MLPR Podcast 5 "Men at Sea"

A WRITER'S WIT
Though we generally may be said to progress as a society in our understandings of our- selves, our place in the world, and the various workings of that world, in matters of sex and sexuality,  for a whole host of reasons, but mostly because of religion, we have not.
Bert Archer, The End of Gay
Born April 16, 1968

Today's podcast, "Men at Sea," features another narrative from my collection, My Long-Playing Records and Other Stories. Instead of attending a reading—dressing up, driving to a venue—you can listen to this short reading I'm bringing to you! And if you'd like to have a signed bookplate, send me a message using the contact box on my home page (see above), and I'll mail you one. ¶ In this narrative set in 1958, a boy of ten crosses the Atlantic Ocean with his eccentric uncle—with both comic and dramatic results. Bert Archer's epigraph listed above seems particularly apt! Click on the Play button below to begin.

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MUSIC TRACKS:
Emile Pandolfi, piano performance of "An Affair to Remember," by
Harry Warren, Harold Adamson, and Leo McCarey, recorded 2006, on An Affair to Remember, Magic Music.

George Benson, vocal performance of "Beyond the Sea," by Jack Lawrence and Charles Trenet, recorded 1985, on 20/20, WM Japan.

Heart of Lubbock Gay Men's Chorus of One, choral performance of "Love at Home," by John McNaughton and Lowrie Hofford, recorded April 2015.

Jim Gibson, piano performance of "Beyond the Sea," by Jack Lawrence and Charles Trenet, recorded 1999, on Songs of the Sea, CD Baby.

Rafal Blechacz, piano performance of Frederic Chopin's Prelude, Opus 28, No. 20, on Chopin: the Complete Preludes, 2008, Deutsche Grammophon.

Richard Alden, piano performance of "An Affair to Remember," by
Harry Warren, Harold Adamson, and Leo McCarey, on Piano Cocktail Music, Vol. 3, recorded 2007, Reader's Digest Music.

NEXT TIME: NEW YORKER FICTION

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BEHIND THE BOOK: My Long-Playing Records & Other Stories. In these posts I speak of the creative process I use to write each story. Buy a copy here!

Date of Original Post:
11/13/14 — Introduction to My Long-Playing Records
11/20/14 — "My Long-Playing Records" — The Story
11/27/14 — "A Certain Kind of Mischief"
12/04/14 — "Ghost Riders"
12/11/14 — "The Best Mud"
12/18/14 — "Handy to Some"
12/25/14 — "Blight"
01/01/15 — "A Gambler's Debt"
01/09/15 — "Tales of the Millerettes"
01/15/15 — "Men at Sea"
01/22/15 — "Basketball Is Not a Drug"
01/29/15 — "Engineer"
02/05/15 — "Snarked"
02/12/15 — "Killing Lorenzo"
02/19/15 — "The Age I Am Now"
02/26/15 — "Bathed in Pink"

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My Long-Playing Records Podcasts:
03/12/15 — "A Certain Kind of Mischief"
03/26/15 — "The Best Mud"
04/02/15 — "Handy to Some"
04/09/15 — "Tales of the Millerettes"
04/16/15 — "Men at Sea"