Hiding For My Life: Being Gay in the Navy
by Karen Solt, 2025 Last week, as a member of the National Association of Memoir Writers, I attended our virtual monthly book club where I heard an amazing woman speak about her memoir. She had served in the US Navy for 22 years, closeted as a lesbian sailor for the entire time. She didn’t realize […]
Art and Artifice: Sneak Peak No. 4
[Below is Chapter 7, titled “Life With a Toddler,” from my recently released book, Art and Artifice: A Memoir. You can read Chapter 1 here, Chapter 2 here, and Chapter 3 here. In this sneak peak that follows Chapter 3, I’ve jumped ahead four chapters and about 8 months. Paul and I are now a couple, […]
Art and Artifice: Sneak Peak No. 2
[Below is Chapter 2, titled “A Few Months Earlier,” from my recently released book, Art and Artifice: A Memoir. You can read Chapter 1 here, Chapter 3 here, and Chapter 7 here.] —- In the months leading to the birthday party weekend, a gradual flirtation started to develop between me and a colleague of mine named […]
Art and Artifice: Sneak Peak No. 1
[Below is Chapter 1, titled “September 2003,” from my recently released book, Art and Artifice: A Memoir. You can read Chapter 2 here, and Chapter 3 here, and Chapter 7 here.] “That chick can’t swim!” Megan’s voice shrieked above the noise of the party as she ran to the swimming pool and jumped in toward […]
The Tragedy of Gene Hackman
A few weeks ago I watched my worst nightmare play out in the news, first as a notification on my phone and later in the online newspapers I read: Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa died alone in their home in a remote section of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their bodies were not found […]
The Siege
by Ben Macintyre, 2024 Most Americans remember the Iranian hostage crisis well, which occurred during President Jimmy Carter’s term. For those of you who were too young in the late 1970s, or who aren’t American on my subscriber list, 52 American citizens and diplomats were taken hostage in the US Embassy in Tehran by armed […]
