The moment a creative idea is birthed is always memorable one. Four years ago when I originally thought of making a feature documentary film on the life and art of writer, activist and poet Alice Walker, my excitement was palpable. Why hadn’t this occurred to me before? The idea was conceived over a Christmas break […]
I’m a Comedian. I’m a Lesbian. But am I a Lesbian Comedian? Sure! I used to do exclusively clean material. No references to sex or sexuality, maybe a couple of mild double entendres, nothing too dangerous. Working clean has advantages and disadvantages. I can play a county fair and a senior center, something many of […]
I am currently making a feature documentary film, Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth, about the life and art of Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker. So far it has been an extraordinary journey, allowing me opportunities to meet some amazing and inspiring women, all of who deserve films in their own right. Jewelle Gomez is […]
I first started working on my play Sun Sisters years ago, and it had readings in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. With each reading, I rewrote based on what I heard and the subsequent audience feedback. In 2008, it won East West Players Pacific Century Playwriting Competition. It’s been a long road, and now, […]
Terry Wolverton interviews herself for Epochalips about her new novel, Stealing Angel: TW: Hey, Terry, congratulations on your new book! Why don’t you tell us about it? Terry: Have you ever done something bad, really bad, but for a good reason? That’s where Maggie Seaver, my protagonist, finds herself. She’s recently lost custody of the […]
Written by San Francisco Bay Area kids age 10-17 from interviews with eight couples (five gay, three straight) Prop 8 Love Stories is about LOVE, LIFE, and DISCRIMINATION. The play (featuring Sally Miller Gearhart and Phyllis Lyon as interviewees)Â is so moving and hilarious it is now heading to off-Broadway in NYC. These kids are the […]
When Nicole Conn released her landmark film, Claire of the Moon in 1992, the landscape was practically void of other lesbian-themed movies. Nearly 20 years later, a sprinkling of movies with queer themes has made it to the main stream: Brokeback Mountain, Boys Don’t Cry, The Kids are Alright. But the field is still so […]
“You need to relax,†my spouse warned after finding me pole vaulting over the furniture, screaming about politics, the price of gas and other indignities. “Maybe you need a massage.†Maybe, but I confess I’m intimidated by the world of massage therapists and their hot stones and new age music. Between my brain and my […]
I’m a middle aged lesbian who lives with my Mom in Florida. How did I get here? I was supposed to stay in her condo for a couple of months after I moved down from New York, following my divorce. Wonder why that marriage didn‘t work out? I was going to get established and then […]
I’ve been clean and sober a long time. In fact, on June 4th it was 30 years since my last drink or recreational drug. Truly a lifetime. I was 28 years old when I sought recovery, but like everyone, had no idea what I was getting myself into. I just wanted to learn how to […]
Hang on, it's going to be a wild ride!
Robin
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