honor of reading with five other Lambda Literary finalists at Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia. Among the finalists reading were fellow Philadelphian and Philadelphia University professor, Phil Tiemeyer, filmmaker and author, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, and poets Michael Klein and Brian Teare.

Two weeks before, I’d done the finalist reading in New York. But this felt different. It was on my home turf. Stanley would be there. I had more time to read from my book.

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