Devil's Playground

 I have taken meetings with producers over the years but most Amish themed reality TV shows don't pay much. There is also the matter of artistic integrity. In my opinion the best Amish film is Devil's Playground, filmed near where I grew up. 

#CityOfRefuge: A Short Film 🎬

The #CityOfRefuge: A Short Film has been nominated for SEQUESTERED: A MICRO ONLINE FILM FEST!

A Year of Aloha 🌺

I'll be on a social media / blogging hiatus, beginning in December to focus on my next project so here is a look back at a few highlights from the Big Island, 2019 - A Year of Aloha:

PUNATIC (WRITING KNIGHTS PRESS)

POETRY + COLOR PHOTOS

EXCERPT:

THE MERRIE MONARCH PARADE

FROM PAHOA WITH LAVA 4 

DOCUMENTARY FILM (NA LEO TV)

 LOVEJETS - NOMINATED FOR A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD! 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: #STONEWALL50

#PROTECTMAUNAKEA

PRINCESS FOR POTUS!

From Pahoa with La❤a + Lovejets 🌋

I am celebrating Walt Whitman and my 2 year anniversary in Puna! You can catch me in the Nā Leo TV documentary film FROM PAHOA WITH LA❤A 4🌋 premiering in May on Nā Leo TV (check local listings) + the @NaLeoTV app + Facebook & YouTube platforms!

LOVEJETS: QUEER MALE POETS ON 200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN 

(Squares & Rebels Press)

Where the heck have you been, Walt Whitman?

Walt Whitman, author of Leaves of Grass, was born in 1819. The Stonewall riots happened 150 years later. On the bicentennial of Whitman’s birth and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, over 80 poets pay homage to not only Walt Whitman, but also to queer poets and queer poetry and the vast and various events, revolutions public and private, that have shaken our world since 1819: who we are, where we are, where we have been, and where we might be going in the 21st century.

“This wide and impressive range of poetry echoing the spirit of Walt Whitman and his literary forebears demonstrates the essential embrace of community that we’ve always needed to feel whole with ourselves and among others, especially now during these tumultuous times. Celebrating what had to be largely hidden from view during Whitman’s day, the living queer male poets who grace the pages trumpet a glorious and unforgettable spectacle of passion and compassion.” —Richard Blanco, Presidential Inaugural Poet

Featured poets include Shane Allison, Jeffrey Angles (translator), M. J. Arcangelini, Geer Austin, Stuart Barnes, David J. Bauman, Jeffery Beam, Gary Boelhower, Charlie Bondhus, Bryan Borland, Jericho Brown, A. J. Chilson, Philip F. Clark, Jeffery Conway, Alfred Corn, David Cummer, Gavin Geoffrey Dillard, Patrick Donnelly, Arthur Durkee, Jim Elledge, Jack Fritscher, Keith Garebian, Alex Gildzen, Robert L. Giron, David Groff, Nicholas Alexander Hayes, Trebor Healey, Greg Hewett, Scott Hightower, Walter Holland, Andrew Howdle, Michael Hyde, George K. Ilsley, Curran Jeffery, Jee Leong Koh, Michael Lassell, Travis Chi Wing Lau, Daniel W.K. Lee, Timothy Liu, Chip Livingston, Raymond Luczak, Jeff Mann, Jaime Manrique, Herbert Woodward Martin, Marcos L. Martínez, Dermot Meagher, Jory Mickelson, Stephen S. Mills, Michael Kiesow Moore, SP Mulroy, Chael Needle, Eric Thomas Norris, Margaret Sayers Peden (translator), James Penha, Seth Pennington, Felice Picano, Martin Pousson, Christopher Records, William Reichard, Dennis Rhodes, Rocco Russo, Roberto F. Santiago, Gerard Sarnat, James Schwartz, P. C. Searce, Davis G. See, Gregg Shapiro, Ben Shields, Allen Smith, Michael D. Snediker, Frederick Speers, Malcolm Stuhlmiller, Mutsuo Takahashi, Atsusuke Tanaka, Guy Terrell, Ulysses Tetu, John Whittier Treat, David Trinidad, Mark Ward, Edmund White, Walt Whitman (of course!), Scott Wiggerman, Jim Wise, Cyril Wong, and Ian Young.