The country for which I stand
An American Tragedy In the wee hours of Election Night 2016, stunned and horrified by the wave of electoral red that had swept Donald...
2015: Moving pass the past
How I relish the start of a new year! In the weeks leading up to it, I spend my holidays holed up, reflecting on the year past and the...
Death of the nefarious nigger: America's hate-obsession for Black men
I am heartened by the national outcry against the Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict NYPD police officer Daniel Pantaleo...
Seattle drivers: slow down
Late this afternoon, a 40-year-old man died after being hit by a car in West Seattle (my condolences to his family). Earlier this...
Excerpt from "Market People"
He is burdened under a headdress of animal balloons, his cheeks transformed into red lollipops. His loose bulk sags beneath layers of...
Hing Hay Park
A female voice banters in Chinese. Wind — a cool, light breeze — caresses from the south. A trio of elderly people, two men, a woman,...
Online Dating: Men, Listen Up
As someone who used online dating Web sites off and on since their scandalous origins more than 20 years ago (remember Excite.com?), I...
Shit just changed: Gangsta rap capitalizes on capitalism
Leave it to freshly-annointed billionaire gangsta rap entrepreneur Dr. Dre (née Andre Young) and R&B artist Tyrese Gibson to be...
Writing as truth serum
The falling away of out-of-kilter relationships as I immerse myself in writing -- this a good thing. The manic life I had spun for myself...
Superfood of life
Now that an indie publishing house and three literary agents are reviewing We Are the Love Gods, I can officially say: I Have Momentum!...
