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Summer Book News
Had a great time at the Biographers International Organization conference in Richmond last month, where I was applauded as a finalist for their Hazel Rowley Prize for a first-time biographer doing particularly promising work. Readers may have noticed this website … Continue reading
The Count Writes a Haiku
Jerry Nelson would have been 80 today. I was lucky to know him. Here’s my memorial essay, “The Count Writes a Haiku.”
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Tagged Fraggle Rock, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Sesame Street, The Count, The Muppet Show, The Muppets
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A Postcard from ‘Old Pete’
Folk legend Pete Seeger has long been one of my heroes. A true patriot, he consistently brought together music and politics, not with dogma but with delight. Here’s a terrific postcard Seeger sent me in 2006, in response to my … Continue reading
A Moment for Peggy Mermelstein
Our old family friend Peggy Mermelstein died early yesterday. Smartass, artist, transplanted New Yorker, devoted mom to Kelly and Brian, great ally and mentor to both me and my sister. Thinking fondly of all our good times in that cozy … Continue reading
Honoring Richard Hunt
Today would have been Richard Hunt’s 61st birthday, and as a treat I’m sharing his rare in-person Sesame Street cameo, aired November 1981 in episode 1576. In 1981, the 30-year-old Hunt had been with The Muppets for a decade. Jerry … Continue reading
Happy 43rd Anniversary of Stonewall!
Happy pride! Please enjoy my eyewitness account from the Stonewall Inn on the night gay marriage came to New York state, now in the Indypendent! “Does Gay Marriage Endanger Queer Community?” While gay marriage is a great step forward for … Continue reading
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Tagged gay marriage, LGBTQ liberation, queer community, Stonewall
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